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Blue Jays bring win streak into clash with Yankees
Kuroda out to shut down Toronto a third time this season
This was supposed to be a year of upheaval in the vaunted American League East, and heading into the season the Blue Jays appeared set to lead the charge.
Thus far, however, that hasn't happened by any means. The perennial-favorite New York Yankees lead the division, eight games ahead of the last-place Blue Jays after falling, 3-2, to the Mariners in Thursday's series finale.
But there's no better way for Toronto to fight its way back into the race than to beat the team it's chasing, and that chance arrives Friday night.
Riding a four-game winning streak, the Blue Jays head to the Bronx for the first game of a three-game series against the Yankees. Toronto's offense has been red-hot recently, scoring double-digit runs in each of the past three games.
Hiroki Kuroda looks to quiet those Blue Jays' bats, making his third start of the season against Toronto. The first two were quality starts, and the Yankees won both games as Kuroda posted a line of 13 1/3 innings, four earned runs, nine hits and 10 strikeouts.
Arguably the most consistent pitcher for the Yanks this season, Kuroda has been so effective because of his pitching savvy, even when he doesn't have his best stuff. That's what happened in his last outing, Sunday against the Royals.
"He wasn't spot on, but other than that, I thought he was pretty good," said catcher Chris Stewart, who could potentially face a stint on the disabled list after injuring his groin running the bases Thursday. "He was throwing his two-seamer really well in the zone, getting a lot of ground-ball outs, throwing his offspeed when he needed to."
Opposite Kuroda is another wily vet in Toronto's Mark Buehrle. He has struggled this season to the tune of a 6.19 ERA, but he's coming off his best outing -- seven innings of one-run ball against Boston on Saturday.
Offensively for Toronto, the top-of-the-order combination of Melky Cabrera, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion has worked wonders. The three of them have combined to go 21-for-46 (.457) during the winning streak.
Blue Jays: Cabrera fights leg soreness
Former Yankee Cabrera had an MRI for leg soreness Wednesday, but he was in the Toronto lineup later that night, leading off for the fourth consecutive game.
"I'm going to play. I want to play," Cabrera said through a translator. "I want to be on the field. ... I want to contribute."
Since moving into the leadoff spot, Cabrera is 7-for-16 with three extra-base hits, four RBIs and five runs scored.
Yankees: Injuries continue to mount
The Yankees saw Andy Pettitte exit Thursday's finale after 4 2/3 innings with a tight upper back and could be without catcher Stewart.
Manager Joe Girardi said that Stewart was sent for an MRI on his groin after he had some trouble reaching third base on Robinson Cano's run-scoring infield single in the seventh inning. Stewart was seen by Girardi and head athletic trainer Steve Donohue after reaching the bag and stayed in the game for one more batter, but he was replaced by Austin Romine behind the plate when the eighth inning started.
"When he went around the base and stopped, he said he felt something," Girardi said. "He said it didn't pop. He said he was OK, but when we saw him run, he said it continued to hurt."
Stewart has been assuming the bulk of the Yankees' catching duties since Francisco Cervelli went on the disabled list in late April with a fractured right hand.
Worth noting
• Yankees outfielders Vernon Wells and Ichiro Suzuki have plenty of experience against Buehrle, and they have thrived against him. Wells is hitting .480 in 50 at-bats with three homers and Ichiro is hitting .426 in 54 at-bats.
• The Blue Jays have dropped each of their last two season series against the Yankees, and they've won just once since 2000. The Bombers appear well on their way to winning another, having beaten the Blue Jays in six of seven this year.
• The Yankees are 16-0 this season when they score first and have lost just twice when they hold a lead at any point in the game.
