igloobuyer comments

Cruel and unusual - no excuses, okay in 16 century Japan, unacceptable in the 21 century.

Family death is rarely investigated in Japan and autopsies are not common but it seems strange to me that so many children in Japan die from 'falling' out of apartments.

With a man-child bafoon coming into power in a few days, the world is going to miss one of the most popular, articulate, measured, calm, balanced and intelligent leaders America has seen since Clinton.

bass4funkJAN. 10, 2017 - 01:31PM JST

All we need to do is look at the last 8 years to see the failures of this president and the Democratic party ..

I hear this false claim again and again by republican supporters - Obama was far from perfect but he has done an incredible job to turn the US around after the disastrous Bush era - we have had the greatest increase in job numbers and wages. Unemployment is way down and the US economy is booming compared to the rest of the world. But that get's ignored by Dumpf supporters.

Burning BushJAN. 07, 2017 - 07:19AM JST Considering that the AP is an American newswire, shouldn't they haven't written this headline:

American Ford plant workers thank Trump for lifting prospects

Well, that would not really be news now would it? This is good - gives the other perspective we don't usually see.

Thunderbird2JAN. 06, 2017 - 05:15PM JST

Deviants like this need to be terminated before they kill again.

You watch too many action movies.

His video warning her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBLm83djjSw

DieRealityCheckDEC. 31, 2016 - 08:20PM JST S.Korea had better start thinking of changing the design of her current national flag to the one with the statue right in the center ignorantbuyer

Only Japan and ISIS have done this in modern history. Raping many times by many in row matches enslaving in sex slave camp or even worse.

You are joking, right?

Nadège MoyonDEC. 31, 2016 - 03:18PM JST

That is a very good sign and modern in every aspect that a country is recognizing the agony of women during war time. In France, so many women suffered from the american soldiers during the liberation of our country. It was buried like everything that could have change the opinion of "USA military = good" from our news and books but the reality is that women are put in sexual slaving pretty much everywere on the planet during war time by every army, and by men even without war. This is a general crime of man toward woman that men have difficulties to admit to their wife, kid and mom when they come back home. They found so many good excuses for having this need for relieving the sexual tension that always forget the words "slavery" and "rape". I love those south modern corean woman who put their pride at the right place and does not show shame about being raped and slavered, and want to shaw to the world the crime that are still committed everywhere (even in japan by military US man today). This should not be forgotten, this way, men will have to take their dicks crimes into account and women pains for their reals places and prices in history (and not just shortcut them at a cheap price to have more for the mâle family true pain). Renegotiating is good for everyone especially men false pride.

You are comparing apples to oranges - yes, many French women were raped by Us soldiers, but the US military DID NOT enslave young women in sex slave camps at any time. Only Japan and ISIS have done this in modern history.

I think the whole world (outside Japan) respects these people's will and dedication to their grandmothers - I think we can all learn from their mission to protect their forebear's dignity and respect.

We should never forget the cruelty done and statues like this help achieve this. More statues!

Patrick SmithDEC. 31, 2016 - 07:34AM JST WTF is this, a poor attempt at subliminal persuasion?

I don't think so. If she could actually fix the train problems somehow she'd be hailed as a hero.

Yes, I think the writer is being sarcastic - there is no solution to overcrowded trains in Tokyo; pop. density is just too high.

Kobe White Bar OwnerDEC. 29, 2016 - 02:16PM JST

I wonder if these girls chose to march or were asked/told to.....

I think they are holding up photos of their grandmothers so I'd say it was their choice - does it matter?

goldorakDEC. 29, 2016 - 11:05AM JST

Constantly demonizing Japan has become SK's n1 pastime.

ah, this attitude makes me mad - it's not demonising the Japanese, it's protesting about the treatment of their women during the war with little recognition and expression of remorse from the perpetrators (in this case Japan).

I love you Japan but, grow a heart, grow some balls and deal with your own past mistakes instead of running from them!

I give up, all anyone wants to do on these forums is vilify others -

“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone ..."

You are all too harsh - we all break the rules from time to time. I'm sure he'll be punished in some way or oither.

As George Michael said before he died - life is hard enough. we need to show more kindness towards each other.

I feel for the guy, though obviously, he needs to be warned about such behaviour - not fired. Have you seen the way delivery drivers in Japan have to work? The unrealistic standards of promptness and efficiency they are supposed perform under?

mike jangDEC. 24, 2016 - 10:49AM JST

SS,the terrorist at sea.

