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Japan Begins Commercial Space Launch Capability By Launching Korean Satellite Into Space

» by 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 »

Will Japan Ever Restart Their Nuclear Power Plants?

» by May 10th, 2012 at 3:49 am » Comments (16)

On Saturday Japan will have closed all 50 of their operational nuclear reactors: The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants ...more »

Picture of the Day: Japanese Ancestors

» by May 8th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="This Japanese post card shows grandchildren and their families whose ancestors came to Korea as subordinates to a certain Japanese by the name of Kato Kiyomasa. ...more »

Brazilian Woman Sentenced for Murder of Air Force Husband

» by 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 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 »

Korea Claims To Have Found British Map From 1646 That Shows The “Sea of Korea”

» by April 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm » Comments (22)

Here is a map in regards to the East Sea/Sea of Japan dispute that is actually interesting:  South Korea has found a 17th century nautical chart made by a British explorer ...more »

Japanese Prime Minister Endorses Claim To Dokdo Islets

» by April 8th, 2012 at 5:23 pm » Comments (21)

Here is the latest from the Dokdo front: Tokyo renewed its claim to Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost islets, in its policy paper yesterday, putting to the test already-sour bilateral relations over a ...more »

Post-World War II US Military Map Shows That Dokdo Was Considered Korean Territory

» by March 21st, 2012 at 3:01 am » Comments (7)

Here is the latest news on the Dokdo front which for a change I actually found interesting considering the below US military map clearly shows that after World War II, ...more »

Korean Government Tries To Get the US Military To Change Name of “The Sea of Japan”

» by March 9th, 2012 at 6:36 am » Comments (19)

Here is an update from the front lines of the Sea that Cannot Be Named issue: Kim Hyun-soo, a marine law expert and professor at Inha University in Incheon, said, “Koreans ...more »

Picture of the Day: Old Japanese Capitol In Seoul

» by February 27th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="1957: Seoul, South Korea In distance, old Japanese-built Capitol, now demolished."][/caption] Via Flickr. more »

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