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Japan Begins Commercial Space Launch Capability By Launching Korean Satellite Into Space
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2012 at 3:51 am » Comments (2)
Developing a domestic space launch ability is something that both South and North Korea have failed to be able to do, but the Japanese have now developed their own commercial ...more »Brazilian Woman Sentenced for Murder of Air Force Husband
» by GI Korea April 30th, 2012 at 3:39 am » Comments (6)
Remember the Air Force NCO NCO murdered on Okinawa that ROK Heads pretty much deduced what happened before the facts became known? Well his wife has now been sentenced for her part in ...more »IHO Denies Korea’s Request To Change Name of Sea of Japan
» by GI Korea April 27th, 2012 at 4:54 am » Comments (10)
I think this is what everyone expected would happen when the IHO took up this issue: The body of water to the east of the Korean peninsula will continue to be ...more »Neighboring Villagers On Okinawa In Favor of Building New US Marine Base
» by GI Korea February 17th, 2012 at 9:23 am » Comments (1)
I find the issue of relocating of US Marines on Okinawa interesting because the plan to base US Marines on a new facility in a less populated area of Okinawa ...more »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 »