Wrong characterisation, let's get this straight and not contribute to the fake news phenomenon. Like em or love em Sea Shepherds main goal is to stop hunting of whales in the wild and not to use violence for the soul purpose of causing fear and intimidation among the public for political aims (definition of terrorism)

Japanese Amazon users rate my book very highly with all giving 5 stars (except one who gave a 4). I think it depends on what their expectations for the product/game are.

Start by making maternity-care free like other advanced nations.

sfjp330DEC. 18, 2016 - 12:51AM JST gloobuyer DEC. 17, 2016 - 10:17PM JST Just because you didn't know something doesn't mean it isn't true. The information

you seek is easily available - if you really wanted to know the answers to these questions you would start searching and reading. Maybe your confused. Your talking about Dutch women. This case was settled in the 50's. Where is the Australian women? Where did it happen and how many? Send me a link.

Sigh. Did you even bother to search yourself? Jan Ruff-O'Herne was an Australian woman so called 'comfort woman' and she is well known in Australia. http://tinyurl.com/zf8fuzd

Australian nurses were captured along with Dutch women during the war and tortured, raped and killed. Ever seen the Tenko https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143890/ http://www.qaranc.co.uk/damemargotturner.php https://oneluckysoul.blogspot.co.nz/2015/01/the-comfort-women-of-imperial-japanese.html

Anyway, whether there were Australians at the time raped by the Japanese military or not is besides the point here - Koreans were comfort women and some of their decedents are now Australian - that's why they want their ancestors plight to be remembered.

DieRealityCheckDEC. 17, 2016 - 08:56PM JST ＠igloobuyerDec. 17, 2016 - 07:22PM JST

Not doing much research are you. Search Google it's common knowledge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women I am shocked that I didn't have common knowledge after this much of my posts wrt comfort women. Other than O'herne who was not Australian at that time, how many Australian comfort women existed? As long as I know there was no comfort women stations in Australia. Were they kidnapped or abducted suddenly or decieved and taken away to somewhere else to work as sex slaves? I appreciate a little more information because your wiki-link does not say anything asserting. Were they comfrto women or the victims of war-time sex crimes like O'herne. Why didn't they raise their voices for sincere apologies, were they all dead by now? where were they when being abused as sex slaves? why didn't Asian women fund didn't even recognize Austarilan victims? What's going on?

Just because you didn't know something doesn't mean it isn't true. The information you seek is easily available - if you really wanted to know the answers to these questions you would start searching and reading.

sfjp330DEC. 17, 2016 - 06:16PM JST

igloobuyer DEC. 17, 2016 - 06:11PM JST First, yes, there were indeed Australian women who were used as sex slaves - plenty of eyewitness accounts of that. Where and how many?

Not doing much research are you. Search Google it's common knowledge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women

Don't forget, there were many women tortured, raped, starved and killed by Japanese military in POW camps. Again, very well known and hundreds of eye-witness accounts. And know I'm not going to go get you links when you can easily do it yourself if you really wanted to know the truth instead of what you want to believe.

sfjp330DEC. 17, 2016 - 05:54PM JST igloobuye rDEC. 17, 2016 - 05:37PM JST Australians can put up statues of humanitarian symbols as much as they want. With

our without pressure and approval from certain shameless people. This is a joke. Since you know, how many Australian comfort women were a victim? Maybe zero?

First, yes, there were indeed Australian women who were used as sex slaves - plenty of eyewitness accounts of that. Secondly, the statue was put up by Korean-Australians with Korean heritage - they are as much Australian as any other Australian. Finally, the rape camps set up by Japanese (yes, some Koreans were complicit) is a human atrocity not just a Korean, Japanese, Australian atrocity. Cruelty to humans has no borders.

roosterman77DEC. 17, 2016 - 03:54PM JST

@igloo buyer. I didn't say Muslims believe that the Taliban are real Muslims; but then again I wouldn't say "no Muslim". I was saying that some Muslims would see it as an attack on their religion because there is a perception that all non-Muslims think they are all the same. I don't think Taliban supporters would see a statue as a good idea.