AJ Cassavell is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fantasy Board Regulars Football League Posted by GynoSandberg on 8/10 at 3:23 pm **Please read rules and regulaions before committing** Yahoo League - 12 Team H2H League (through Yahoo) - 1QB/2RB/2WR/1FLEX/1K/1D -- 7 Bench Spots - 4 points passing TD/6 rushing-receiving - 1 PPR - Continual rolling waivers - 75% of the league must veto trade for it to be overturned - $100 per Team (Leaguesafe) - Prize breakdown to be discussed - In thread. 16 round snake Slow Draft to begin Monday, 8/13 8AM CST - Teams will be allotted 4 hours per pick. If no pick is made, the turn is skipped and owner can make selection upon returning to the thread. - Clock will stop at 10pm and pick up at 8am each morning. - Pick must be made in thread ---------------------------------------------------- 12 teams at $100 each = $1,200 Instead of rewarding the high scorer at the end of the year, I'd like to give $10 to the high scorer each regular season week, to be paid out at the end of the season. So that would be 13 weeks at $10 a week= $130 Which would leave us with $1,070 in the pot to be paid to 1st, 2nd, 3rd. I'd propose 1st- $620 2nd- $350 3rd- $100 ------------------------------------------------ Draft Order 1. Dro 2. LE 3. Honkus 4. Tots 5. Port 6. BHam 7. Kash 8. DCB 9. Cannon 10. Drew Orleans 11. Rondo 12. Gyno This post was edited on 8/14 at 8:42 am Reply Back to Top |
Posted by GynoSandberg on 8/10 at 3:24 pm to GynoSandberg 1. Dro 1- Arian Foster, RB 2- Fred Jackson, RB 3- AJ Green, WR 4- Eli Manning, QB 5- Frank Gore, RB 6- Vernon Davis, TE 7- Robert Meachem, WR 8- Toby Gerhart, RB 9- Lance Moore, WR 10- Texans D/ST 11- Matt Schaub, QB 12- Danny Amendola, WR 13- Davone Bess, WR 14- Bernard Scott, RB 15- Stephen Gostowski, K 16- Rashard Mendenhall, RB 2. LE 1- Ray Rice, RB 2- Roddy White, WR 3- Mike Vick, QB 4- Dez Bryant, WR 5- Dwayne Bowe, WR 6- Stevan Ridley, RB 7- Reggie Wayne, WR 8- David Wilson, RB 9- Brandon Pettigrew, TE 10- Mike Williams, WR 11- Lamar Miller, RB 12- Steve Smith STL, WR 13- Joique Bell, RB 14- Colby Fleener, TE 15- Dan Bailey, K 16- Saints, D/ST 3. Honkus 1- Lesean McCoy, RB 2- Cam Newton, QB 3- Victor Cruz, WR 4- Percy Harvin, WR 5- Isaac Redman, RB 6- Jason Witten, TE 7- Jonathan Stewart, RB 8- Michael Crabtree, WR 9- Robert Griffin III, QB 10- James Starks, RB 11- Jared Cook, TE 12- Alshon Jeffery, WR 13- Brian Quick, WR 14- Giants, D/ST 15- Sebastian Janakowski, K 16- Ronnie Brown, RB 4. Tots 1- Calvin Johnson, WR 2- Wes Welker, WR 3- Marshawn Lynch, RB 4- Reggie Bush, RB 5- Steve Smith CAR, WR 6- Matt Ryan, QB 7- Peyton Hillis, RB 8- Fred Davis, TE 9- Pierre Thomas, RB 10- Jahvid Best, RB 11- Rashad Jennings, RB 12- Jermaine Gresham, TE 13- Terrell Owens, WR 14- Joe Flacco, QB 15- Tim Hightower, RB 16- Santana Moss, WR 5. Port 1- Drew Brees, QB 2- Steven Jackson, RB 3- Brandon Marshall, WR 4- Michael Turner, RB 5- Demayrius Thomas, WR 6- Desean Jackson, WR 7- Jermichael Finley, TE 8- Cedric Benson, RB 9- Jacob Tamme, TE 10- Felix Jones, RB 11- Andrew Luck, QB 12- Jon Baldwin, WR 13- Michael Floyd, WR 14- Steelers, D/ST 15- Mason Crosby, K 16- Jerome