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Okada, U.S. envoy Roos agree to deepen bilateral ties
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2009-09-13, 08:07 | Link #202 | |
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2009-09-15, 23:00 | Link #204 |
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I know nothing about Japanese politic but I want to know what will be the policy of the new Japanese pm and elected party with other Asian countries particularly Korea. Oh and will he visit the Yasukuni Shrine?
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2009-09-16, 13:49 | Link #207 | ||
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72% support Hatoyama's Cabinet: Kyodo poll
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2009-09-17, 09:40 | Link #208 | |
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2009-09-17, 13:57 | Link #209 | |
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The path to improve bilateral ties should be done in coordinations of both countries rather than one-sided ideals. If Japan would love to improve relations with neighboring countries yet many of these countries are going to request unreasonable demands, nothing will improve aside from maintaining strained relations which is an obstacle to making the East Asian Community a better place.
The ideals of Yukio Hatoyama seems to be... To build an united East Asian community with China and Korea where the three nations would be allied on both economic issues, as well as possibly military and politics but of course, I don't think it will go smoothly as that both Korea and China are reluctant to cooperate due to a spate of unresolved issues. Nonetheless, the Hatoyama Cabinet will most likely avoid visiting Yasukuni Shrine and will also push off a bill to remove the 14 A-class war criminals and place them in a seperate shrine so that the Emperor, as well as anybody else can freely visit Yasukuni without sparking any political controversies. Quote:
If you mean that Japanese history textbooks should be taught in the perspective of a fusion between Korean and Chinese perspectives, then I think this is very questionable as that the textbooks are made for Japanese history classes as opposed to being made for Korean history classess and/or Chinese history classes. As for an unreserved apology, I think it is inappropriate as that it is not necessary for Japan to apologize any more than 17 times already. Its not like every time a government or a leader is changed in Japan, the new government will have to issue an apology to Korea or any other nation. More over, if Japan made an exclusive apology to Korea, other nations will be demanding the same thing. In the end, it would seem as though the Hatoyama Cabinet is on an apology tour like the Obama Administration which doesn't seem right. Actually, the United States had never apologized to the Muslim world once and it was for the first time under Obama's leadership whereas Japan had already done so many times under various leaderships. Thus, Yukio Hatoyama, the new prime minister is not obligated to do so and it is also inappropriate to do so. Last edited by Shadow Kira01; 2009-09-17 at 14:22. |
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Hatoyama Cabinet support rates high at 71-77%: newspaper polls
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2009-09-17, 18:38 | Link #211 |
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On the issue of history, I personally don't want any more apologies. I just want the situation whereby students travelling outside of Japan "were shocked by their forefathers' action in China, Korea and Southeast Asia" to be gone. Tell your side of the story, yes, but let them know a little on our side of the fence as well. I hope "I didn't know that" becomes unfashionable when it comes to this part of history among young Japanese.
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2009-09-18, 10:24 | Link #212 | |
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And on the textbooks: Can we, for the first time, see MORE on Japan's involvement in WWII, rather than the utterly miserable stuff they give right now...? And not in an apologetic or defensive stance, but one that's neutral...?
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2009-09-18, 12:38 | Link #213 | |
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http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=11141949 for just HOW badly the US does at training their citizens in historical context (and those were the easy questions :P ) If it weren't for the fact we have our own texts at home and watched a lot of PBS historical documentaries, my kids would still have the "crayola fairy tale" version of history that leaves most Americans misinformed of what came before them. Sometimes I think Japan's version of that myth-making is just more painful because everyone who took the brunt of it is so much closer to each other. Many Japanese don't even realize how badly they themselves got treated by their leadership during WW2. So I'd like yezhanquan's desire to be true for all of us , not just the Japanese. The new administration in Japan has LOT to do on many fronts... it will be interesting watching them try to steer the behemoth bureaucracy.
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2009-09-18, 12:54 | Link #214 | |
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Japan's new government gags civil servants
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2009-09-21, 17:05 | Link #219 | |
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I have just realized that Yukio Hatoyama's East Asian Community and also "yuai" policy might had originated from 東亜友愛 or so, it seems..
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2009-09-25, 21:51 | Link #220 |
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[QUOTE=Shadow Kira01;2657917]I have just realized that Yukio Hatoyama's East Asian Community and also "yuai" policy might had originated from 東亜友愛 or so, it seems..
His East Asia Community brings forth WWII overtones. Beware. He isn't the Tomichii Murayama China thinks he is.
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