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English Teacher in Japan Releases A “Shocker”

» by GI Korea August 12th, 2008 at 7:44 am » Comments (7)

I really hope none of you English teachers in Korea ever try to get your students to take a picture like this: If you don't know what this is then click ...more »

Another Land of Four Seasons

» by GI Korea July 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm » Comments (0)

Just further evidence that Japanese and Koreans have more in common then they each care to admit to include their affinity for four seasons. more »

Lee Equates North Korean Murder with Dokdo Nonsense

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2008 at 4:17 am » Comments (4)

It is sad to see President Lee Myung-bak equating the murdering of a South Korean civilian by North Korea with the current Dokdo nonsense: President Lee Myung-bak called for national ...more »

State Department Comments On Dokdo Dispute

» by GI Korea July 16th, 2008 at 6:30 am » Comments (18)

It just makes you wonder who works at the State Department when they make comments like this: "I think you leave it to both South Korea and Japan to each ...more »

Jenkins Given Permanent Residency in Japan

» by GI Korea July 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm » Comments (0)

Charles Jenkins has been granted permanent residency in Japan: The Japanese government will grant U.S. citizen Charles Jenkins, the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee to North Korea, permanent residency ...more »

Madman Goes On Stabbing Rampage In Akihabara

» by GI Korea June 9th, 2008 at 7:13 am » Comments (2)

A crazed man has just recently went on a stabbing rampage in Japan's Akihabara district of Tokyo:   A MAN went on a stabbing spree yesterday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed ...more »

Japan to Resume Importing Whale Meat

» by GI Korea June 6th, 2008 at 10:46 pm » Comments (3)

All you eco-loons out there should find this of interest: Iceland and Norway resumed whale meat exports to Japan this year after an 18-year interruption, industry representatives from both Scandinavian countries ...more »

Japan Urged to Increase Defense Spending

» by GI Korea May 21st, 2008 at 6:10 pm » Comments (4)

With all the rhetoric you hear about resurgent Japanese nationalism and the re-arming of the Japanese military, you would think the second bombing of Pearl Harbor is just around the ...more »

Rape Charges Dropped On Okinawa Based Soldier

» by GI Korea May 19th, 2008 at 5:39 am » Comments (5)

This rape case on Okinawa has been greatly overshadowed by the Marine rape case, but ended with the same conclusion, rape charges being dropped: Charges were dropped late Thursday against a ...more »

Explaining Anti-Americanism on Okinawa

» by GI Korea May 12th, 2008 at 6:45 am » Comments (1)

The Stars & Stripes this past weekend had a good series of articles about how the system of anti-Americanism operates on the Japanese island of Okinawa works.  Similar to Korea, ...more »

Korea and Japan Develop Military Cooperation Agreement

» by GI Korea May 1st, 2008 at 9:06 am » Comments (4)

It is a tad bit ironic that this announcement has happened right after the violence from Chinese students on the streets of Seoul: The Defense Ministry on Monday announced it is ...more »

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

» by GI Korea August 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm » Comments (95)

In what would become the final days of World War II, the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the US Air ...more »
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