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by IparryU » Sun Jun 29, 2014 4:59 pm
Taro Toporific wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:IparryU wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:
WTF is "proper"!?!
Proper would be to fire the counts who heckled at that assembly meeting... But it depends on whose definition of proper will be used.
How do you fire elected officials?
BURN BABY BURN!
by matsuki » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:34 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:IparryU wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:
WTF is "proper"!?!
Proper would be to fire the counts who heckled at that assembly meeting... But it depends on whose definition of proper will be used.
How do you fire elected officials?
by Russell » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:18 am
Two newly-promoted Japanese politicians moved Monday to distance themselves from allegations of extremism after pictures emerged of them posing alongside the leader of a domestic neo-Nazi party.
Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi and party policy chief Tomomi Inada are seen in separate photographs next to Kazunari Yamada on the home page of the National Socialist Japanese Workers Party.
The pictures will add fuel to claims that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is increasingly surrounding himself with people on the right of Japanese politics.
Yamada’s blog postings indicate admiration for Adolf Hitler and praise for the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
In video footage posted on the website, Yamada is seen wearing a stylised swastika during street demonstrations.
Captions for the photographs claim they were taken “sometime in June or July 2011 when (Yamada) visited the conservative lawmakers for talks”.
Spokesmen for both senior lawmakers acknowledged Monday that the photographs were genuine and had been taken in their offices over the last few years, but denied there was any political affiliation.
“He was an assistant for an interviewer, and was taking notes and photos,” a member of staff at Takaichi’s office told AFP, referring to Yamada.
“We had no idea who he was back then, but he requested a snap shot with her. (The minister) wouldn’t refuse such requests.”
Following media inquiries, the office has asked that the pictures be removed, he said.
“It was careless of us,” he said, adding that Takaichi did not share Yamada’s view “at all… it is a nuisance”.
A staffer at Inada’s office said the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief did not subscribe to Nazi ideology.
“It is disappointing if there are people who would misunderstand that she does,” he said.
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by IparryU » Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:39 am
Japan compiles 12,000-page bio of former Emperor Hirohito
Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country from going to war, according to Japan’s Kyodo News agency.
The 12,000-page record says he complained in July 1939 to Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki about the military’s “predisposition” as it strengthened its relationship with Germany, Kyodo reported. He also warned against the navy’s call for war with the United States, predicting in July 1941 that it would be “nothing less than a self-destructive war.”
The record also cites U.S. Gen Douglas MacArthur, who led America’s postwar occupation of Japan, as saying Hirohito had said he accepted full responsibility for the war.
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The record confirms that Hirohito said in 1988 that he had stopped visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine because it had added Class A war criminals to those enshrined there, Kyodo said. His last visit to Yasukuni was in 1975. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the shrine last December, sparking official protests from China and South Korea.
by Russell » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:17 am
IparryU wrote:http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-compiles-12000-page-bio-of-former-emperor-hirohitoJapan compiles 12,000-page bio of former Emperor Hirohito
Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country from going to war, according to Japan’s Kyodo News agency.
The 12,000-page record says he complained in July 1939 to Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki about the military’s “predisposition” as it strengthened its relationship with Germany, Kyodo reported. He also warned against the navy’s call for war with the United States, predicting in July 1941 that it would be “nothing less than a self-destructive war.”
The record also cites U.S. Gen Douglas MacArthur, who led America’s postwar occupation of Japan, as saying Hirohito had said he accepted full responsibility for the war.
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The record confirms that Hirohito said in 1988 that he had stopped visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine because it had added Class A war criminals to those enshrined there, Kyodo said. His last visit to Yasukuni was in 1975. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the shrine last December, sparking official protests from China and South Korea.
Ya, he was a very nice emperor... but I smell BS on that last one.
by wagyl » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:20 am
IparryU wrote:Japan compiles 12,000-page bio of former Emperor Hirohito
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The record confirms that Hirohito said in 1988 that he had stopped visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine because it had added Class A war criminals to those enshrined there, Kyodo said. His last visit to Yasukuni was in 1975. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the shrine last December, sparking official protests from China and South Korea.
Ya, he was a very nice emperor... but I smell BS on that last one.
by wagyl » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:28 am
Russell wrote:I have the feeling that Hirohito may indeed have been opposed to the war.
But a biography of 12,000 pages?!?
That's more than two pages for every week he lived.
At least I hope there are some juicy details about his personal life included, otherwise I will not read it...
by IparryU » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:42 am
wagyl wrote:I don't think you can say that the Emperor didn't stop going to Yasukuni, or that he did stop but that the reason he stopped wasn't because he wanted to distance himself from association with Class A war criminals.
by wagyl » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:44 am
by Samurai_Jerk » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:47 am
wagyl wrote:You can. Why do you think he stopped going?
by wagyl » Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:00 pm
by Samurai_Jerk » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:53 pm
Worries are growing in Japan about a trend of media self-censorship as journalists and experts say news organizations are toning down criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government for fear of sparking ire and losing access to sources.
No one is accusing Abe's administration of overt meddling in specific news coverage, but media insiders and analysts say the government's message is getting through.
"The media did, in recent years, play a much more positive role in ... making people in power squirm. In the Abe era, they have begun pulling back," said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus.
"There is a chilling atmosphere that encourages media organizations to exercise self-restraint."
The conservative Abe, who returned to office in 2012, had fraught media ties during his first term, which ended when he quit in 2007 after a year of scandals and ill-health.
This time, Abe wants to avoid the same mistake, experts say.
