Category Page for: Japan

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 »