@sabiwabi
Ha ha ha ha...
You are truly a piece of work....
This must be where all the war criminals gather...
I'm sure you believe Nanking and unit-731 were the right things to do...
Ha ha ha ha ha....
Stay OUT of MY JAPAN!
You're Welcome for your freedom and the right to breath MY AIR!
sabiwabi at 05:09 PM JST - 18th December
Look at Germany, that have Museums and monuments dedicated to the memory of their victims... Auschwitz, etc..
Yes, Germany has become one the most spineless nations on Earth. I truly hope they regain their courage and free themselves from those lies.
Then original crimals cam back and kicked the new neighbor out...
I'm glad you realize that those who defeated Japan were the original criminals (stealing, raping...). However, please go a step further: those same criminals are the same who tell us Japan are the bad guys! One should be very suspicious of such accusations...
NO YOU ARE A FUCKIN WAR CRIMINAL!
I'm sure you believe yourself to be racially superior.... ha ha ha ha..
ANYTIME YOU PUNK!!!
mindovermatter at 12:21 PM JST - 10th December
Even America's Guam does not want them. Guess the Guv is not a patriot American. America where you have to follow the governments orders or else, what a shinning beacon of freedom.
Here we go, now we've heard the definitive voice of the people...ha ha ha From No.1 draft dodger and history Re-visionist. Thanks!
We were all waiting to find out what the Brilliant YuriOtani had to say on this matter... And Thank You! Such an astute observation! It's ok now, you can go back to hiding out in your room, even though you're 45 years old, and still live at home with your mom.
mindovermatter at 11:01 PM JST - 9th December
but the native people are not so happy about this increase.
They have representatives in Congress, they get Big $$ U.S. Tax Dollars already, and on top of that, with the increase in troops, their annual revenues are only to increase.... Any state in the U.S. would jump at the chance to "host"(Ha ha ha) Have more military... Maybe the Japanese don't care too much for Military, the way their's ran a muck 60 years ago, but 99% free peace-loving people in the free-world love their military's.
The difference is not too wage wars of aggressions... Japan hates the U.S. Military, because they have nothing better to do or talk about... Even before the First U.S. troops even set foot in Japan in September of 1945, Japanese Oyaji's were busy spewing the propaganda of how Evil The American's are and were... Kids today, who have had absolutely ZERO contact or association with Americans or the Military, are brought up to believe all foreigners are inferior to Japanese and that they should be careful, because foreigners carry diseases.... Think I'm joking... Think again...
The only people that would deny this kind of stuff happens on a regular and permanent basis are either ignorant or they just arrived in Japan... There are some Educated Japanese that have actually studied overseas, in the U.S. or U.K and they actually have a good head on their shoulders, because they've been exposed to real learning environments, and know the difference between Old Oyaji Tales and Real Science. But unfortunately, they are the minority... Sorry, to burden some of you with the unvarnished Truth, I wish it weren't so...
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GUAM —
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa visited Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Wednesday, which is to host about 8,000 U.S. Marines who are due to relocate from the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Okinawa under a 2006 Japan-U.S. accord.
He was briefed on the situation in Guam with regard to U.S. forces realignment by the commander of the base and visited a site where barracks are to be built using Japanese funds to accommodate the troops. The accord under which the troops are to be moved to Guam, a U.S. territory, stipulates that the Futenma base be relocated from Ginowan to less populated Nago in Okinawa.
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mindovermatter at 11:53 AM JST - 8th December
eagerly wanted Japan's support to commit aggression against Iraq without absolving Japan from its previous transgressions
I will give you that... The Iraq Invasion is a stain upon America, but it's Bush's and Cheney's war... Most American's feel resentment over those scum bags for lying the U.S. into a war for oil. With the exception of the Fox news cool-aid, living, breathing and drinking crowd, we know what happened and feel remorse for the Iraqi people.
It's already in our history books, Downing street memo's and all! There's no white-washed, glossed over , missing 10 years from our history. Vietnam is complete with references to made-up, "Gulf of Tonkin" incident. We will still be doling out funds to Iraqi's for generations to come, because of Dubya's Illegal invasion... Some day they will be held to account for their actions, if not on earth, when they meet their maker.
I was here way before any Iraq fiasco, and Japan's attitude was one of complete and utter denial... There was and still is no context, to anything that happened up to and beyond 1945. School kids today will be hard pressed to tell you anything history regarding Japan's involvement in Asia from the early 1900's to 1945. Forget about asking what happened in Nanking in 1937, you will only draw a blank...
That's what's wrong with Japan today.... People need to know what really happened.... I don't blame the Japanese for Pearl Harbor, that's about the least of anything they did. I'm not Chinese, but feel so much resentment for what happened in 1937. I'm not even going to mention Unit-731, or the Live Vivisections carried out in May and June of 1945 at Kyushu Imperial University on American POW's... (You'll never ever see a mention of that in Japanese History books) And my Japanese friend's response, "Well America did it too.." That's not only ludicrous, it's blatantly inaccurate. I guess that's how they can equate things today. "See an American soldier bayoneted a Japanese soldier, so, big deal if the Japanese soldier threw a baby up into the air and caught them on the end of their bayonet..... America did it too"
No.... Not quite....
mindovermatter at 11:57 AM JST - 29th November
elephunk, Japan has a nuclear industry and it would not be hard to make them in secret and mate them up to a delivery system. Maybe one at first, a very dirty one and launch it on warning. Japan wants to be on a equal level with others not a doormat for America or Russia. If Russia is plotting to nuke Japan over the northern territories than a deterrent force is needed. My quarrel with the American nuclear Umbrella is this. If America attacks Russia after they have destroyed Japans cities it would be at risk from an attack from Russia. Will America be willing to accept this? I believe your Russia would be willing to kill millions just to feel important. If the new government is worried as well because of the bullying received from Russia and perceived threats then...