You are confusing a statue that is symbolic of a human atrocity with attacking a people (i.e. Japanese). Because you remember an atrocity does not automatically mean you are attacking the nation that perpetrated the atrocity. Do we blame Germany for the holocaust? No. Do we blame Japan today for the comfort women atrocity? No. We DO however blame Japan and Japanese people like yourself who deny it ever happened and try to hide it by not having statues in its memory. Germans don't do that.

The statue CAN be seen as provocative because it represents something that is of a controversial and political nature; whether or not it is provocative is neither here nor there. It also has nothing to do with Australia.

Again, it's a humanitarian issue, and only a political issue in the eyes of Japan because Japan refuses to honestly and openly atone for its past.

Are statues of the holocaust provocative? Not for me... but then again I'm not German. Can Germans complain about any such monuments? They'd probably be in a lot of trouble if they did.

Then why is this not also true for Japanese!? Why are you and others against this statue 'not in trouble as you should be!?

Where do we draw the line? History isn't black and white. Therefore, if Koreans and German want monuments in their country then great but Australia has its own issues.

There is almost no disagreement over the comfort women atrocity (except in Japan of course, but there is a clear agenda there). So in this case, it is indeed 'black and white'. Australians can put up statues of humanitarian symbols as much as they want. With our without pressure and approval from certain shameless people.

roosterman77DEC. 17, 2016 - 08:45AM JST @igloobuyer.

I was being sarcastic and no, I don't think any of those ideas are good . Imagine a statue to female victims of the Taliban in Ashfield which has a huge Muslim population. Some would view it as an attack on Islam and not the Taliban.

That's just silly - no Muslim believes the Taliban are real Muslims. Even if they do, they would agree such statues would be a good idea too.

If Koreans want to have some monument in Korea then good on them. To me this statue can be seen as provocative.

What are you talking about!? How is it provocative? Are statues to the Holocaust provocative? Do we see Germans complaining about that? No, they are more grown up and smarter than that.

roosterman77DEC. 17, 2016 - 06:42AM JST

What has Korean comfort women got to do with this church? A large Korean congregation?

It's a symbol of remembrance for a crime committed against humanity to show we never forget their suffering - I'd say that's a good thing to have in front a church.

The church should place a statue that represents women who were persecuted by the Taliban... can't think of many better places to have one than Ashfield. Why don't they have a statue of a child who was abused by the Catholic church? Lets all stand up and show our support for the injustices of history...

Great idea! But you didn't care enough before to suggest to the church to put a statue up, unlike Koreans in Australia.

cracaphatDEC. 12, 2016 - 01:46PM JST

He appeared to be in his 20s and of medium build. Got a lot to go on,don't they?

Right!? What was his ethnicity? Asian or caucasian?

@fxgai

No, a stockpile of any product is certainly required in order to be able to supply consumers. Without a stockpile, it would imply that a product would need to be produced instantaneously any instant that a consumer demands it. If you want to supply whale meat, or tuna, you clearly can't make these products appear out of thin air. So you must have a stockpile of the product. (The supply chain constraints are presumably more acute with whales, since there are limited suppliers as compared with tuna, what with the useless 30-year "moratorium" having an obvious negative impact on potential supply chains, where as with tuna you've got everyone including those nations with policy against whaling eager to sell tuna to Japan). Short story: Markets rule. Let's do it that way.

Still think you are writing without actually taking the effort to research what you are saying is true or not - read any news article or academic paper on the topic (including Japanese govt. influence news sources) and they all agree the following:

Demand for whale meat has been on a steady decline for decades Whale meat stores are building up to way above future demand.

tinawatanabeDEC. 07, 2016 - 10:52AM JST

It is not common knowledge. Okay, so why is it if you search 'Japanese demand for whale meat' all the articles state demand is low and falling!? http://tinyurl.com/h67gwur

I believe almost all seafood are stockpiled in refrigeration even raw fish for sushi. It is a Japan's high-tech to keep freshness

Firstly, I so not think refrigeration is a Japanese invention and it is certainly not 'high-tech' since it's been around for more than 100m years. Secondly, you don't seem to understand the meaning of 'stockpile' - (a gradually accumulated reserve of something). That means there is more meat in storage than is necessary for current consumption levels.

tinawatanabeDEC. 06, 2016 - 10:36PM JST you don't want your country to stop hunting whales,

It will stop when there will be no demand.

How well do you really know the facts around this issue? It is common knowledge that there is no demand for whale meat beyond what is caught around the seas surrounding Japan. It is stockpiled in refrigeration.