Simpson, WR 6. BHam 1- Chris Johnson, RB 2- Jamal Charles, RB 3- Julio Jones, WR 4- Doug Martin, RB 5- Aaron Hernandez, TE 6- Denarius Moore, WR 7- Shonn Greene, RB 8- Ben Rothlisberger, QB 9- Santonio Holmes, WR 10- Greg Little, WR 11- Josh Freeman, QB 12- Mikel Leshoure, RB 13- Carson Palmer, QB 14- Ravens D/ST 15- Kyle Rudolph, TE 16- Laurent Robinson, WR 7. Kash 1- Tom Brady, QB 2- Rob Gronkowski, TE 3- Ahmad Bradshaw, RB 4- Antonio Gates, TE 5- Steve Johnson, WR 6- Donald Brown, RB 7- Kevin Smith, RB 8- Darius Heyward-Bey, WR 9- Jacquizz Rodgers, RB 10- Austin Collie, WR 11- Evan Royster, RB 12- Mike Goodson, RB 13- Montario Hardesrty, RB 14- Patriots, D/ST 15- Matt Flynn, QB 16- Eddie Royal, WR 8. DCB 1- Aaron Rodgers, QB 2- Jimmy Graham, TE 3- Greg Jennings, WR 4- Trent Richardson, RB 5- BenJarvis Green-Ellis, RB 6- Antonio Brown, WR 7- Beanie Wells, RB 8- Mike Bush, RB 9- Nate Washington, WR 10- Ryan Williams, RB 11- Shane Vereen, RB 12- 49er, D/ST 13- Rueben Randle, WR 14- Isiah Pead, RB 15- Kendall Wright, WR 16- Matt Prater, K 9. Cannon 1- Darren McFadden, RB 2- Larry Fitzgerald, WR 3- Jeremy Maclin, WR 4- Miles Austin, WR 5- Tony Romo, QB 6- CJ Spiller, RB 7- Legarette Blount, RB 8- Titus Young, WR 9- Mark Ingram, RB 10- Justin Blackmon, WR 11- Olson, Greg, TE 12- Vincent Brown, WR 13- Kendall Hunter, RB 14- Robbie Gould, K 15- Eagles, D/sT 16- Jake Locker, QB 10. Drew Orleans 1- Matt Forte, RB 2- Demarco Murray, RB 3- Matthew Stafford, QB 4- Ryan Matthews, RB 5- Brandon Lloyd, WR 6- Eric Decker, WR 7- Torrey Smith, WR 8- Kenny Britt, WR 9- Jay Cutler, QB 10- Daniel Thomas, RB 11- Brent Celek, TE 12- Randall Cobb, WR 13- Packers, D/ST 14- David Akers, K 15- Devery Henderson, WR 16- Sidney Rice, WR 11. Rondo 1- Maurice Jones Drew, RB 2- Andre Johnson, WR 3- Hakeem Nicks, WR 4- Marques Colston, WR 5- Phillip Rivers, QB 6- Willis McGahee, RB 7- Roy Helu, RB 8- Tony Gonzalez, TE 9- Deangelo Williams, RB 10- Malcolm Floyd, WR 11- Andy Dalton, QB 12- Brandon LaFell 13- Ronnie Hillman, RB 14- Dustin Keller, TE 15- Bears, D/ST 16- Garrett Hartley, K 12. Gyno 1- Darren Sproles, RB 2- Adrian Peterson, RB 3- Jordy Nelson, WR 4- Mike Wallace, WR 5- Peyton Manning, QB 6- Vincent Jackson, WR 7- Pierre Garcon, WR 8- Ben Tate, RB 9- Anquan Boldin, WR 10- Randy Moss, WR 11- Jonathan Dwyer, RB 12- Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB 13- Owen Daniels, TE 14- Martellus Bennett, TE 15- Plaxico Burress, WR 16- Sam Bradford, QB This post was edited on 8/14 at 8:32 am Reply Back to Top |
Posted by GynoSandberg on 8/10 at 3:24 pm to GynoSandberg RD 1 Arian Foster, RB Ray Rice, RB Lesean McCoy, RB Calvin Johnson, WR Drew Brees, QB Chris Johnson, RB Tom Brady, QB Aaron Rodgers, QB Darren McFadden, RB Matt Forte, RB Maurice Jones Drew, RB Darren Sproles, RB RD 2 Adrian Peterson, RB Andre Johnson, WR Demarco Murray, RB Larry Fitzgerald, WR Jimmy Graham, TE Rob Gronkowski, TE Jamal Charles, RB Steven Jackson, RB Wes Welker, WR Cam Newton, QB Roddy White, WR Fred Jackson, RB RD 3 AJ Green, WR Mike Vick, QB Victor Cruz, WR Marshawn Lynch, RB Brandon Marshall, WR Julio Jones, WR Ahmad Bradshaw, RB Greg Jennings, WR Jeremy