Posted in: Japan's fiscal health put on backburner in race to choose next PM See in context
Military spending is increasing. This Kyodo article is silent about it. It is the LDP's number one priority.
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Posted in: Search goes on for 7 missing after floods hit Noto Peninsula See in context
What is Japan doing to prepare for more global warming disasters?
Kishida and the LDP are doing nothing.
They are carrying out a military buildup focused on supporting American aggression.
Japan needs a strong SDF that can quickly respond to disasters with the necessary equipment.
Japan does not need offensive missiles.
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Posted in: Rule of law vital in shaping future, Kishida urges at U.N. summit See in context
Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies terror attack.
Everyone's been talking about it for days.
America's vassal, Kishida, is pretending not to notice.
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Posted in: Rule of law vital in shaping future, Kishida urges at U.N. summit See in context
Another disaster in Noto.
And where is Kishida?
The vassal is busy parroting American propaganda to a mostly empty hall.
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Posted in: Biden talks China with 'Quad' leaders in hometown summit See in context
There was no statement on Modi's position.
Of course this means that Modi did not join in promoting the lies about China.
Unlike the fawning Kishida, Modi is fully aware of the advantage his country gains by maintaining a neutral stance between the US and China (and Russia).
Japan could do the same.
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Posted in: Kishida, Biden hail stronger Japan-U.S. ties in farewell meeting See in context
The US-Japan Security Treaty makes Japan a vassal state of America.
The treaty does not protect Japan. To the contrary, it endangers Japan.
And it hampers the ability of Japan to protect itself from disasters.
The money flows to military contractors while temporary shelters in Noto get flooded.
After smiling with Biden, Kishida will go to the UN and pretend to be a progressive leader.
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Posted in: 1 dead, 6 missing as heavy rain pounds quake-hit Noto area See in context
Is Kishida in Noto leading the disaster relief efforts?
No, Kishida is in America. Kishida is smiling with Biden and praising the US-Japan Security Treaty.
Kishida is not protecting Japan.
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Posted in: Kishida, Biden hail stronger Japan-U.S. ties in farewell meeting See in context
Not a word of criticism from the fawning Kishida.
Isn't it clear that Kishida and the LDP fully support the US and UK genocide in Gaza and terror in Lebanon?
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Posted in: Chinese police believe stabbing of Japanese boy isolated incident See in context
@dbsaiya Try searching "Shenzhen Japanese Xinhua" and "Shenzhen Japanese Global Times" using Google for English articles.
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Posted in: China to gradually resume seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima ban See in context
For readers who don't look closely, the AFP article is actually very deceptive (as usual). It downplays the central issue of testing and tries to give the impression that the resumption of imports is a done deal. This was true of most reporting in the Japanese media as well.
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Posted in: Uncertainty remains over Japan-Britain-Italy fighter program See in context
Imagine all the taxpayer money Japan could waste on a fighter program. This is the American and UK way. Let your infrastructure, transportation, and industrial base deteriorate while you lavish money on military profiteers.
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Posted in: Hyogo governor faces no-confidence motion over bullying accusations See in context
Ganbatte Governor Saito! It's a coup attempt. He's a reformer who challenged the port and construction interests and the LDP. He made enrollment and tuition fees for the prefecture's two post-secondary schools free.
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Posted in: China adds security cameras around Japan school after student fatally stabbed See in context
A number of Chinese have been killed in Japan this year.
Was it the result of all the anti-Chinese lies spread by the warmongers?
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Posted in: U.S. keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment See in context
Oh, it's a Reuters article. That's US media.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin in June cited the deployment when announcing his country would resume production of intermediate- and shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles."
What does the Reuters article not tell you about Tomahawk missiles? What does it intentionally not tell you?
Tomahawk cruise missiles can be equipped with NUCLEAR warheads.
Now do you understand why the US military bragged about it being an "historic first"?
These are offensive weapons, of course. The story about defending Taiwan is for the gullible.
What does this have to do with Japan?
Guess where else the US military wants to put these tactical nuclear missiles?