WTF are you babbling about...?
This article has nothing to do with that...
They're talking about some islands, and you're spewing on about the U.S.
This is exactly the problem with Japanese of Today, even those older folks, who were taught history, either from their racist fathers, grand-fathers, or through the Japan whit-washing history text-book reform...
You can't understand anything, because you have no idea of what REALLY happen 60 years ago...
Why don't you, just pick any Asian, Western, or even European country's History text book, that goes back, say 100 years, Just pick ANY Country other than Japan's version and start reading...
I'm betting you will be fricken amazed, by the difference between YOUR Japan-White-Washed History and the way it was recorded by the rest of the World!
I'm betting Mr.Otani still buys into that crap about Japanese being the Superior Human Race... I would bet $10,000 this guy really believes crap like this... And for every one of him, there are 10 or 20 more Yuri's hiding in the closet!
If you really want to see the Fruit cakes and Nut-Job's like this guy, get onto YouTube and start searching for Hiroshima, or Japan-U.S.
mindovermatter at 12:07 PM JST - 21st November
@northlondon
one of your 'friends' was trying to tell us that the Japanese government had invited this soldier into their country to help them and was now trying to put him in jail. You need to complete whatever education you may have and learn about world history. May I suggest 1945 as a starting point.
See here's a prime example why all the other Asia countries truly Hate Japan.... And why they will never in this lifetime get a permanent seat on the UN security council...
They can't even come to terms with their country's history.. For this guy, and the average Japanese, history starts 1945...
That's so typical.... Germany on the other hand, is ligh-years ahead of Japan in coming to terms with it's Nations past..
I really hope that Japan starts teaching real history, or as you can see, you will be left with a nation of "northlondon's" who truly believe they are world's victim.... It's really too bad...
mindovermatter at 11:48 AM JST - 21st November
@northlondon
one of your 'friends' was trying to tell us that the Japanese government had invited this soldier into their country to help them and was now trying to put him in jail. You need to complete whatever education you may have and learn about world history. May I suggest 1945 as a starting point.
May I suggest you start your History lesson from around 1900, and don't stop until 2009.... Please...
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/opinion/17iht-edsteve.t.html
Here's some more truthful articles for you, to enlightening you mind... Because a Ganko mind, is such a terrible thing to waste...
And you can read and reread my words and others speaking truth here:
http://nomorejt.blogspot.com/
And may I Remind YOU, He's only here in this country AT YOUR GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST!
As Always, You're are welcome for your freedom, please enjoy it, but remember not to repeat the same mistakes that caused such great harm to the world and Asia leading up to 1945...
mindovermatter at 07:13 PM JST - 20th November
@northlondon
You Mookoo, Cleo and the rest of the nut cases, need to read up on some real history regarding Japan, and you may understand why you really believe these kinds of BS things... It starts by admitting that YOU ARE responsible for your own actions... Japan wasn't just some peace loving nation 60 years ago and they aren't anyone's victim.... Once you understand that Japan was a brutal, Viscous country and waged a terrible war against asia, you aren't victims... Once you get over this victim mentality, you'll start healing and feel better about yourself!
Here's a good start:
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/opinion/17iht-edsteve.t.html
As always, You're welcome for your freedom!
mindovermatter at 08:54 PM JST - 18th November
taj Mindovermatter: "Two can play at that game...!" Sir, for your sake, I hope our paths never cross.
I'd be glad to give you GPS coordinates, down to 8 digits... Anytime, you want to do 20 miles and then put the gloves on, you be sure to let me know... There taj buddy... Too much testosterone here for me...
It's pretty hard to hit someone as big as person, with a car, and not feel anything, unless of course you are three sheets to the wind. He's going to do time, you can bet money on that, unless the JN cops totally blow it... Which in an Okinawan court, with local Okinawan judges, jurry and executioners would be all but impossible...
Damn, if I went out to my car and noticed blood, hair, smashed windshield, I think I might call the police first. Duhhh. Unless of course I couldn't remember driving home the night before.
Very very good point... This sounds more like the story that a Japanese National might try to pull, unless he is really that stupid.
He was probably so plastered he didn't even remember getting home that night, then you take into account the tendency of your average Japanese National who takes that line of "I'm going to put my head down and walk straight ahead, and if you hit me, it's your fault!"
Which they love to pull all the time, either walking down the sidewalk, getting on a train, or watching somebody jogging along a road or sidewalk, coming toward them, and they can see that there's just enough room for two people to pass each other, but instead of moving over a little bit, to accommodate the other person, not too mention being the common-sense and good-manners thing to do, they will put their head down and ignore the other person, in a game of chicken, or "Ganko" as I call it here in Yokohama.
And I can't tell you how many times I've knocked down "Ganko" Oyaji's while on my daily run! (never ever women, children or the elderly - they usually have too much common-sense to pull something like that) The ones who want to play that Ganko-Game of chicken... Completely lacking in any form of common-sense... I do say "Sumimasen" about a split-second before I hit them... Two can play at that game...!
In this case nobody knows where that guy was walking, if he was on the sidewalk or walking down the middle of the road... But it wouldn't surprise me in either case...
Don't worry, Ant-American Ganko Japanese, as soon as they produce some DNA results, the military will hand him over in a NY Minute, the only way he's getting out of this situation is if he's in a body bag.
mindovermatter at 12:06 PM JST - 17th November
Amazing how the military clone types now blame the old guy for getting hit and forcing the driver to run away without notifying the police. Yes, that old guy did such a great job of getting someone to run over him that he is dead.
I haven't read any posts on this site about people blaming the victim, and if this guy did in fact hit him and leave the scene, throw the book at him, he's a criminal then.
he is here in the this country because Japan lost the war 60 plus years ago. Japan is not an occupied state like Iraq today any longer.
No, pls don't compare Iraq and Japan, they have absolutely NOTHING in common.
Iraq, as most Americans agree, was a war based on lies, it's Bush's WAR, he's a WAR criminal and should be sent to the Hague for a war crimes tribunal.
But Japan is a completely different story... Yes, Japan, lost the war, you are correct. No, Japan is no longer occupied, the U.S. is here because of agreements YOUR Government signed.... There's no gray area there.. Yes, your government agreed to the SOFA agreement, it's nothing new, probably 55 other countries in the world have similar agreements with the U.S.
I think Japanese are the biggest victims of their Government and their own white-washed history...
You see, in Germany today to deny the Holocaust is illegal, you can be sent to prison, for denying that part of history. Most Germans today still feel sorry for the actions of their governmnet in WW2, and they have numerous museums and monuments dedicated the victims of other countries which they waged war against.
By contrast, the only museums in Japan are dedicated to the Japanese themselves, a sort of "Righteous Halo" of victim-hood, almost no Japanese feel sorry for the actions of their governmnet, nor do they even teach what actually happened during ww2. No mention of Nanking, 40 years of Korean colonization, etc..etc...etc...
You guys need to stop feeling sorry for yourself, start responsibility for your own actions, and if you really want the U.S. to leave, you need to take the issue up with your government.
Have a nice day!
And your welcome for your freedom!
Wednesday 11th November, 05:26 AM JST
TOKYO —
Police investigators searched the office and home in Tokyo of photographer Kishin Shinoyama on Tuesday on suspicion of public indecency over the shooting of nude photos for his book of photos ‘‘20XX TOKYO.’’ The investigators also raided the office in Tokyo of a talent agency to which one of the two models, a 21-year-old actress, belongs.mindovermatter at 03:32 PM JST - 11th November
Gee... This is exactly what Japan needs to utilize it's police resources on.... Cracking down on a guy who took some photo's a couple years ago, and it didn't effect anybody...
I could see if the models were underage or if someone had complained about seeing nude people, but two years later...
Worthless... Where are we on that Nagoya Gaijing that was stabbed to death in broad daylight...?
Now that's REAL crime!
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mindovermatter at 07:41 PM JST - 10th November
timorborder
On the other side of the car park was a car with 4 young men inside. Unfortunately, our eyes met for a second and these young toughs thought they would beat up a foreigner (there was nobody around). Anyway, they came charging across the car park.
Man, you are so lucky!!!
I wish I could run into a car load of scum bags like that at 6:30 in the morning! You are soooo lucky! I would pay good money for that kind of opportunity... Usually they just bow their head's after I turn around and run after them.... Only one time, did I have to back off, after about 15 or 20, came out from around the corner, I almost followed them into the elevator, but my there were just too many of them, and my ASP is only the 16-inch model.... Real Bummer....
Never take crap from a bunch of 2-bit punks...Keep your whits about you, and always be ready!
Tuesday 10th November, 08:15 AM JST
TOKYO —
A 32-year-old man was arrested on Monday for manslaughter, after he allegedly punched a man more than 10 times in his face causing his death, police said.
Toshiyuki Kanazawa, an unemployed resident of Fussa City, was drinking with a group of about 10 people in a Thai restaurant at around 9 a.m. on Sept 26, when the group began having an argument. A 60-year-old male customer at a nearby table told them to quiet down, and Kanazawa got angry and punched the man repeatedly in the face.
The manager of the restaurant looked after the man but his condition deteriorated in the evening, and the manager called for an ambulance. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead later that night, police said.
Kanazawa, who told police he was a former member of an organized crime syndicate, said he was a regular at the restaurant but has denied assaulting the man.
mindovermatter at 11:31 AM JST - 10th November
why all the secrets about the restaurant name, even where in "tokyo" it is...
Good point!
WTF is up with that...? JT you need to post the name of this restaurant!
I bet I could look back a year in your archives and find all the articles related to restaurants, and I'll bet they all have the names posted...!
Are you trying cower out, so the big-bad yakuza don't get mad at you...?
Sounds like typical japanese crap to me...
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mindovermatter at 11:34 PM JST - 6th November
Quote mind over matter "Oh my God? I wonder how the "gunman" got the gun in the first place..wait! It was "probably" a Foreigner who sold it to him...gee" strangely enough they had to buy it somewhere probably over seas.....so yes a Gaijin did sell it to them...just not in japan. Stop being so freaking paranoid and racists, don't like it go home. kenn
Well, Kenn-chan, No Thank You, This Is My Country! My Forefathers, and too many Good Americans Died so You, little-man, can enjoy the rights you have today. And I've spent more than 20 years, defending not only America's Interest's, But Japan's safety as well.
While you lived at home and had mommy breast-feeding you until you were 45 years old, then all you can think to do is to complain about Foreigners....
I don't think so young-man....
So believe me, youngster, I have more of a right to be here than you... You didn't do squat to earn that right... Unless you served 20 years in the Japanese Military, which I highly highly doubt....
So Just Say, Thank You, and leave it at that...
Have a nice day!
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This will be reposted on Our Blog, So it will be available for all to read, long-after JT deletes it...
mindovermatter at 11:08 AM JST - 6th November
Here we go.... And this is the big crime this week...
Let's forget all about catching murders, we have to focus all our resources on tracking down this one guy who illegally disposed of trash...
And you wonder why these cops are so screwed up....
Where are we on that Gaijin that was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Nagoya 6-months ago....? Where a gang of people get out of a car in the middle of a street and stab a guy to death in front of plenty of people... Not a clue...
YGHome at 09:02 PM JST - 29th October
mindovermatter, thank you for your list above (posted at 06:52 PM JST - 29th October), to which I now relate:
You indeed mentioned significant gifts that Japan receives from America. Japan's prosperity can indeed be largely attributed to such gifts as the one-sided trade deals, the access to technology and the cheap oil mentioned in your list. Yet every gift is paid for in the end, and the pay might prove much higher than the gift itself. Perhaps the dearest pay so far is the loss of independence and the defacement of national identity. Another pay, a potential one, is suffering destruction and loss of lives in an aggressive war that America may joyfully arrange. I can envision another world which is not dominated by a violent hegemonic superpower. According to this vision, all nations enjoy the opportunity to develop and thrive based on the fulfillment of their own human resources, while holding relations based on equality and while retaining their independence.
mindovermatter at 11:08 PM JST - 29th October
Perhaps the dearest pay so far is the loss of independence and the defacement of national identity.
Huh...?
Of all the things I mentioned, those are probably the biggest and greatest gifts YOU received from the U.S. and MY forefathers. I would even say that you owe a debt of gratitude to every-single U.S. service member that ever served here in Japan, not only protecting U.S. interests, but yours and your family's safety and security, whether you realized it or not...
Sure, you get a free-ride on the U.S. economy, because we have stupid idiots that go along with these "one-sided" trade deals, and sell-out their own country for a few bucks, but whether you know it, believe it or not, Your freedom is the gift you've been constantly receiving for the last 50 years, whether you appreciate it or not...
Your government in cooperation with the U.S. are responsible for this... They Made these deals to put U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil, in-part to protect Japan's interests and security... As well as serve U.S. strategic interest and help bring stability to Asia.
So forgive me if I use no tact, but you guys sound like a bunch of spoiled rotten kids... And unless you've served in the Japanese Military, actually defending your country, you have absolutely no-place to criticize any american service members serving here in Japan, protecting your rights...
Now if you want to talk about people that really have something to bitch about... Let's Talk Iraq, where we had a piece of crap president, who invaded another country that didn't attack us, and 600,000 plus Iraqis get killed because of this... Now, that's an Illegal Occupation....
Japan needs to get onboard with the International community and start honoring international treaties, first off would non-discrimination, and then a host of other internationally recognized laws and policies...
Sorry, not one ounce of sympathy for JN's, until you start playing by the international rules, like all the other civilized countries...
Friday 09th October, 11:20 AM JST
HYOGO —
A 6-year-old girl died Thursday afternoon after being hit by a train at a railroad crossing in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
According to police, Wakana Ashitate was hit by an Imazu Line local train heading south toward Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi station at a crossing that had a gate and signal. About 30 meters before the crossing, the driver of the train spotted Wakana cross under the gate and onto the tracks. He applied the brakes, but the train couldn’t stop in time.
Police say Wakana and her 7-year-old brother were playing near the crossing, and that she wandered onto the tracks after the northbound train passed by.
bgaudry at 08:47 AM JST - 10th October
That's why it's considered "Child Endangerment" to leave kids unsupervised, even in your own home.
Japan is not America!
mindovermatter at 11:30 PM JST - 11th October
Japan is not America!
No, the people are not American...
You can say thank you for your freedom, only by the grace of my forefathers, who gave you the right to be free... So enjoy it, but don't take it for granted, because too many GOOD American's died to give you that freedom, and not 40 years of Slavery and brutality as you should have expected, the way in which you treated other Asian countries...
I'd say you have a hell of a lot to be thankful for, and very very little to bitch about other than your own lack of common-sense, good-judgment, and lack of real history and facts surrounding Japan, what Japan REALLY did and what they should have done...
So be thankful, and be silent young man....
Saturday 05th September, 06:45 AM JST
TOKYO —
A 20-year-old man was arrested for attempted extortion earlier this week after he allegedly tried to make two elementary school girls pay him 50,000 yen each, police said Friday.
Police said Ryunosuke Arima, a second-year student at Bunkyo University, approached the two 11-year-old girls on Aug 26 outside a Taito Ward bookstore, after he put a 1,000 yen bill on top of some books in the store. One of the girls had picked the bill up and told Arima that they were going to hand it in at a police station. Arima told them the money was his, and that if they didn’t want to get in trouble with the police, they should pay him 50,000 yen each.
Arima then tried to persuade the girls to give him some money over the next hour, but fled without success after the girls started crying. He was arrested on Sept 2, based on descriptions of his appearance. He has admitted to the allegations, saying he wanted to pull a prank on some girls.
Police are investigating if Arima was involved in two other incidents in the bookstore last month, in which two young girls were groped.
mindovermatter at 09:59 AM JST - 5th September
I think anybody in the states, except maybe a three year old, would have said, "go ahead call the cops."
You certainly can't blame the girls here, but add this college punk into the equation, and it's just more proof of a country in total lack of common-sense...
From 105 lbs socking wet geeks, who choose to walk right behind a group of drunken construct workers at 3am in the morning, to people challenging other people with baseball bats to hit them.... (Yes... these did happen... one died and the other will probably have permanent brain damage)
I'm not even sure if this would be considered a crime in most "Civilized" western countries... Probably not blackmail, because there are certain statues which must be met, probably harassment or something along the lines as a menace.
Thursday 03rd September, 09:23 AM JST
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii —
The famous battleship where Japanese officials signed the surrender documents that officially ended World War II played host on Wednesday to about 20 aging U.S. veterans and dozens of observers as they marked the 64th anniversary of the war’s end.
The USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay on Sept 2, 1945, for the surrender ceremonies, has since been decommissioned and moored in Pearl Harbor.
U.S. Rep Neil Abercrombie told those gathered it’s fitting that the battleship—now known as the Battleship Missouri Memorial—is docked just a few hundred yards from the memorial for the USS Arizona.
The Arizona sank when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, an event that drew the U.S. into the war.
“I can think of nothing more valuable of this complex here ... to enable generations to come to reflect and understand,” said Abercrombie, a Democrat from Hawaii.
The memorial welcomes more than 40,000 tourists each month to exhibits that highlight the Missouri’s role in Japan’s surrender.
Walter Lassen, a 27-year-old first gunner’s mate aboard the Missouri when the war ended, told The Associated Press in an interview last week his fellow sailors had “little love of the enemy” when Japanese officials came aboard to sign the documents.
The Missouri, one of the most powerful U.S. warships at the time, fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa as American forces neared the Japanese main islands.
For months, sailors focused on aggressively protecting their ship and other ships in the U.S. fleet. At one point, the Missouri came under the attack of 95 Japanese planes, Lassen said.
A kamikaze pilot slammed into the Missouri’s hull in April 1945, though the plane’s bomb failed to detonate and only the pilot was killed.
“The mood at the time of the ceremony was the culmination of all this amount of fighting we had been doing and all this shooting that had been going on,” said Lassen.
But with the surrender, sailors began to feel that their country was finally safe, he said. Lassen, 91, had planned to attend Wednesday’s ceremony, but had a last minute change of plans.
Pearl Harbor survivor Delton E Walling, 88, thought back to the U.S. servicemen who lost their lives in the conflict.
“They’re the ones that are on my mind today—those boys that are in the Pacific,” Walling said after the ceremony. “They’re the ones that made your lifestyle the way it is today. They gave their life.”
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Wallace Gregson spoke Wednesday of how much has changed in 64 years.
“While there have been other wars since 1945, the scale and the scope of those conflicts has faded as the Asia-Pacific region has become a model of peace, stability and cooperation,” Gregson said.
mindovermatter at 05:09 PM JST - 3rd September
Given all the revisionism regarding WW2 history, couldn't the USN of at least towed the Mighty Mo back to Tokyo Bay for this anniversary? Now that would be a great spectacle, and the Japanese would have probably appreciated it as well.
Yea... That would be something to see! Although I highly doubt any Japanese would "Appreciate" it in the manner which you suggest... It's more possible that the History Revisionist would have a field day though... I'm sure some-where along the lines they would get it printed in the new History texts that the Missouri actually started the war by shelling innocent Japanese in some beach resort town in Okinawa or something to that effect...
What in the hell is wrong with you people? Can't you see that the Japanese are actually the Victims of WW2...? (LOL...)
ST. LOUIS —
Yoshio Matsumoto was among the 110,000 Japanese-Americans seemingly bound for an internment camp soon after America entered World War II when a university he knew nothing about from a far off part of the country agreed to take him in.mindovermatter at 11:12 AM JST - 1st September
That was just good-ole-American racism
Yea, the 1940's 50's and 60's were plenty full of racism.
But America has had very very tough anti-discrimination laws for a long time now....
I am wondering when, if ever, Japan will grow up and out of that 18th century mindset and join the international community....?
Until then, they will remain a country of 3rd rate.
Tuesday 01st September, 07:00 AM JST
WASHINGTON —
The United States will not renegotiate the planned transfer of U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Ginowan to the shores of Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, the State Department said Monday. ‘‘The United States has no intention to renegotiate the Futenma replacement facility plan or Guam relocation with the government of Japan,’’ department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.mindovermatter at 08:38 AM JST - 1st September
YuriOtani
Good then America can just remove the Marines (all of them) without any help from Japan. As a sovereign country American can not station troops in Japan without their permission. Information to Americans, the free lunch is over!
Hate to break the news the news to you "YuriOtani" but Japan's sovereignty was forever changed the minute, You, They (Japan) launched their war of aggression 70 odd years ago....
So you can either accept this fact, and thank your lucky stars that Russia wasn't the one that brought the war in Japan to a close, otherwise, Japan, would probably look like another North Korea.
I'd say Japan made out pretty good in the deal, you have a democracy, free speech, etc... But I know with your "Ganko Pride," and that most Japanese are like spoiled little kids that forget what happened 5 minutes ago... For you to understand, would be well beyond your mental capacity.
I'll just say, on behalf of my forefathers that gave you your freedom, (Japan certainly didn't do anything for it)
You're welcome, enjoy it, but be a nice oyaji!
Friday 28th August, 09:03 AM JST
KANAGAWA —
A 39-year-old Mainichi Shimbun employee was arrested for negligent driving resulting in injury and for fleeing the scene of an accident on Thursday, after he hit a 17-year-old girl on her scooter and then drove away without stopping.