Maclin, WR Matt Stafford, QB Hakeem Nicks, WR Jordy Nelson, WR RD 4 Mike Wallace, WR Marques Colston, WR Ryan Matthews, RB Miles Austin, WR Trent Richardson, RB Antonio Gates, TE Doug Martin, RB Michael Turner, RB Reggie Bush, RB Percy Harvin, WR Dez Bryant, WR Eli Manning, QB RD 5 Frank Gore, RB Dwayne Bowe, WR Ike Redman, RB Steve Smith CAR, WR Demayrius Thomas, WR Aaron Hernandez, TE Steve Johnson, WR BenJarvis Green-Ellis, RB Tony Romo, QB Brandon Lloyd, WR Phillip Rivers, QB Peyton Manning, QB RD 6 Vincent Jackson, WR Willis McGahee, RB Eric Decker, WR CJ Spiller, RB Antonio Brown, WR Donald Brown, RB Denarius Moore, WR Desean Jackson, WR Matt Ryan, QB Jason Witten, TE Stevan Ridley, RB Vernon Davis, TE RD 7 Robert Meachem, WR Reggie Wayne, WR Jonathan Stewart, RB Peyton Hillis, RB Jermichael Finley, TE Shonn Green, RB Kevin Smith, WR Beanie Wells, RB Legarette Blount, RB Torrey Smith, WR Roy Helu, RB Pierre Garcon, WR RD 8 Ben Tate, RB Tony Gonzalez, TE Kenny Britt, WR Titus Young, WR Mike Bush, RB Darius Heyward-Bey, WR Ben Rothlisberger, QB Cedric Benson, RB Fred Davis, TE Michael Crabtree, WR David Wilson, RB Toby Gerhart, RB RD 9 Lance Moore, WR Brandon Pettigrew, TE Robert Griffin III, QB Pierre Thomas, RB Jacob Tamme, TE Santonio Holmes, WR Jacquizz Rodgers, RB Nate Washington, WR Mark Ingram, RB Jay Cutler, QB Deangelo Williams, RB Anquan Boldin, WR RD10 Randy Moss, WR Malcolm Floyd, WR Daniel Thomas, RB Justin Blackmon, WR Ryan Williams, RB Austin Collie, WR Greg Little, WR Felix Jones, RB Jahvid Best, RB James Starks, RB Mike Williams TB, WR Texans D/ST RD 11 Matt Schaub, QB Lamar Miller, RB Jared Cook, TE Rashad Jennings, RB Andrew Luck, QB Josh Freeman, QB Evan Royster, RB Shane Vereen, RB Greg Olson, TE Brent Celek, TE Andy Dalton, QB Jonathan Dwyer, RB RD 12 Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB Brandon LaFell, WR Randall Cobb, WR Vincent Brown, WR 49er, D/ST Mike Goodson, RB Mikel Leshoure, RB Jon Baldwin, RB Jermaine Gresham, TE Alshon Jeffrey, WR Steve Smith STL, WR Danny Amendola, WR RD 13 Davone Bess, WR Joique Bell, RB Brian Quick, WR Terrell Owens, WR Michael Floyd, WR Carson Palmer, QB Montario Hardesty, RB Rueben Randle, WR Kendall Hunter, RB Packers, D/ST Ronnie Hillman, RB Owen Daniels, TE RD 14 Martellus Bennett, TE Dustin Keller, TE David Akers, K Robbie Gould, K Isiah Pead, RB Patriots, D/ST Raverns, D/ST Steelers, D/ST Joe Flacco, QB Giants, D/ST Colby Fleener, TE Bernard Scott, RB RD 15 Stephen Gostowski, K Dan Bailey, K Sebastian Janikowski, K Tim Hightower, RB Mason Crosby, K Kyle Rudolph, TE Matt Flynn, QB Kendall Wright, WR Eagles, D/ST Devery Henderson, WR Bears, D/ST Plaxico Burress, WR RD 16 Sam Bradford, QB Garret Hartley, K Sidney Rice, WR Jake Locker, QB Matt Prater, K Eddie Royal, WR Laurent Robinson, WR Santana Moss, WR Ronnie Brown, RB Saints, D/ST Rashard Mendenhall, RB This post was edited on 8/14 at 8:41 am Reply Back to Top |
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One of Edith Wharton's most famous novels—the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize—exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility in Gilded Age New York.
