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some14some at 10:52 PM JST - 5th November

Japan or Jamaica will be treated equally, Japan's 'omiyage' diplomacy may not work with Obama admn.

Posted in Is Barack Obama's election as U.S. president good news for Japan? at 10:52 PM JST - 5th November
smithinjapan at 10:52 PM JST - 5th November

It'll be interesting to see Obama's line on Israel/Palistine, though I think nothing at all will change there, save perhaps a slightly less hard-line attitude towards Palistinians, and less of a carte blanche to Israel.

Posted in Hamas fires rockets at Israel after 6 killed at 10:52 PM JST - 5th November
Sarge at 10:51 PM JST - 5th November

"Obama and his campaign team have out-thought, out-played and out-performed not only the GOP ticket"

Give me a break - the financial crisis ( caused mainly by Democrat policies ) handed Obama the presidency on a silver platter. He could have picked his nose and eaten some buggers during the…

Posted in Obama victory sets off jubilation across U.S. at 10:51 PM JST - 5th November
romulus3 at 10:50 PM JST - 5th November

TokyoVP,

read the news. Aso has an above 40 approval rate amongst the salary bots. He ain't going nowhere fast except to the can to read his manga.

Posted in Aso congratulates Obama on election win at 10:50 PM JST - 5th November
Betzee at 10:50 PM JST - 5th November

Sailwind, already back to the ad hominen attacks I see. I'm enjoying reading John Derbyshire's "Sour Loser" at National Review. Gotta give him a few points for honesty, and the man does have a way with words....

*What won this election was the packaging skills of David Axelrod, the swooning…

Posted in Obama sweeps to victory, says change has come to America at 10:50 PM JST - 5th November
SushiSake3 at 10:45 PM JST - 5th November

Sailwind - you chose the wrong guy.

Please don't bore us with bitter comments.

Thanks.

Posted in Obama sweeps to victory, says change has come to America at 10:45 PM JST - 5th November
gonemad at 10:43 PM JST - 5th November

It may be tit for tat by the Chinese, but probably rather in the sense that they started to check Japanese-made products much more strictly in order to find something.

In some areas, the Chinese food safety laws are considerably stricter (on paper...) than the respective laws in other countries.…

Posted in China says Japanese-produced seasoned soy sauce, coffee tainted at 10:43 PM JST - 5th November
sailwind at 10:42 PM JST - 5th November

Nesie

Thanks

Good one, Sushi. This shocked me the most -- that for once, nagative ads didn't seem to be as effective.

I have to agree, your link earlier in all of this you know the one that you gave with Palin and the witch doctor with was so helpful.…

Posted in Obama sweeps to victory, says change has come to America at 10:42 PM JST - 5th November
some14some at 10:39 PM JST - 5th November

Sounds good but will end-up in publicity stunt once it goes to higher court.

Posted in Ex-vice defense minister jailed for taking bribes at 10:39 PM JST - 5th November
adaydream at 10:37 PM JST - 5th November

Obama can start bringing the troops out of Iraq and putting more effort into Afghanistan. < :-)

Posted in Obama can usher in 'era of peace,' Taliban says at 10:37 PM JST - 5th November