
A serving Chinese general has been saying he thinks Japan ought to be made to “withdraw” from Okinawa, in favour of the peace-loving Chinese.
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Tokyo’s notorious governor Shintaro Ishihara has been warned by his own nation’s ambassador to China that his plans to buy some of the Senkaku Islands will cause a diplomatic crisis.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: May 23, 2012 11:54 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Comparison, Events, Korea, Mass Media, Okinawa, Politics, Space, Video Gallery

A South Korean English language report on the launch of a “domestically produced” Korean satellite on a Japanese rocket which used footage of the rocket from which “Nippon” and the Japanese flag had been conspicuously removed have outraged many Japanese.
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An old man who lives naked and alone on a tropical Okinawa island, subsisting only off the natural bounty of his monthly care package, has lately been picked up by the international media – although Japanese have been rather less sympathetic, with some denouncing him as a mere hikikomori or homeless, or worse yet, a dirty NEET…
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Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara has announced on a visit to the USA that he is negotiating for Tokyo to buy the Senkaku Islands, currently the subject of Chinese claims.
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A Kagoshima government conservation office was recently shocked to discover one of its mountain cameras caught a couple having sex under the stars in brazen disregard of the poor bureaucrats forced to monitor the system.
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The US military is being accused of cynically using Operation Tomodachi as justification for keeping its bases in Okinawa.
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China’s latest budget sees its “restrained” military spending ballooning 12.7%, amidst reports that its actual spending is far higher than official figures.
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A man has been convicted of gang-raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a public toilet, traumatising her so severely that she later committed suicide, but only received a 4 year prison sentence, even less that the 5-year sentence sought by the prosecution and the minimum sentence the law allows.
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The identity of “Sengoku38,” the man responsible for leaking the video of a Chinese vessel ramming two coast guard ships in the Senkaku Islands, has been revealed after a coast guard officer admitted the act, saying he believes the people have a right to know the truth and could not be party to the government’s suppression of the video.
His eloquent account of his actions and dutiful act of self-sacrifice appears to have struck a resounding chord with many Japanese, and he is now more popular than ever, being lauded as a “true patriot.”
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China’s reaction to the release of video showing its fishing ship ramming two Japanese coast guard vessels is to blame the incident on Japan, saying it was their actions which were illegal.
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The video of a Chinese fishing vessel ramming a Japanese coast guard ship at sea off the disputed Senkaku Islands taken by the coast guard has been leaked, despite the Japanese government’s efforts to suppress it to protect relations with China.
The videos can be inspected below.
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