Newland Archer, an aristocratic young lawyer, is engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. But when May's cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her failed marriage to a Polish count, her worldly and independent nature intrigues and unsettles Archer. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with the disgraced Ellen, Archer is torn between possibility and duty. Wharton's profound understanding of her characters' lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen both urgent and poignant. An incisive look at the ways desire and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of society, The Age of Innocence is one of Wharton's most moving works.
Excerpted from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Copyright © 1996 by Edith Wharton. Excerpted by permission of Vintage, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
The upper stratum of New York society into which Edith Wharton was born in 1862 provided her with an abundance of material as a novelist but did not encourage her growth as an artist. Educated by tutors and governesses, she was raised for only one career: marriage. But her marriage, in 1885, to Edward Wharton was an emotional disappointment, if not a disaster. She suffered the first of a series of nervous breakdowns in 1894. In spite of the strain of her marriage, or perhaps because of it, she began to write fiction and published her first story in 1889.
Her first published book was a guide to interior decorating, but this was followed by several novels and story collections. They were written while the Whartons lived in Newport and New York, traveled in Europe, and built their grand home, The Mount, in Lenox, Massachusetts. In Europe, she met Henry James, who became her good friend, traveling companion, and the sternest but most careful critic of her fiction. The House of Mirth (1905) was both a resounding critical success and a bestseller, as was Ethan Frome (1911). In 1913 the Whartons were divorced, and Edith took up permanent residence in France. Her subject, however, remained America, especially the moneyed New York of her youth. Her great satiric novel, The Custom of the Country was published in 1913 and The Age of Innocence won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
In her later years, she enjoyed the admiration of a new generation of writers, including Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald. In all, she wrote some thirty books, including an autobiography. A Backwards Glance (1934). She died at her villa near Paris in 1937.


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" ...hawkish views on disputed territory"
There is no such thing as disputed territory between Japan and China. The commie-led China is just trying to make it "diputed" as the first step to rob what they want. Whoever wrote this article is too vulnerable to the propaganda from the non-democratic, belligerent, human-rights-ignoring nation.
Fact Check:
During his premiership, Shinzo Abe did the following:
1. Mend fences with China after the Ice Age of the Koizumi Era.
2. Never visited the Yasukuni Shrine
So, he has demonstrated his ability and willingness to separate personal beliefs from duties of office. Give credit where it is due.
Just after the outcome of the election last Wednesday, I watched Masayo Nakajima's analysis of NHK World reported by Sherry Ahn. Masayo's "That's possible, I think." got me limited in Joe Hisashi's "zin-shen no mi-lei gowa" (life's carousel in Japanese). Five years on, former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, returned to LDP's top; moreover, Japan is likely to return to Asian glorious dynasty of Koizumi Junichiro.
From 2009's failure, LDP wanted to recover with struggling for something to say. During DPJ's government, Japan experienced the adjustment of Japan-US, -Russia, -South Korea and -China relationship, horrible earthquake and the declining economy. At the critical point, prime minister Yoshihiko Noda still raised the consumption tax despite massive opponents. His resolution, on the surface, solved the crisis of national debt but was meanwhile leading to another crisis, politically. First, Ichiro Ozawa and the following left DPJ for People's New Party (PNP) and Toru Hashimoto reconciled Osaka with other Japan's local faction turning to Japan Restoration Party (JRP).