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Posted in: Shinkansen makes emergency stop after cars uncouple en route to Tokyo See in context
@sakurasuki Your comments are excellent. In fact Japan is not focused on infrastructure technology and development. JR still looks good compared to the UK and the US, but it is getting worse every year.
Especially local JR services. Walk through and marvel at the many decaying, dirty, unpainted local JR stations.
Pray your local train will be on time if you have something important to do. There are more and more delays.
Most of JR's investment goes into the shinkansen lines which serves the percentage of Japanese with higher income.
What is Japan focused on? Expanding the military at the urging of... the American government.
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Posted in: Venezuela says it has arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in plot to kill Maduro See in context
Venezuela's minister, Cabello, presented much more information which can be found at teleSur. This was an attempt at a coup including assassinations and takeovers of key locations.
Over 400 rifles were confiscated. And where were they transported from? From Florida. Cabello said that the FBI actually inspected the site prior to the weapons being sent into Venezuela.
There is another very important thing to understand. This coup attempt was organized PRIOR to the election. That means that the US government did not expect its favored candidate to win. That means that the tremendous amount of hostile US media reports falsely claiming problems with the election were in fact a key part of the coup preparations.
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Posted in: Biden administration appears to be in no rush to stop U.S. Steel takeover by Nippon Steel See in context
US Steel in Pennsylvania is a shadow of what it once was.
The owners of US Steel and other steel companies like Bethlehem closed a huge number of mills in the 1970s and 1980s. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost.
The rich owners refused to invest their profits in modern technology. The purpose was to destroy the once powerful Steelworkers Union.
Why Nippon Steel? They are the fourth largest steel company in the world. The closest American company is Nucor ranked around 15. (2022 figures). Nippon Steel has advanced technology. US Steel is backward by comparison.
The US is also promoting Nippon Steel for geo-political reasons in relation to China and India, since no US company has a chance to be a major world steel producer.
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Posted in: Venezuela says it has arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in plot to kill Maduro See in context
Search for "CIA assassination attempts".
It became such public knowledge that in 1976 President Ford signed an executive order forbidding it.
Also search "Church Committee".
Of course that doesn't mean they have really stopped. There is a "lack of transparency" in the workings of the US government and the CIA.
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Posted in: Venezuela says it has arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in plot to kill Maduro See in context
Everyone know the American government tried unsuccessfully many times to assassinate Cuba's Fidel Castro.
Many people in Venezuela believe the US was behind the early death of Hugo Chavez.
The US government blatantly interfered in the elections in Venezuela and failed.
The US government wants Venezuela to be its vassal state.
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Posted in: Osaka gears up for 2025 World Expo with memories of hosting a half-century ago See in context
No mention of the Integrated Resort Casino in the AP article.
There is a big controversy over construction noise from the casino. The casino construction will not pause during the Expo.
US MGM Resorts and Orix are the major investors. They will profit from the enormous amount of taxpayer money spent to develop the island.
This is American style taxpayer subsidy of rich corporations.
AP is of course American media.
American media always pretends to promote progressive ideas like international cooperation. In the background is cynical greed.
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Posted in: Japan PM candidates seek ties with like-minded nations amid China's rise See in context
There is no debate among the LDP candidates about the increase of military spending.
Japan will follow the American model and will ignore infrastructure spending.
American weapons manufacturers will make big profits.
Only Kobayashi makes a good statement about China and the need to "seek stable and constructive relations that benefit both economies".
Is the US trying to sabotage the economic development of... Japan?
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Posted in: Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory See in context
"Biden answered, “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.”"
This dishonest and bragging phrase from Biden is revealing.
The US government has never been interested in negotiating to end the war. It used Boris Johnson to go to Kiev and sabotage a settlement that could have prevented the war.
RFK Jr has talked about this repeatedly.
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Posted in: Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. president See in context
Swift is a good example of the many Americans who ignore what their government does internationally in their name and with their tax dollars.
Harris lied through her teeth in the debate about Hamas in order to make an excuse for the genocide in Gaza.
Harris claimed that Hamas "slaughtered 1200 Israelis, many of them young people, who were simply attending a concert. Women were horribly raped."
