Archive for April, 2007
False Testimony?
Brendon Carr is in the Stars & Stripes talking about the possibility of people lying in court because they feel that the cause warrants the crime. Although he is talking about Americans (GI’s specifically), I wonder if the same could be true about issues taken up with Japan/Japanese in Korea.
There is very little [...]
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Address the Japanese Diet
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao today had the landmark opportunity to address the Japanese Diet during his trip to Japan which he has labeled a trip to ‘thaw the ice’ that is Sino-Japanese relations.
The BBC focuses on him calling for Japan to match it’s verbal apologies with actions.
In what was the first ever Diet address [...]
Iran / Roman Fire Fighters
Being the origin of modern western civilization that Rome is, it had some municipal services that were very advanced for it’s time. One of them being firefighters. Romans had not fear fires because of the protection these private firefighters provided. Wait, what’s that, how does a house made out of brick [...]
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I was greeted with potentially good news by the front page of the Yomiuri Shimbun this morning: China to share burden of CO2 emission cuts/ Beijing to join post-Kyoto emission talks. [archive]
China will express its determination to participate proactively in talks on an international framework to fight global warming from 2013 in a Japan-China joint [...]
Chosunilbo Editorial:”How Ethically Advanced Is Japan? “
How Ethically Advanced Is Japan?
While continuing to ignore the pains and calls for an apology by fellow Asians who suffered, Japan has trembled with fear every time the United States, Canada, Germany or other Western nation began criticizing it. Japan may be an economic powerhouse. But when it comes to a sense of morality and [...]
KJI Takes A Page Out Of Tokugawa’s Book
In order to keep is Daimyo’s loyal, Tokugawa would look after their children for them while they were away. In a culture where what goes unsaid can be just as important as what is said, it was an unspoken threat to the Daimyo’s saying, ‘if you ever think of betraying me, I’ll kill your [...]
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