
China’s efforts to intimidate Japan into submission have seen such trust of China as there is amongst the Japanese collapse, with as many as 90% of Japanese surveyed saying China cannot be trusted.
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The humble fisherman who allegedly rammed a Japanese coast guard ship and then became a pawn in China’s plots to extend its borders into Japanese seas was treated to a hero’s welcome on his release and return to his hometown.
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China’s response to Japan releasing its captain is to continue the confrontation and further humiliate Japan by demanding money and an apology.
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The crisis over Japan’s detention of a Chinese fisherman accused of ramming a Japanese coast guard ship in a remote group of Japanese islands claimed by China has ended with Japan releasing the captain, after China’s threats culminated in the possible execution of 4 Japanese captured as “spies,” but widely considered innocent hostages.
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Kotobukiya has created a new figure version of top game and anime martial (to some, marital) heroine Alicia Melchiott, of Valkyria Chronicles, coming along with a rifle and Hans, her winged pig.
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An elderly Japanese veteran’s recollection of how he ordered his men to use a Chinese prisoner as a target for bayonet drill, reasoning that the soldiers needed to develop some “backbone,” is proving highly controversial online.
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The mangaka responsible for illustrating the US military’s recent moe manga (visible here) has been receiving defamatory mail.
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Breast baring anime Sora no Woto‘s Sorami Kanata will soon get a figure edition by Kotobukiya, in her fetching uniform and equipped with her bugle, and set to be released in November 2010.
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The US government has been accused of issuing a “silent apology” for its atom bombing of Japan by sending an ambassador to a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of Hiroshima being bombed.
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The US military has issued a charming moe manga in an effort to win over Japanese sceptical of the value of an alliance costing them billions of dollars and the virginity of countless schoolgirls.
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A gallery of the coolest weapons, with a notable focus on pistols and automatic weapons, as assembled by the denizens of 2ch’s VIP board.
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Miwa Shirow is a noted mangaka and illustrator, having attained notoriety both for illustrating a series of hit Miku MADs and albums, and for his “Dogs: Bullets & Carnage” manga.
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