Police said Yoshio Kusaka was delivering advertisements for the Mainichi newspaper early Thursday afternoon when his vehicle hit the scooter at an intersection in Sagamihara City. Kusaka didn’t stop his car and drove away from the scene, but returned about 15 minutes later, where he was arrested. He told police that he fled the scene in shock.
The girl was taken to hospital and is receiving treatment for the injuries to her chest.
mindovermatter at 04:03 PM JST - 28th August
auntplum
Being in an accident where a pedestrian is killed typically results in a prison scentence... whether they are inebriated, infirm, elderly, or a teenager talking on a mobile phone whilst listening to an I-pod and playing on a PSP as they wander into the road on their merry way
I don't know what cave or what country you've been living in, but what you stated is absolutely ridiculous. I'll be the first one to say that Japan has some pretty stupid laws, not to mention the people have very little, if any common-sense and act like a bunch of 7 year olds...
Come on dude.... If somebody walks out into the middle of a busy road, expressway, highway, etc and gets nailed by a motor vehicle, "provided the driver did everything he could to avoid hitting the pedestrian."
Then he has nothing to worry about...
Now of course if he was drinking, taking drugs, speeding or driving with reckless and wanton disregard...
ALL BETS ARE OFF!
Come on dude, use some common sense.
BTW, I choose not to drive, And this is my country, The country MY Forefathers fought and died for so you Japanese can enjoy your freedom and democracy...
Your Welcome!
Have a nice Day!
mindovermatter at 01:24 PM JST - 28th August
Even if a pedestrian is drunk and running onto a busy road, the driver that hits them would still be considered guilty in Japanese law.
Not True, unless that driver is doing something illegal, such as drinking and driving or speeding, etc...
I can tell you first hand, having hit someone on a bike, they weren't hurt, but I wasn't even given a ticket. I know of two other instances, one in which an old lady was killed after she stepped into oncoming traffic.
But I do think they need to re-educate the driving populous in Japan. They seem to think that motor vehicles always have the right of way!
Especially bus drivers, these clowns think they own the road, after a couple of near misses, I always make it a point to follow the drivers to their next stop and "physically" Instruct and Educate them, that they do not own the road and they must give ample room when they pass runners, sharing the road with them.
They are all so big and bad behind the wheels of their 20 ton Buses until you meet them face-to-face...
LOL...
(Been there, done that, will do it again in a heartbeat!)
Wednesday 26th August, 10:59 AM JST
FUKUOKA —
A 49-year-old police sergeant was arrested on Tuesday for negligent driving resulting in injury and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. Tatsuo Koga, a sergeant at Kokuraminami police station, allegedly drove his car on the wrong side of the road in Iizuka City on Monday night and collided with a car. He then walked away from the scene without checking on the condition of the female driver.
The accident happened just after 8 p.m. Monday on Route 200, when a white car believed to have been driven by Koga went the wrong way down the national road and collided with a car being driven by a woman in her 50s, who suffered head injuries in the impact. Koga was found about 200 meters away from the scene sitting on the side of the road. A passer-by told police he saw a man get out of the white car and walk away in the direction Koga was found, and when the car was confirmed to be registered in Koga’s name, he was arrested.
Police said Koga’s breath smelled of alcohol. He admitted he had been drinking, but refused to take an alcohol breath test. A blood test conducted at 6.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning came up with a blood alcohol content of 0.127%, more than four times the legal limit of 0.03. Police are pursuing a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Koga has denied he was the driver of the vehicle, however, and said that his car was stolen.
Koga’s arrest on Tuesday coincided with the third anniversary of a car accident in which a Fukuoka City public servant, driving under the influence of alcohol, smashed into an RV, causing it to plunge off a bridge and into the bay below, killing the three children inside.
mindovermatter at 01:41 PM JST - 26th August
Koga was found about 200 meters away from the scene sitting
200 meters....? Come on now...? I dislike and distrust Jcops with best of them, but 200 meters might have been closest safe place to sit down.
Now for him denying that he was driving, this is another matter altogether.
Thank god no one was killed!
In any case, it's one less 'stupid' Jcop that will be stealing, taking pictures up HS girls skirts, groping women on a train, harassing salarymen / obasan's on their bikes or falling asleep in their station because they drank a drug laced tea provided by the person they were interrogating.... (LOL....)
Or maybe he'll just get promoted! He's now shown upper management that, "he's a player!"
Wednesday 26th August, 05:59 AM JST
TOKYO —
Almost all people who attended a peace ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug 6 to remember the U.S. atomic bombing are ‘‘left-wingers,’’ former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami said Tuesday.mindovermatter at 09:00 AM JST - 26th August
‘‘Mass media are trying to keep this fact secret. Ordinary people would see the ceremony differently if they know of the fact.’’
Yea... and exactly what facts are those...?
That Japan waged a war of aggression for 40 plus years leading up WW2?
That Japan was planning for the defense of mainland Japan, including arming women and children with bamboo spears, to fight until the very last person?
Or is it the part about... Japan was just an innocent country minding it's own business, when all of a sudden the U.S. just started dropping bombs...? This seems to be the gist of what is taught in the k-12 education system here in Japan... But funny thing, the rest asia and the world for that matter has a completely different version of history....
Sunday 23rd August, 11:15 PM JST
CHIBA —
Police have arrested a member of a hunters’ group on suspicion of professional negligence after he mistakenly shot to death a fellow hunter Sunday during a cull of monkeys.