These are lies.
Search for images of "October 7 burned cars". That could only be done by Israeli attack helicopters.
Search for "Hannibal directive"
There has never been any independent proof of the rape claims. They are Israeli military lies.
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Posted in: Protesters, police clash at Australian military expo See in context
The smaller a protest is, the easier it is for provocateurs to discredit the protesters. Throwing things at police is a typical provocation. It's nothing new.
Australia, including Melbourne, has had many, many huge peaceful protests against the US/UK/Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Posted in: NHK exec resigns over Chinese staffer's unscripted Senkaku remarks See in context
The Diaoyu islands are Chinese territory. The Chinese contract worker told the truth for twenty seconds.
It was war booty from the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War.
Japan occupied the islands in early 1895 when China was unable to resist.
Japan only renamed them to the "Senkaku islands" in 1900.
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Posted in: Kono calls for U.S. assurances to deter nuclear ambitions See in context
Kono is dishonest.
He pretends to need a promise from the US to defend Japan. In fact he is promoting the US desire to increase its nuclear presence in Japan.
The July "two plus two" talks in Tokyo promoted this agenda along with command reorganizations that would likely make the SDF subordinate to the US military.
The LDP leadership is moving in this direction, no matter who is chosen.
Both China and North Korea want to focus on their development. They have no reason to attack Japan (like Japan attacked them in the past).
The US however wants to overthrow the governments of China and North Korea and make them subservient vassal states. Therefore the US is assembling a military alliance in Asia. The foolish LDP leaders are the descendants of the fools who launched the Pacific war. These fools are sure their schemes will work this time.
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Posted in: Kono calls for U.S. assurances to deter nuclear ambitions See in context
Regarding DeanzaZZR's good comment:
"Japan PM candidate Taro Kono risks sinking campaign with nuclear sub plan to counter China"
I suggest learning about the current US "nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCM-N)" development program.
They could be carried by such nuclear subs.
The US is increasingly interested in the idea of "limited nuclear war".
I will also add the nuclear subs are notable for their extended range, making them excellent offensive weapons. Note I said "offensive", not "defensive".
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Posted in: For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the U.S. — that's the bigger draw See in context
Alfie Noake's comment is very good:
"AP's response to all those social media stories about Chinese scientists fleeing the USA in droves."
How could an honest analysis fail to mention the above issue in this article?
A virtual witch hunt is being carried out in the US against Chinese scientists. Hundreds have been investigated for ties to the Chinese government. Over a hundred have been fired. However only a tiny fraction were actually proved to have violated the questionable standards set by the US.
The most famous case is the suicide of Jane Wu in July, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University, who lost her lab and was placed under enormous pressure.
For now there are no such witch hunts in Japan. Let's hope that Japan never imitates the US.
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Posted in: For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the U.S. — that's the bigger draw See in context
"“Protection of private property, which is the cornerstone of a capitalist society, that piece is missing in China,” Wang said."
The above is a ridiculous statement. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Xi's recent economic initiatives knows that private investors are protected in China. It is an essential part of China's economic development strategy.
And who is this Wang? He is an American university professor.
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Posted in: For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the U.S. — that's the bigger draw See in context
"exodus of people from China"
This phrase leads off the article and is intended to set the tone.
It is of course, if you stop to think about it, a gross exaggeration. Or to put it less politely it is an intentional lie.
The phrase will make one think of desperate people fleeing a repressive, backward, declining country. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of today's China, anyone who has watched China's spectacular growth over the last 20 years would laugh at it.
The explanation is at the very end of the article. It is an Associated Press piece. It is American anti-China propaganda.
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Yeah, but you're wrong. Stay away from those who appear troubled. That's most people.
Posted in: Mother, son fall to their deaths from 14-story apartment in apparent murder-suicide
Posted in: Mother, son fall to their deaths from 14-story apartment in apparent murder-suicide
Posted in: Mother, son fall to their deaths from 14-story apartment in apparent murder-suicide
Posted in: Man found collapsed, bleeding from head wound, on Nagoya sidewalk