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2008-10-31 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by tipper 2008-10-31 13:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Woah. That was fast...

JAPAN has sacked its air force chief after he wrote an essay in which he denied the country was an aggressor in World War II, a stance likely to anger its Asian neighbours.
China, the two Koreas and other Asian nations still have searing memories of Japan's aggression and colonial rule, and there had been speculation that General Toshio Tamogami's comments would create antipathy.

"What he said was inappropriate for an air chief of staff. He should not remain in the job," Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada told a news conference announcing his dismissal.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-31 13:51|| 2008-10-31 13:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, Japan wasn't necessarily ensnared into it, but it definitely came into its era of military strength way too late. Without Western incursions into the region, Japan would probably have replaced China as the biggest - geographically-speaking - land power in the Far East. Of course, without Western incursions, Japan wouldn't have had the Meiji Restoration and the technological leaps - made by copying the West's advancements - that followed it.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-10-31 13:57|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-10-31 13:57|| Front Page Top

#3 No F-22s for you, Toshi.

Posted by ed 2008-10-31 14:04|| 2008-10-31 14:04|| Front Page Top

#4 And I expect The One to also apologize to Japan for the US to have mistakenly parked all its battleships in the Pearl Harbor Bombing Range back in December 1941.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-31 14:38|| 2008-10-31 14:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell, it's more likely the One will apologize for the absence of the carriers.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-31 19:20|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-31 19:20|| Front Page Top

#6 "No F-22s for you, Toshi."

Just a short sword.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-31 20:13|| 2008-10-31 20:13|| Front Page Top

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