Suminori Maeda, a 51-year-old resident of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, shot and fatally injured Masayoshi Murakoshi, 72, also from Kimitsu, around 9:30 a.m. Sunday in a mountain forest. Murakoshi was immediately taken to hospital but was later pronounced dead, police said. Maeda told investigators that he shot Murakoshi after mistaking him for a monkey. At the time, Murakoshi was rushing to join other members of the group on hearing that monkeys had been sighted, police said.
************* SORRY JT CAN'T TOUCH THIS! ************************
mindovermatter at 08:15 PM JST - 24th August
At least there weren't any monkeys killed in the oyaji cull!
I think they could sure do a hell of a lot better job of thinning the herd of these oyaji's running the streets today!
Maybe we need to declare open season on them too...?
Friday 21st August, 08:28 AM JST
TOKYO —
A 30-year-old male police officer was arrested on Thursday for theft and trespassing after he allegedly entered another officer’s room at a police dormitory in Ota Ward and stole his watch in November last year.
Tomonobu Tada, who resides in the same dormitory for single officers, is accused of entering the unlocked room and taking his fellow officer’s watch, worth around 150,000 yen, on Nov 6 and selling it under his own name to a secondhand dealer in Chiyoda Ward in late January. Tada has admitted to the allegations. Investigators would not say why it took so long for them to make the arrest.
biglittleman at 11:57 AM JST - 21st August
This is why I don't trust the Japanese police. One reason is they are criminals too. Second they are stupid criminals. Why sell another cops watch under your own name? Especially when you are suppose to know how investigations work.
These mandatory dormitories for single cops are breeding grounds for sexually frustrated, stupid boys with too much free time. No wonder they are paying underage girls on cellphone sites, stealing and abusing prisoners.
MindOverMatter Says:
Yes biglittleman! Unfortunately you are absolutely spot on!
Where my two buddies Cleo and Mookoo...? Come on my most intelligent of friends!
Sunday 23rd August, 01:00 AM JST
OKAYAMA —
Two police officers were stabbed while trying to subdue a 74-year-old man brandishing two kitchen knives in his home in Nadasaki, Okayama Prefecture, on Friday. The man, identified as Kenji Nanba, was charged with assault and interfering with police in the line of their duty, but he has denied the charges.
At around 3:50 p.m., police received a call from Nanba’s wife, 69, saying her husband had begun to get violent. When two police officers arrived, Nanba had already settled down, but when they approached him he suddenly grabbed two kitchen knives. He lashed at an assistant inspector, 49, and stabbed him in the leg, then slashed the other officer in the arm. Nanba was drunk at the time of the incident.I'm waiting for the people who feel the cops should have shot a 74 year man
mindovermatter at 10:36 AM JST - 23rd August
Nobody needs to shoot a 74 year old man, unless he's wielding a loaded firearm, but there's about 20 different techniques to use which don't involve bare handed, karate or judo style grappling, with a knife wielding man. Only idiots, dead or soon to be dead idiots do that.
I'm just dreading the day we read, cop(s) die of fatal stab wounds while taking on drunk knife wielding man bare handed.
I sure hope it will be worth saving the life of some deranged drunk with a weapon or firearm, maybe somebody else will go another slashing spree in Tokyo, because they know the cops won't use deadly force. We'll never know. We can only hope not.
Piss poor training, PERIOD.
It's not a question of "IF" one these JN under-trained cops is going to finally die going to a knife fight bare handed, it's only a question of "When."
God help them.
Friday 21st August, 08:47 AM JST
OSAKA —
A 22-year-old man, who was arrested Wednesday night for assault and obstruction of duty after he rear-ended the motorcycle of a police officer, feigned death for about three hours, police said Thursday.
According to police, Yuji Matsumura of Sakai City was riding his motorcycle with some friends when he ran into the motorcycle of the police officer. He tried to escape but was apprehended about 400 meters from the crash.
Seconds after he was handcuffed, Matsumura collapsed and pretended to be dead. Police called for an ambulance even though his breathing and heartbeat were normal. Matsumura put on a good show, however, and didn’t even flinch when medics inserted a catheter into his urethra. A doctor who performed a CT scan found no abnormalities.
This went on for three hours, police said, until Matsumura’s mother came to the hospital to identify him. He returned to his senses at the sound of her voice.
mindovermatter at 09:03 AM JST - 21st August
This is something a 6 year old might do...
But unfortunately this is the mentality of the average 40 year old Japanese male, females have more common sense than to pull something so stupid.
01:04 AM JST - 4th May
NAGOYA — A man died of stab wounds in Nagoya early Saturday after being dragged out of his car during an altercation with a group of men in another vehicle, police said Sunday. The man, who appeared to be a foreigner in his 30s, was taken to a hospital but died shortly after.
Japanese Police Clueless OR Purposely choose to not pursue the Yakuza behind this Cowardly act!
Come on JapanToday... Where are you on this...?
A 25-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder on Monday, after he hit a 29-year-old man repeatedly with an aluminium baseball bat. A taxi driver called police just before 2 a.m. and told them a man was walking around with a baseball bat. Police rushed to the area outside Gyotoku station in Ichikawa City, and found Kazuma Oi standing over a man and attacking him with the bat.
Oi was arrested and admitted to attacking the man, saying he was challenged by him. The victim was seriously injured and was bleeding from his head, but is in a stable condition in hospital, police said.
mindovermatter at 04:08 PM JST - 18th Au
gust
Who needs a knife or a sword..? A baseball bat in Japan is just as good as having a 44 magnum.
I wonder when they will amend the "Firearms and Swords" Law to read, "Firearms and Swords and Baseball Bats" Law..?
I wonder if it took 10 cops to arrest this guy, and in the process the cops stuck their heads out to absorb the impacts and swings of the guy wielding the bat, rather than, accidentally "harm" this nice man during his arrest...?
Cleo... Care to weigh in with your Informed and so Astute opinion...?
TOKYO —
A man stabbed himself in the stomach in an apparent attempt at “seppuku” (ritual disembowelment) outside the Diet building on Monday, police and ambulance services said. “We are now investigating his motivation,” a police spokesman said.
mindovermatter at 05:07 PM JST - 17th August
Best news I've heard all month!
Hopefully next time he, they will grab two or three of their loser oyaji-gakki-racist buddies and do it together!
Matter of fact, there's a few people that post to this site that I would also highly encourage to participate next time!!!
Two people died and three were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a four-door sedan and a K-car on Sunday in the town of Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture.
According to police, the K-car was jutting in and out of the oncoming lane when it collided head-on with a car traveling toward it at around 2:20 p.m. Two passengers in the K-car, 52-year-old Fujio Akiyama, who was driving, and his wife Reiko, 37, were killed, while the couple’s oldest daughter, 17, suffered serious injuries.
The couple riding in the sedan sustained minor injuries. Police are currently trying to determine why the K-car was swerving into the wrong lane.
Friday 14th August, 12:46 PM JST
ADELAIDE, Australia —
An Australian who was convicted earlier this year of publishing anti-Semitic material on the Internet began serving a three-month jail term Friday after a top court overturned his appeal.mindovermatter at 08:54 PM JST - 14th August
Take notice you neo-japan, ultimate world victims and Nanking Deniers, If you lived in a civilized, first rate nation, you could actually be Jailed for spouting off those "Innocent Japan" white-washed history views...
You are just lucky that the U.S. was so good to you... Thank your lucky stars... By the grace of MY forefathers, there go thee...
You're welcome for your freedom, even though you never did anything to earn it....!
MAEBASHI —
Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash climbed to the accident site, called Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Wednesday, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.mindovermatter at 11:07 PM JST - 13th August
Heda_Madness
But we've all gone off the point. This article is NOT about the botched response of the Japanese authorities. This IS about the anniversary of the 520 people who were killed as a direct result of one person not doing their job properly.
Absolutely, the knuckleheads that did that crapy, unauthorized repair are definitely to blame, but the pilots were also partially responsible for making a bad, but controllable situation, critical.
You see, the pilots failed to don oxygen masks, and as a result, were taken by hypoxia, and subsequently let the plane slowly lose altitude and eventually hit a mountain. The official Japanese version also faults the pilots for not using oxygen, after their plane experienced an explosive decompression.
It's SOP for all airlines operating over 10,000 feet.
Also we cannot say with any certainty if the U.S. military helicopter that was on scene within minutes of crash, would have actually been able save anyone, because their to request to help, sent through Japanese authorities WAS DENIED. YES JAPANESE, BIG-PRIDE got in the way.
Sorry to rain on your parade, plenty of blame to go around.
Thursday 13th August, 10:16 AM JST
OSAKA —
A 28-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for attempted murder and obstructing police in the line of duty, after the Osaka District Public Prosecutors’ Office decided earlier in the day not to charge him for the time being on accusations he withheld a 19-year-old girl against her will in his apartment and breaking the Swords and Firearms Control Law on July 22.
Iwata is accused of then putting a sword to an officer’s neck, and the other two officers drew their guns and asked him to put the sword down. Thirty minutes passed before five other officers stormed the room from the balcony and Iwata was arrested. One of the officers sustained a serious cut to his right leg in the incident, expected at the time to take up to two months to heal.mindovermatter at 01:37 PM JST - 13th August
Where's my buddy Cleo...?
JCops at their finest!
This story speaks for itself, Incompetence, Incompetence, and Piss-Poor Training, glad no one was injured!
I'm sure it's only because this fool with the sword didn't have the balls to use it, that no JCops got injured or killed.
I am still trying to figure out why they needed 5 more Jcops to finally subdue this fool, almost 15 minutes later....?
But then again, if your only training is how to hand out parking tickets to Obasan's and Ojisan's on bicycles, it understandable they wouldn't know what to do.
Friday 31st July, 07:09 AM JST
YOKOHAMA —
A U.S. sailor was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in the stabbing death of a Japanese taxi driver.Friday 31st July, 06:36 AM JST
YOKOSUKA —
At least 12 U.S. military personnel have deserted in Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures since May 2008 and six remain unaccounted for, it was discovered Thursday from information gathered from U.S. forces, the Foreign Ministry and local authorities. Japan and the United States agreed in May 2008 that Japanese authorities would detain U.S. deserters at the request of the U.S. side.
2 Comments
USNinJapan2 at 03:37 PM JST - 9th December
A trip to Guam. What a boondoggle and waste of money. Like a landlord going to check out where a current tenant is going to live once he moves out of the landlord's property. No legitimate purpose whatsoever.
MrUSA at 03:50 PM JST - 9th December
Maybe he wanted a vacation.
mindovermatter at 04:04 PM JST - 9th December
Excuse me..."Host...?"
It's a fricken Territory of the U.S. They're not hosting anything... I like this JT... Ok, let's make Guam out to be an unwilling foreign country getting stuck with "Hosting" their own troops...?
Ha Ha Ha.... Good One!