81-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth van Kampen left a comment on an earlier post linking to her website, which retells her childhood in the Dutch East Indies and her experience in a Japanese prison camp during World War II.
It also goes into her efforts to receive compensation for her suffering from the Japanese government.
Please, give it a [...]
AskMen has done a Top 10 list of Japanese models.
If you’re into gravure idols, check it out.
(HT to Japundit)
As reported here (and here) almost two months ago, the Japanese actress Fukumi Kuroda had worked to get a memorial to a Korean kamikaze pilot set-up in his hometown of Sacheon. The state-run Korea Tourism Organization was even going to promote the memorial to Japanese tourists.
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, protestors have stopped [...]
An article in the IHT, gives a bit of a background on the recent issues surrounding US beef.
About 50 countries, including Korea, Taiwan and Japan the last of which accounted for 36 percent of American beef exports closed their doors to American beef after the first confirmed case mad cow disease was found in Moses [...]
“Global Girl” Reese Witherspoon dons a kimono for her Japanese fans.
(PRNewsFoto/Avon Products, Inc., JUNKO KIMURA)
iMorpheus in Akishima, Japan does some nice work, especially in black-and-white.
The JoongAng Ilbo (Korean) reports that authorities need to do something quick about the Japanese Foreign Ministry homepage’s section on Korea. More specifically, the “Safety” section, a travel advisory posted for the benefit of Japanese travelers going to Korea, is overly negative.
It’s so bad, in fact, that it could give Japanese tourists the impression that [...]
In honor of the approaching Italian National Day. One of Korea’s earliest encounters with Italy also became the excuse that a visiting Italian nobleman used to try and open Korea to the West before the Americans did. The story is often mentioned as a mere footnote in historical texts - bare of anything but the [...]
Economically. How so?
South Korea has a perpetual trade deficit with Japan. To be sure, Korea has had a trade deficit with Japan for pretty much most (if not all) of the 20th and 21st centuries. As of April 20th, Korea’s trade deficit with Japan stands at about $10.3 billion, a billion more vs. the same [...]
When is a kid getting a bloody nose after being hit by a golf ball a newsworthy event? When the child is Japanese and the golfer a US service member stationed in Japan.
HT to ROKdrop.
The whole story was a little weird in the first place. It just got weirder. There actually appears to be some history behind it and the story is a bit more complex then one would think off hand.
It turns out that Tak Kyung-hyun’s Japanese name is Fumihiro Mitsuyama and he’s the subject of [...]
For those of you who don’t know, yes there were in fact Korean Kamikaze pilots during WWII. There were in fact 18 confirmed and probably more.
The actress Fukumi Kuroda is leading the charge (and footing most of the bill) to set-up a monument to Kamikaze pilot Tak Kyung-hyun in his hometown of Sacheon. It’s actually been built, it [...]
And for something completely different, we have this piece of culturally insensitive, NSFW fun. Note the expression on the face of the girl to the left.
(HT to reader)
Today’s Washington Posts asks if the new LMB administration will really put its food aid where its mouth is and choose principle over hunger in the North.
Does President Lee withhold food aid that may prop up the government of the North or will he help avert a possible humanitarian crisis? Choices.. choices…
Whereas some may [...]
A reputed Japanese right-wing extremist shot himself in the head in front of the Japanese Diet in Tokyo, reports FOX:
The man, who was not immediately identified by police and appeared to be in his 60s, died at a hospital shortly after the shooting. He bore a protest letter to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda calling for [...]
In Japan Focus, there’s an extract from Arudou Debito and Higuchi Akira newly released book, Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan.
Give it a look.
(HT to reader)
If you ever needed proof that great minds think alike, Joshua at One Free Korea and I both used Monty Python references in pieces published yesterday about the ongoing (and ongoing and….) talks on NK nukes.
Joshua invokes the Dead Parrot Sketch when pointing out part of the problem with the six party talks and the Geneva sideshow in [...]
Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests:
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday called for a pragmatic diplomacy to maximize the national interest, adding, “I don’t agree with such concepts as pro-American or pro-Chinese policy.”
Lee made the remarks to Foreign Ministry officials at a ministry policy briefing. “If their national interests are [...]
Be sure to check out Brendan Eagan (and Co.?)’s photo-documentary on Japan’s Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christian) culture. From the website:
The purpose of this site is to provide a visual record of our studies of Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) in Japan. The site will display the photographs of artifacts, places, and people that put Kakure [...]
As a Japanese pin-up model’s court case proves, large breasts are more than just nice to look at.
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