On Sep. 28, the result of Nikkei and TBS's poll, showing the adversity of Noda's cabinet after the recovery of LDP's Abe, indicated that the 35% be likely to vote in favour of LDP while the only 14% support DPJ and JRP may get 12%. Although the opponents of Abe is more than supporters of him, as Mr. Abe talked to me, LDP is due to actively have Noda hold the re-election for the latest poll while this support ratio becomes more than 40%.
On the contrary, Noda reshuffled his Cabinet. The new Cabinet will retain 8 members, including Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Trade and industry Minister Yukio Edano and Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura. Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada, also among the group, continuing as Social Security and Tax Reform Minister and Administrative Reform Minister.
In addition, seemingly to buffer the acid-base about Japan's surroundings and deficit-financial bill with social welfare, Noda appointed professional Koizumi's former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka - now a Democrat - as education minister and 65-year-old Koriki Jojima, taking over Jun Azumi who turned to DPJ's acting secretary-general, as the fifth financial minister in 3 years. Ms. Tanaka, the first female Cabinet member in Japanese history, is the important faction's leader and member in Koizumi's dynasty. It is her father, the late prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, that signed the normalizing diplomatic tie with China's late prime minister Zhou En-lai.
Obviously, Noda wanted to express his willingness to keep the image of Sino-Japanese ties normalized from 1972. In the aspect of remaining member, they mostly hold unfriendly-inclination attitude toward China. Noda and Gemba are undeniably good partner with regard to Sino-Japanese relation, but, for me (in front of me) they play a series of "Home alone". Noda's these 8 core member, recently, face difficulties of endangered surroundings of territory disputes and they intend to show the national ideology more than law's logic. On the other hand, Noda had Ms. Tanaka return to Cabinet for her experience. Tanaka was also was a member of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association who last week visited Beijing and talked with China's Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member Jia Qinglin (4th posistion in 4th-generation CCP).
This is the third time Noda reshuffles his Cabinet. In DPJ's governing record, The financial minister is always seen as the index. Former Naoto Kan and the incumbent Noda once sat at this seat. During 3-year period, Toyota and Japan Airline adding to 311 earthquake had Japan be suffered horribly with the following Japanese enterprises like Sony, Sharp, NEC and Nintendo losing too much money. In addition, DPJ wants to exercise better social welfare as national debt elevates while no willingness to cede the power to any other.
Abe, for several years, never gave up the next climax of his political career. At this chance, he appeals for the peaceful relation with US and has the alarm against China but doesn't want to lose his head. During 2006-2007, he visited China impressively as called "enigma" in international politics. In 2008, he was invited by Taiwan's chief of legislative Yuan, Wang Jin-ping and he went to Taipei again about a year ago showing his passion to Taiwan. Abe's family own two prime minister, his grandfather Kishi Nobusuke (1957-1960) and his great-uncle Sato Eisaku (1964-1972) with his father, Abe Shintaro, who was Japan's foreign minister.
Noda is forced to pin a contour line of circle right now. LDP's enchanting the recovery makes me remember myself who loves listening to Ai Otsuka's "Renai Shiashin" and "Kinyo Hanebi" with Asian stable prosperity. More and more Japanese is inclined to go back to Koizumi's dynasty. I hope this Chibaken's congressman remember Yokohama's dumpling vendor that Zhou En-lai praised very much before any trouble occurred - and no more.
all this talk of political past details of japan today is rather meaningless.
today, japanese government cannot 'tie its shoes' without the approval of the us, neither does taiwan to a lessor degree.
the problem is that such uniformity in get tough diplomatic policy whipped together under the us 'reentry' to asia doctrine is not really to the best interest of the us and is detrimental to japan.
if and when the push comes to the shovel, the us is not about to sacrifice its core interest in its sino-american stake holding relationship for anyone, and rightly so, thus leaving japan and taiwan holding the bag the morning after. but that's not so good to every party involved, not even to the us and china, yet that's likely how it will end up with.
