Archives for the 'Japan' Category
NixOnian!
Published on 16 Nov 2009 at 7:12 am.
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Filed under Japan, Obama.
Ha! ABC’s Jack Tapper says that while Obama was laying it on a little thick, Nixon did it first. Only he did it right. Nixon gave Hirohito a polite nod, not the human origami act “in the form of a first year English teacher trying to impress with Karate Kid-level knowledge of Japanese customs” that the current president [...]
Major Apology Tour Attractions
Published on 27 Oct 2009 at 10:05 pm.
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Filed under Japan, history, nukes.
Not on the itinerary. Obama won’t be going to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A-bomb blast sites … under the Apology Tour bus! Which is frankly more of a surprise than you’d know from reading this AP story:
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Double A-Bomb Survivor
Published on 24 Mar 2009 at 9:49 pm.
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Filed under Japan, history.
Not the kind of accomplishment anyone goes looking for. Officially registered in Japan. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on business in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 and suffered some burns. Then he went home to Nagasaki. UK Guardian:
At 11.02 on 9 August, as his boss reportedly questioned his sanity for believing that a single bomb could destroy a [...]
Warning Shot
Published on 13 Mar 2009 at 10:43 am.
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Filed under Japan, Korea.
Across North Korea’s bow as Japan grows a set, warns ahead of NK satellite launch it will ding any dongs headed its way. UK Guardian. The K’s “peaceful space program” is perceived as a skirt for its Taepodong-2 ballistic missile program, and another thumbing of the nose at us. Sounds like a good opportunity to test missile [...]
Potty Talk
Published on 29 Oct 2008 at 8:50 am.
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Filed under Japan.
You can laugh. But Japan’s study of the potential for a toilet crisis in a major urban earthquake zone is serious business. AFP:
Important Japanese Cat News
Published on 26 May 2008 at 9:12 pm.
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Filed under Japan.
Cat, in hat, gets the trains in and out of the station at a profit by luring cat-sappy Japanese tourists.
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Toxic Splatter
Published on 22 May 2008 at 11:56 pm.
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Filed under Japan.
Suicidal Japanese farmer hurls his gutful of pesticides, sprays the medics and sickens 54 people with toxic fumes before departing this vale of tears. Revolting, yet fascinating. His chloropicrin chunder took down docs, nurses and patients rooms away. Yomiuri Shimbun:
Smart Parrot
Published on 21 May 2008 at 9:54 pm.
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Filed under Japan, linguistics.
No bird brain:
BEANZAI!
Published on 25 Mar 2008 at 6:43 am.
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Filed under Boston, Japan, baseball.
It feels like Dawn over Tokyo, watching Beantown’s own open vs the A’s in the Tokyo Dome at 6 a.m. via the wonder of HDTV. Matsuzaka loses face on the hometown mound, soybeans one and walks another, gives up two runs and throws away 30 pitches in a 2-0 first-inning disaster. That’s OK, the fat geisha hasn’t sung. No need for anyone [...]
Hello Kitty Dissed
Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 11:07 pm.
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Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan.
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The world’s most recognizable Japanese feline amine* is passed over for global ambassador in favor of Doraemon, some robotic magic cat I’ve never heard of, I dunno about you. News24:
Hello Kitty for Men
Published on 29 Dec 2007 at 7:17 am.
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Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan.
The question is, are you man enough for Hello Kitty?
Blessed Event
Published on 7 Aug 2007 at 7:43 am.
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Filed under Japan, history.
My latest reprehensible and insensitive thoughts here. Reprise of prior re same, including one Nagasaki’s survivor experience, here:
Sgt. Hello Kitty
Published on 22 Feb 2007 at 12:33 am.
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Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan, military.
Japan, eager to shed its rampaging samurai-sword-wielding Nanking-raping Tojo image as it cautiously projects its power out into the world, promotes the SDF with cuddly cartoon characters. Meet Prince Pickles:
