Japan vs china...

**timrev** · September 18th, 2012 02:40 PM

japan, philippines, vietnam, w/ india on the kashmir region, border disputes w/ south korea, Tibetans,

VS

China

ot: gusto narin daw bumukod sana sa china ang Xinjiang region, China

**Monseratto** · September 18th, 2012 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by timrev

border disputes w/ south korea,

VS

China

ot: gusto narin daw bumukod sana sa china ang Xinjiang region, China

???

South Korea-Japan island row escalates - Australia Network News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A diplomatic row between South Korea and Japan over disputed islands in the Sea of Japan has escalated - with Seoul refusing to accept a formal protest letter from Japan.

A bitter dispute has flared between South Korea and Japan over a couple of volcanic islands controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

Angered by a visit to the isolated outcrops by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda sent him a letter which proposed taking the two countries' territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice.

But Seoul refused to accept it, sending a diplomat to Japan's foreign ministry in Tokyo to return the note.

Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, says the diplomat was refused entry at the gate.

"From a broader perspective, we believe it would be best if we do not receive the letter," he said.

"So if (the purpose of the visit) was to return the letter, I feel it is better that we do not have a meeting."

South Korea has now announced it has posted the letter back by registered mail.

The United States has called on both countries to resolve their differences over the islands, known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

**stickers** · September 18th, 2012 02:52 PM

mahirap yan pag naglaban china vs japan.. i might kill a japanese thinking it was chinese.. damn they all look alike.

**marg** · September 18th, 2012 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by stickers

mahirap yan pag naglaban china vs japan.. i might kill a japanese thinking it was chinese.. damn they all look alike.

Same thing for Filipinos, Indonesians and Papua New Guineans. They look alike too.

**Monseratto** · September 18th, 2012 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by stickers

mahirap yan pag naglaban china vs japan.. i might kill a japanese thinking it was chinese.. damn they all look alike.

They have been at it for long time, last time being WW2. They didn't have problem killing each other...

**timrev** · September 18th, 2012 03:37 PM

kelangan ng ibalik sa school ang ROTC turuan ng Guerrilla warfare

tutal wala naman tayo pambili ng malakihan military hardware

**ZENMasterTYL** · September 18th, 2012 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by timrev

kelangan ng ibalik sa school ang ROTC turuan ng Guerrilla warfare

tutal wala naman tayo pambili ng malakihan military hardware

yun eh kung tatapak ang kalaban sa lupain ng pinas. malamang puro eroplano at missile ang dadating sa atin

gawa na lang tayo ng force field

**Monseratto** · September 18th, 2012 03:47 PM

Japan's LDP Politicians Want to Build "Gundam" Mecha-Robot (Seriously)

I guess they never grew up from their elementary school days. (Look at them and you will see; they look as if they've never matured since the 4th grade or so.)

Kotaku.com reports (6/26/2012), tongue-in-cheek, on the program that was to be netcast at Nico Nico on June 28, 2012. (I don't quite care to view the recording. Emphasis is mine, Gundam link added.):
Japanese Politicians Are Thinking about Building Gundam. Like, Real, Working Gundam.

Politicians everywhere are crap—even the ones who are thinking about building a giant, working mecha. In an upcoming broadcast on Japanese video platform Nico Nico Live, members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party are apparently going to discuss the idea of building a real life Gundam.

The Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan for over fifty years after World War II, is not actually "liberal". Rather, the party is conservative. As ANN pointed out, party members Masaaki Taira and Hideki Niwa are slated to discuss how the LDP is "seriously considering the development of Gundam."

Back in 2008, it was estimated that a working (not just a full scale mock-up like above), one-to-one scale would cost US$725,000,000 for parts and materials. That figure doesn't include the cost of labor or the cost of insanity required to build such a machine.

These politicians probably do not mean they want to make a 60-foot tall, 43.7 metric ton Gundam replica (at least I hope they don't), but instead, large mecha contraptions that could be used by, presumably, the country's Self Defense Force. In an age of drone attacks, however, mecha don't exactly seem ideal on the battlefield.

Japan's economy and society are both in a bad way. The country is deeply in debt, the population is aging, and Japan has no natural resources. And with a strong yen and a sour world economy, Japan can't export its way to prosperity. It can ship its manufacturing to China and hollow itself out.

These are serious times. They require serious conversations by serious leaders. And the LDP, who hopes to regain power after the current Democratic Party of Japan implodes, appears like its fishing for the nerd vote by appearing on Nico Nico and talking about building Gundam robots as a viable way to promote industry and protect the nation.

And they think they will win over the DPJ in the next election, whenever it may be.　Japanese citizens and residents, your taxes are paying for these people.