pathat said...

pathat at 10:22 PM JST - 5th August

Well, Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka has said he is not against hangings, so why should he be against visiting those that were hanged 60 years ago for their war crimes and later enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine?

Posted in Fukuda says he won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15, but justice minister will at 10:22 PM JST - 5th August
pathat at 10:17 PM JST - 5th August

The timing on this announcement is SO Japan.

Let us continue to do everything possible to make people turn their attention away for a while from the Games in China!

The world could end on 12/12/2012 for all we know, but some are in a hurry for 8 more years…

Posted in Tokyo launches campaign for 2016 Olympic bid in Beijing at 10:17 PM JST - 5th August
pathat at 10:06 PM JST - 5th August

**"Uniting Our Worlds" **

This is perfect for a Shintaro Ishihara-led effort to get the Olympics. He believes the Japanese occupy one world, and billions of outsiders on this planet another one, but let them have a little extra contact for a month in 2016 for good ol` Nippon.

I…

Posted in Tokyo launches campaign for 2016 Olympic bid in Beijing at 10:06 PM JST - 5th August
pathat at 09:52 PM JST - 5th August

smith:

You wrote in your last post:

"I have NO DOUBT in my mind, and there is evidence to support the theory, that ONE of the reasons for the bombings was to show the world and the Soviets that the US had to the weapons to do the same to…

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 09:52 PM JST - 5th August
pathat at 04:15 PM JST - 4th August

Did anyone think it might also be appropriate for the married MEN to quit their jobs as TV producers to take responsibility for their actions?

Nah, of course not. This is Japan.

"Why the hell don't these TV 'talents' or whatever go out with single people?"

How do you think…

Posted in TBS announcer Yuko Aoki says 'I won't quit' at 04:15 PM JST - 4th August
pathat at 03:16 PM JST - 4th August

http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/01june13_nkjapan.pdf

Here is a link from a CRS Report for Congress, Blue Tiger. Let us see you dispute this with something from wikisource.

I cannot copy/paste from the .pdf file, but, to be concise, it says very clearly that Japan has always avoided using the term "reparations," choosing other terms…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 03:16 PM JST - 4th August
pathat at 02:42 PM JST - 4th August

Blue Tiger: You have not disproved the interpretation of history as presented by the BBC in my link, as well as by many others.

You have your sources that portray history in one way and have come to your own conclusions after reading them, while I have come to somewhat…

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 02:42 PM JST - 4th August
pathat at 02:34 PM JST - 4th August

Blue Tiger: The reason for the difference in wording is undoubtedly due to the fact that the Japanese never wanted the word "reparations" to be involved in the equation. This is a country that from the restoration of sovereignty in the 1950s has included any and all "monies" paid to…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 02:34 PM JST - 4th August
pathat at 12:21 PM JST - 4th August

I served three of my years in the Navy here and have long thought the permanent U.S. military unnecessary. That being said, until Japan is willing to make the necessary changes to its constitution, as well as getting the public out of its dreamy peace condition for the past 60…

Posted in Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan? at 12:21 PM JST - 4th August
pathat at 11:32 AM JST - 4th August

http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200501180120.html

Blue Tiger: The reparations did not just consist of "no-interest loans," as you claim.

"In June 1965, Tokyo and Seoul normalized relations by signing four treaties, including one on basic relations, under which Japan provided $300 million in grants and $200 million in soft loans-loans extended at no or…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:32 AM JST - 4th August