
The Japanese government is being accused of mounting a cover-up worthy of China itself, as not only is it fighting demands that it release a coast guard video of an alleged ramming of a coast guard ship by a Japanese vessel at every step, it is also only offering a 6 minute video of an incident which took nearly 3 hours to unfold.
Critics are already accusing it of editing the video to show China in a less unfavourable light.
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Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara reports that the crew of the fishing vessel accused of ramming a Japanese coast guard vessel in the Senkaku islands harpooned a member of the coast guard who was knocked overboard.
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Japanese anger at Chinese territorial aggression and the Japanese government’s meek response to it has spilled over into mass protests on the streets of Shibuya.
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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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A company starting a new women-only bus service has stoked controversy, with critics contending that the services represent sexual discrimination against men.
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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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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 US Navy captain has been stripped of her command for “drag racing” two US Navy destroyers in waters off Okinawa, risking high-speed collision.
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The Japanese government’s attempts to revise history textbooks to suggest Okinawan civilians were not butchered or forced into committing suicide by the Imperial Army to keep them out of American hands has run up against near unanimous opposition from Okinawans, surveys reveal.
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