This article is shamelessly biased and bending facts, and at the same time insulting many people who are suffering from "Inflammatory bowel disease".
I am afraid that writing this kind of dirty an article anonymously would degrade the reputation of The Economist.
This article went far beyond the tolerated line of the morality. This is a suicide of the journalism.
In reply to get real
Please study Korean history. Apart from usual oppression and
injustice accompanying any colonialism, the annexation was not
military occupation at all. (See 19th~20th century colonialism
in Asia by Western powers) No pillage, rape or other vandalism
by military has been reported during annexation.
Humbly accepted - and you go study Japanese history, and write me another inspiring article when you're done, deal? Remember to cite your sources this time, because it's hard for me to find the Japanese elementary school textbooks you use outside Japan.
Yes, nothing like stirring up territorial/nationalistic passions to hide the real issues for a countries citizens. This only really applies to two countries in this situation(Korea* My relatives are corrupt and they got caught which makes me worried about my party's re-election chances so lets talk about rocks!
Japan We live in a declining population country that will have a great deal of senior citizens in the next 30 years, not enough young people to pay for the entitlements for those seniors so lets talk about rocks!)
and since Chinese people can not vote who cares what they think so let them trash some stores and maybe a few Japanese factories, those at Foxcomm just keep the nets up and fight for some rocks.
Until the populaces of those countries tell their respective politicians to;
a)not fight but compromise on the distribution of the resources beneath the rocks which is what this is truly about
b)sit down like the Germans and French did over 45 years ago and say "Never again!" to each other and write a common history that(yes that means foreigners having input on domestic education policy which will go over like a lead balloon in these countries)
c)and get the TPP signed to show they should not be butting heads but working together because the pivot is coming quick.
The eligible voters of the countries have to tell the voters this then things will get resolved, not the politicians telling the populace. But with these countries that is probably where the true problem lies.
There have been efforts to reconcile past history but it will never work. History is for its own people, linking them to their predecessors. Not linking to others. I completely disagree with your dangerous proposition. No thank you.
Besides, Chinese and Koreans are not the same as French to the Germans. They fabricate history like nothing.
Also. No thanks to TPP either. Only to encourage more American bullying in the Pacific and Asia ...
So what is your solution?
[Mike Tyson reply to 30th, 11:54
There have been efforts to reconcile past history but it will never work. History is for its own people, linking them to their predecessors. Not linking to others. I completely disagree with your dangerous proposition. No thank you.
Besides, Chinese and Koreans are not the same as French to the Germans. They fabricate history like nothing.
Also. No thanks to TPP either. Only to encourage more American bullying in the Pacific and Asia ...]
It won't work because, unlike the Germany, Japan has not had it Rape of Tokyo yet:
{[Kara no reply to Pacific 15th, 04:30
China never defeated Japan. Japan surrendered only to the United States. ]
There is some truth in your statement and it only confirms what many believe, which is that the Japanese only respects BRUTE FORCE. There is also some eerie similarity in mentality between the Japan of today and Germany between the World Wars.
After WWI, the German army felt "betrayed" by their politicians, who surrendered "without being militarily defeated". As a result the German right-wing did not feel obliged to accept the terms of their defeat. All that changed after WWII, in which Germany was not only soundly defeated but did so by its main victim-- USSR. The Rape of Berlin woke up the Germans so much that the denial of the Holocaust became a crime in Germany.
The fact that the main victims of Imperial Japan-- China, Korea-- did not actually militarily defeated Japan now make the Japanese right-wing arrogant. They feel that they are superior to their former victims while instinctively submitting to their white conquerors. It will have to take a "Rape of Tokyo" to bring them to their senses.
Needless to say, your statement above merely admits that, of the War in the Pacific and East Asia, only the part between Japan and the US is settled. The part between Japan and its Asian victims is still unfinished and remains suspended. Like the war in Europe, it will take a 2nd session to bring it to conclusion. Fortunately, unlike the first session, this 2nd session will be fought when the aggressor, Japan, will be weak while its victims, China, Korea and other Asian countries, will be strong. THAT will be poetic justice done!}
That is why Japan should pursue to become a nuclear power.
