nigelboy said...

nigelboy at 05:49 PM JST - 2nd August

"Most of us have been to the Peace Museum and been horrified by the depiction of the effects of the bomb, but that is just one part of a much bigger story...

As I said - I suspect not"

Maybe they do. Maybe then don't. Maybe some of us are…

Posted in British students to visit Hiroshima to gain unique perspective on war at 05:49 PM JST - 2nd August
nigelboy at 05:27 PM JST - 1st August

As if British is going to get any sympathy from Asian nations.

Presumably not.

Posted in British students to visit Hiroshima to gain unique perspective on war at 05:27 PM JST - 1st August
nigelboy at 04:33 PM JST - 1st August

Japan's endless territorial disputes are par the norm for Northeast Asia, every Country in the area has endless territorial disputes (Balhae Kingdom comes to mind)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html

Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 04:33 PM JST - 1st August
nigelboy at 01:31 PM JST - 1st August

"Japan's expansionist actions in 1905, puffed full of pride after the Russo victory and the manner in which it "took" the island, offer a far greater line of fair insight into the root of the matter.

There simply is no dispute - at that time Japan had moved into full…

Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 01:31 PM JST - 1st August
nigelboy at 12:55 PM JST - 31st July

As i said they have been KOrean for almost 500 years, that`s a heck of a long time.

That's the point. They(Koreans) haven't. The evidece you cite are of Ulleungdo and not Liancourt Rocks.

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 12:55 PM JST - 31st July
nigelboy at 12:43 PM JST - 31st July

I hate to go slightly off-topic here, but I think it is directly related to my point. This is one area that the Japanese could learn from;

You mean an apology from the House of Representatives? Done that 13 years before U.S. has.

Posted in U.S. House of Representatives formally apologizes for slavery at 12:43 PM JST - 31st July
nigelboy at 11:35 AM JST - 31st July

Actually RepublicofTexas, there is no Korean maps or documents showing the existence of Liancourt Rocks before Japan's 1905 annexation. The Korean maps/documents all refer to Ulleungdo (92km away from Liancourt Rocks) and the neighboring islands (namely Jukdo). The Korean scholars just replaces Jukdo with Liancourt Rocks (ad nauseum) to make…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:35 AM JST - 31st July
nigelboy at 11:19 AM JST - 31st July

Sorry MASSWIPE. By renouncing Liancourt Rocks, it sets a prescedence for the neighbors to claim territory by force especially Japan even with her Article 9 and the presence of U.S. at the time.

The whole point of U.N. established ICJ is to resolve territorial disputes when two sides cannot agree…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:19 AM JST - 31st July
nigelboy at 04:11 PM JST - 30th July

I wouldn't be surprised is Japan tries to promote the idea of, "flooding the market with its own goods while preventing the goods of other countries to penetrate its borders." Sounds like no one in Japan wants 'free trade' at all, only free access to monopolize.

That doesn't explain the…

Posted in Farmers welcome collapse of WTO talks; business leaders disappointed at 04:11 PM JST - 30th July
nigelboy at 10:23 AM JST - 30th July

"Japanese textbooks state that the rocks are disputed territory."

Which Korea responds like a whining brat refusing to engage in dialogue during the ASEAN summit, Korean Ambassador bowing never to come back to Japan (which he did, btw), politicians making threats to U.S., cancelling student exchanges, claiming Tsushima and even…

Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 10:23 AM JST - 30th July