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Japanese Government Offering Free Round Trip Tickets To Japan

» by 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 »

US Military Spent $35 Million To Evacuate Families from Japan

» by October 4th, 2011 at 9:37 am » Comments (2)

I wonder where the money came from to fund this evacuation?: The Department of Defense paid nearly $35 million for U.S. military families who chose to flee Japan amid the Fukushima ...more »

Japan Will Not Discuss War Time Sex Slave Issue With South Korea

» by 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 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 »

9 North Koreans Defect To Japan By Boat

» by September 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)

Here is a rare method of defection from North Korea: Nine people who say they are from North Korea arrived Tuesday in a black wooden boat off the western Japanese coast ...more »

Russian Bomber Circles Japan

» by 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 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 »

Marines On Okinawa Ordered Not To Drink After Midnight

» by 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 »

Are Japan’s Right Wing Ultra-Nationalists Really Koreans?

» by August 27th, 2011 at 4:46 pm » Comments (31)

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 »

Kevin Maher Comments On Japanese Response To Nuclear Crisis

» by 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 »

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