» 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 »

» 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 »

» 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 »

» 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 »

» by GI Korea September 10th, 2011 at 9:09 am » Comments (6)

Here is a major change for servicemembers stationed on Okinawa: Marines on Okinawa are no longer allowed to drink alcohol after midnight at off-base bars and restaurants, according to a revised ...more »

» by GI Korea August 27th, 2011 at 4:46 pm » Comments (32)

Some how I find this story via Japan Probe hard to believe that ethnic Koreans in Japan are going around masquerading as right wing ultra-nationalists in order to give conservatives ...more »

» by GI Korea August 18th, 2011 at 5:25 pm » Comments (3)

Kevin Maher is in the Japanese news again this week.  ROK Heads may remember that Maher was the State Department official in Okinawa that was sacked when Japanese students conspiring ...more »

» by GI Korea August 14th, 2011 at 2:11 am » Comments (6)

Via a reader tip comes news that now former US military veterans that served on Okinawa claim that Agent Orange was buried there: In the late 1960s, the U.S. military buried ...more »

» by GI Korea August 10th, 2011 at 4:57 pm » Comments (36)

I thought some of these Dokdo protesters were stupid, but these protesters in Japan are even worse: Around 500 demonstrators gathered around Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday to protest ...more »

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2011 at 5:42 am » Comments (30)

With the ongoing Fukushima crisis this years anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima is a bit different: The Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 66th anniversary of the ...more »