His appointee as chairman of NHK public television, Katsuto Momii, raised doubts about the respected broadcaster's independence when he told his first news conference in early 2014: "We cannot say left when the government says right."
by matsuki » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:40 pm
by Yokohammer » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:30 pm
The proposed repeal of Article 9 affecting Japan's ability to have an army is a distraction away from the new constitution's replacement of human rights with "obligations".
by matsuki » Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:09 pm
by Samurai_Jerk » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:03 pm
Japan's ruling party is summoning officials from two major media organizations for questioning about news shows, an aide to a lawmaker said, the latest in what some experts say is a push by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration to quell criticism.
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"This is clearly a case of the administration putting pressure on media," said Kozo Nagata, a former NHK producer and now a professor of media studies at Musashi University.
"This sort of thing used to go on behind the scenes but now they are doing it publicly."
TV Asahi officials will be asked about a program on Asahi's popular "Hodo Station" show last month in which a former trade official-turned-commentator said he was being dropped from the show because of his criticism of Abe.
Commentator Shigeaki Koga caught newscaster Ichiro Furutachi off-guard when he said on the live broadcast that he would no longer appear on the show as a result of being "bashed" by Suga and others in Abe's government. He also said top TV Asahi officials wanted him out.
"The panel wants to know if the show was impartial," lawmaker Kawasaki's aide said.
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NHK officials will be questioned about apparent factual errors in a program about fraud on its current affairs show "Close-up Gendai". NHK has issued its own interim report on potential errors and promised to investigate further.
Nagata said it was inappropriate for the ruling party to get involved in such cases, especially since a non-profit body exists to deal with broadcast ethics issues while ensuring free speech.
by Russell » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:59 am
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Saturday that it has dismissed its Youth Division chief, Minoru Kihara, and banned him from holding party posts for one year amid controversy over media-suppressing remarks by some at a meeting of a party group headed by him.
The LDP also reprimanded party lawmakers Hideo Onishi, Takashi Nagao and Takahiro Inoue for making controversial remarks at the meeting, which sparked criticism from both inside and outside the party.
At the meeting, there were remarks that appeared to disregard freedom of the press and speech and ruin the party's efforts to be considerate of Okinawa people's feelings, LDP Secretary-General Sadakazu Tanigaki said at a press conference. They are damaging to public trust in the party and cannot be condoned, he said.
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by Taro Toporific » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:51 am
by kurogane » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:01 am
by Samurai_Jerk » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:48 pm
Two Japanese newspaper editors on Thursday warned that democracy and press freedom were under threat after a conservative lawmaker said media opposed to Tokyo's hawkish military policy should be punished.
Hideo Onishi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was reprimanded last week by the party after he and other LDP lawmakers called for restrictions on press that oppose the government's defence policy.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a robust nationalist, has pushed bills to loosen restrictions that have bound officially pacifist Japan's military to a narrowly defensive role for decades.
The Okinawa Times and the Ryukyu Shimpo, both based in the southern island chain, were targeted by Onishi, who called on the business community to pull advertising over the papers' opposition to loosening restrictions on Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
The move has faced stiff opposition in Okinawa which reluctantly hosts the majority of US military troops stationed in Japan.
"When you hear these things, you cannot help but worry that this country has stopped being a democracy and is steadily moving toward totalitarianism," Yoshikazu Shiohira, managing editor of the Ryukyu Shimpo, told the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
by matsuki » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:11 pm
by Taro Toporific » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:18 pm
matsuki wrote:When I hear Japanese talk about their "democracy"
by matsuki » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:32 pm
by Taro Toporific » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:23 pm
matsuki wrote:You're giving me far too much credit...does this make it clearer?
by Coligny » Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:01 pm
Taro Toporific wrote:matsuki wrote:You're giving me far too much credit...does this make it clearer?
When I hear Japanese talk about their "democracy"
"demo" (でも) + "kamo" (カモ) + "shi" (死) = maybe ducks die
by Takechanpoo » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:50 pm
by Taro Toporific » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:51 pm
by Samurai_Jerk » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:36 pm
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered near Japan's parliament building on Sunday to oppose legislation allowing the military to fight overseas, the latest sign of public mistrust in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security policy.
In one of Japan's biggest protests in years - organizers put the crowd at 120,000 - people of all ages braved occasional rain to join the rally, chanting and holding up placards with slogans such as "No War" and "Abe, quit".
Demonstrators swarmed into the street before parliament's main gate after the crowd size made it impossible for police, out in heavy numbers, to keep them to the sidewalks. A second nearby park area also filled with protesters.
The rally was one of more than 300 this weekend in Japan protesting Abe's move to loosen the post-war, pacifist constitution's constraints on the military.
by Yokohammer » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:07 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Huge protest in Tokyo rails against PM Abe's security bills
by Takechanpoo » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:14 pm
Thereafter in Manchuria a number of violent incidents involving Chinese or Soviet forces ensued, and a number of Japanese lost not only their possessions but their lives. Because it had been disarmed, the Japanese military was unable to protect the Japanese residents.
She said that a Soviet officer attempted to rape her. After fiercely resisting, she took refuge by hiding in a closet. He said her mother also fought fiercely to protect her daughter. For the mother’s part, her actions were justified self-defense, or expressed another way, the exercise of collective self-defense on an individual level.
To repeat, the cause of the violent incidents and pillaging by the Soviet military was the disarming of the Japanese military due to Japan’s defeat in the war.
That being the case, I marvel at the thought processes which would cause her to espouse Article 9 of the Constitution and be opposed to the proposed security related bills intended to strengthen the ability of the country to defend itself.
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