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jerseyboy
Triring -- really, did you bother even reading the first sentence of this article -- that specifically mentions "politicians"?
So who's comments are "ignorent"? LOL.
genjuro
The U.S. government is not content on spying on other countries. It even spies on its own populace, even on ordinary folks who have no links to terrorism or value their privacy. Who says the U.S. has no other interests besides starting wars around the world?
LOL The Aegis system?? The much-ballyhooed technology that is called the Aegis system? You better ask for your money back.
The same Aegis system that was proven to be a FAILURE when a Russian Sukhoi-24 fighter jet literally flew circles on the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer equipped with Tomahawk missiles and an Aegis system, over the Black Sea. The Russian jet, only armed with an electronic device with no missiles, upon approaching the US destroyer COMPLETELY DISABLED all radars, control circuits, systems, information transmission, etc. on board the USS Donald Cook. It was like flicking a light switch off. It then proceeded to simulate a missile attack on the sitting duck of a destroyer a DOZEN TIMES. Oh, my.
It was so embarrassing and demoralizing for the USS Donald Cook crew that dozens of sailors requested to relieved from active service. Must have been quite a humiliating experience. So much for so-called "military supremacy" by the world's top war-mongering nation. Russia just showed them who's boss. Hilarious.
http://www.voltairenet.org/article185860.html
nath
Well we can all be thankful that you don't speak for the majority of Japanese.
tinawatanabe
I don't mind Japan becoming a poor country if it can be more independent from USA.
TheTiger
Probe Wikileaks or probe US agents in Japan?
hworta269
Something also tells me that Abe is gonna get a lot more compromise from America (obummer) than he was before... It's wise to keep political capital than to spend it all at once stirring up a public mess...
Jeff Ogrisseg
It's weird seeing the "apology" geta on the other foot.
Triring
jerseyboy
As always making ignorant comments, the US was spying on commercial and trade secrets as written within another article.
It had nothing to do with military secrets.
Christopher Glen
While I don't agree with his policies - this sentence has the right tone to it
tinawatanabe
Biden is not even Abe's counterpart. It is impolite for Obama to not talk with Abe even at a time like this. USA always makes sure to remind Japan that who is the boss. For instance try to interfere when Americans are arrested in Japan.
Wc626
Ha-ha . . Obama administration is getting sweated by Abe.
jerseyboy
Please. Abe and Japan need to get their collective heads out of their butts, and stop this "victim" mentality. Everyone knows Japan is a sieve when it comes to how it handles confidential/classified information, and with the constant revolving door of politicians in and out of the Defense Ministry, the U.S. has every right to know if its secrets are being handled properly. Or has everyone forgotten what happened just a few years back -- as reported by Bloomberg news?:
As a tax-paying U.S. citizen, who's government spent billions to develop technologies like Aegis, I expect the government to also do what is necessary to make sure our "allies" are not pissing that money away.
voiceofokinawa
Warlords during the Warring States Period in Japan's history tried hard to prove their loyalty to dominant overlords like Nobunaga and Hideyoshi. To prove their loyalty, and innocence in a rumor of conspiracy, they often offered their sons to the overlords as hostages, oftentimes forcing kin to commit ritual suicide (harakiri).
Well, concerning the Futenma-to-Henoko relocation issue, an initial phase of land reclamation work, the drilling survey of the seabed at the relocation site, has already started despite a strong local opposition. The Abe government's forceful implementation of the relocation plan is part of its efforts to prove its loyalty to Washington.
So when they learns the master doesn't trust them at all, however hard Tokyo tries to please Washington by faithfully carrying out what was dictated to, would a mere apology by Vice President Joe Biden palliate the tension?
Shibuya Boy
Everybody knows USA spies on the whole world. USA know that everybody knows. The problem is: USA doesn't care and others can do nothing.
So I see two options here:
USA will deny. Japan will pretend it believes. USA will pretend it believes that Japan believes. Everybody is happy.
USA will admit it. Japan will pretend it's angry. USA will pretend it's sorry and will promise not to do it again. Japan will forgive USA and pretend it believes the promise. Everybody is happy.theeastisred
Great picture by the way. Makes it look like Abe is wearing a Robin Hood cap!
wtfjapan
Everyone spies on everyone. Stop playing the victim card. but nobody on the scale of America, and certainly not against there so called Allies and friends. Imgine if Japan had been caught spying on America, the uproar in Washington would be deafening. The US hypocrisy is thicker than molasses
BertieWooster
Abe must have a few skeletons in the closet to be this worried!
harvey pekar
You know what happened when every country demanded a probe into wikileaks?
They found their own secrets that they don't want to get out. Wikileaks is a deep, dark scary closet and everyone's got skeletons hidden in it.
nostromo
dear oh dear... the US spying on it's closest allies - who would have thought?? .... standby for mock outrage from the US claiming nothing of the sort...
since1981
Everyone spies on everyone. Stop playing the victim card.
Whatsnext
Say it ain't so. Look, your boyfriend is a jealous manipulative one. He's been watching you and your companies along with other countries secrets. The NSA is for all that. They're watching everything.
ifd66
Get over it. You'd have to be a really nieve leader if you were surprised to find out the US etc are spying on you. And its not as if Japan doesn't/wouldn't spy on other countries given the chance.