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Making Excuses for Korean War Criminals?
» by GI Korea January 31st, 2012 at 3:40 am » Comments (0)
That is what this editorial in the Korea Times is doing in regards to Korean convicted as war criminals in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II: Hiromura Gakurai was ...more »Sega Releases Video Games For Urinals In Japan
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2012 at 8:38 am » Comments (2)
I guess the only surprising about this is that it took this long for somebody in Japan to come up with this idea: Three years ago the "Toylet" was just a ...more »Japanese Government Subsidizes Okinawa To the Tune of $4,500 A Person
» by GI Korea January 17th, 2012 at 7:06 am » Comments (3)
The Japanese government is trying to show the Okinawans the money: Japan is planning to shovel billions of dollars in unrestricted funding on Okinawa this year in hopes of buying public ...more »US Sailors Rescue Man Who Fell from Summit of Mt. Fuji
» by GI Korea December 24th, 2011 at 5:16 pm » Comments (4)
Here is a good story about some US sailors in Japan that rescued a Japanese man that fell off the summit of Mt. Fuji: Petty Officer 1st Class Corey Baughman got ...more »Japanese Whaling Fleet Sets Off To Begin Whaling Season
» by GI Korea December 9th, 2011 at 10:45 pm » Comments (14)
Another season of whale nonsense is about to kickoff: Japan's whaling fleet left port Tuesday for the country's annual hunt in Antarctica, press pictures showed, with security measures beefed up amid ...more »Japanese Government Offering Free Round Trip Tickets To Japan
» by GI Korea October 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am » Comments (7)
If the Japanese government wanted to give me free round trip tickets to Japan I would happily blog about the visit and sure man other bloggers would as well; so ...more »Japan Will Not Discuss War Time Sex Slave Issue With South Korea
» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 pm » Comments (6)
This is not a surprising response from the Japanese government considering their past stance on this issue: Japan has turned down South Korea’s proposal to hold bilateral talks about Korean women ...more »Japan Announces Construction of New Carrier
» by GI Korea September 17th, 2011 at 3:04 am » Comments (6)
The arms race in Northeast Asia continues: Japan plans to build a 19,500-ton aircraft carrier capable of housing helicopters after China launched its first own aircraft carrier, Chinese media reported on ...more »Russian Bomber Circles Japan
» by GI Korea September 13th, 2011 at 3:31 am » Comments (3)
It appears the Russians are continuing with their show of force against Japan in regards to the Kuril Islands territorial dispute: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="TU-95"][/caption] Two Russian bombers circled around Japan’s ...more »How Does the Japanese Public Feel About South Korea?
» by GI Korea September 12th, 2011 at 8:27 am » Comments (1)
This is what this AP commissioned poll tried to find out: Japanese people have mixed emotions about South Korea, according to a survey by pollster GfK for AP. GfK polled 1,000 ...more »





