Friday, September 24, 2010
Twitter reports
that Japan has released the captain of the Chinese boat involved in the Senkaku dispute. Ohh, this does not look good for domestic politics, I fear.
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There ain't no samurai, there are few geisha, Japanese are not the most polite people in the world. In practice, there is no special love or care for nature, nor is Japan uniquely unique. Sorry, but the sugar-coated fantasyland-Japan of Edwin O. Reischauer et al does not exist--if it ever did.
Frequented Japan blogs/sites
- σ1 (sigma 1): Japan Politics/Foreign Policy from NZ
- 1000 Things about Japan: The good and the bad. This lady knows of what she speaks.
- Shisaku: Required reading for anyone interested in Japanese politics
- Our Man in Abiko: A different style of Japan Politics blog by a British fellow north of Tokyo.
- Observing Japan: No introduction needed for the Japanese politics observer
- Loco In Yokohama: Outstanding writing on Japan-related and other topics
- Japan-US Discussion Forum: A moderated forum with some interesting discussion of US-Japan issues.
- Japan Subculture Research Center: Think Japan is all purity and light?
- Japan Focus
- Japan Echo: The website of the old Japan Echo magazine
- Global Talk 21: Japan politics blog written by a real live Japanese fellow (in English)
- Cat Foreheads & Rabbit Hutches: A blog about housing in Japan
- Balefire: Posts on various topics by an ex-pat with nearly 4 decades in Japan
- Asia Policy Point Blog
- Armchair Asia: A view of Japan-US issues from DC
Japan-related plus---a variety of blogs of current/former Japan residents
Blog Archive
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- Bring in the clowns
- Whaling bites back
- Rambling about Senkaku
- Six years and this is my most popular post?
- Never say no to Panda
- Twitter reports
- And Obama has called the US-Japan alliance "a corn...
- The gloves come off
- 日本茶党, birthers, and the Oz Lady.
- Unapologetic and ain't even gonna discuss it.
- Ozawa, the Pinko Commie
- The continuing education of a wannabe well-mannere...
- Nearly every time I check this blog I find posts t...
- Nobel Paul in Japan
- Language study, Japanese style
- Maybe Ozawa challenging Kan ain't so bad after all...
- "Andy Warhol politics"
- PM Kan requests advice from a wise man
- The (only) land of four seasons
- Weirdo Japan, part 120 million
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Non-Japan related sites
Japan-related books currently or recently read
Some favorite Japan-related books
- Tokyo: A Cultural and Literary History
- Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose
- Asia, America, and the transformation of Geopolitics
- Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- Bamboozled: How America loses the intellectual game with Japan
- Japanese Higher Education as Myth (anything by Brian McVeigh is good.)
- Nationalisms of Japan
- Cartels of the Mind
- The Enigma of Japanese Power
- Japanese Society by Chie Nakane
- Japan's Policy Trap
Who's the fool?
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- Denenchofu, Tokyo-to, Japan
- I live in Japan: The only country on earth with four clearly distinct seasons.
Was there really much doubt that Japan would blink first? Still, interesting that they caved so quickly. Awfully afraid of China, aren't we?
ReplyDeleteI actually thought they'd stand stronger. Obama seemed to be backing Japan, and I thought the DPJ was going to put on a bit of a tougher face after the election. I thought they'd at least wait until the 29th.
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