They missed their chance in 2008 when N. Korea became a nuclear power. Japan will get more chances ...
Also, I completely disagree that China and Korea were victims of Imperial Japan. Both countries were victims of themselves not being able to stand up on their own to counter European imperialism. Japan engaged in Korea and Manchuria for its own existence. Korea and Manchuria served as buffer against the Russians (later Soviets).
Besides, China started the war against Japan in Marco Polo bridge on the night of July 7, 1937. Japan clearly showed reluctance to escalate in how they handled the events.
[Mike Tyson reply to Devils 1st, 07:57
That is why Japan should pursue to become a nuclear power.
They missed their chance in 2008 when N. Korea became a nuclear power. Japan will get more chances ...]
The quicker the better. Build them like the Fukushima nuclear plants.
[Also, I completely disagree that China and Korea were victims of Imperial Japan. Both countries were victims of themselves not being able to stand up on their own to counter European imperialism. Japan engaged in Korea and Manchuria for its own existence. Korea and Manchuria served as buffer against the Russians (later Soviets).]
I agree! As its economic decline continues, Japan will become a victim of itself by not being able to repeat its militarist ambitions. Tomorrow is the time to get even.
[Besides, China started the war against Japan in Marco Polo bridge on the night of July 7, 1937. Japan clearly showed reluctance to escalate in how they handled the events.]
It was/is perfectly right and legal to shoot the robber who breaks into your own home. The new policy of China is to shoot those who attempt to break into China's territory.
I am not worried about Fukushima. Nobody died and nobody will. I am pretty sure the Japanese can build a damn good bomb.
You talk about economic decline in Japan, but US, Europe, and China are falling much faster. Yen is the strongest currency in the world, so I would not really start worrying until the Yen starts dropping very rapidly ... although Japanese economy can use massive printing of Yen by Bank of Japan.
Your robber analogy does not apply. The Japanese troops in Beijing at the time were there legally based on 1901 treaty (Boxer Rebellion) just as the US troops today are stationed legally under a treaty. It does not make it right for the Japanese to attack US troops.
[Mike Tyson reply to Devils 2nd, 09:15
I am not worried about Fukushima. Nobody died and nobody will. I am pretty sure the Japanese can build a damn good bomb.]
I am sure that the 2 Koreas will be able to build "damn good bombs".
[You talk about economic decline in Japan, but US, Europe, and China are falling much faster.]
Yeah. I can see that they are all preparing for another expedition to Beijing.
[ Yen is the strongest currency in the world, so I would not really start worrying until the Yen starts dropping very rapidly ... although Japanese economy can use massive printing of Yen by Bank of Japan.]
The only way the strongest can go is down.
[Your robber analogy does not apply. The Japanese troops in Beijing at the time were there legally based on 1901 treaty (Boxer Rebellion)]
The Boxer Rebellion was provoked by the aggressions of the Western powers and Japan against China. All these aggressors were robbers intruded into China's territory.
As I said before, the only way to make people like you to understand is a Rape of Tokyo. A Rape of Berlin worked on the German and a Rape of Tokyo will also work on the Japanese. The rise of rightwing militarism in Japan is preparing ground for that to happen.
[ just as the US troops today are stationed legally under a treaty. It does not make it right for the Japanese to attack US troops.
That's a business between 2 robbers. I will leave that to themselves.
Abe is back? So there was an end to the potential prime minster supply.
Koizumi's son is too young to be PM after the next election, or that's the Kasumigaseki consensus.
Personally, Koizumi isn't ready to become a leader until he experience a major personal crisis or a failure. Life without a crisis breeds fragile personality unfit for leadership (ie. Fair-Weather leaders who break down under stress, just like Abe).
Japan has always behaved double-faced. In his recent speech at UN, Noda said that there is no territorial issue exists over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and there will be no comprise. Then Japan's ally US urges all parties to the negotiation table and comprise. But if there is no issue exists, what are you going to negotiate? So there will be no negotiation.
Noda's point was no strong enough. He should have clearly stated the historical facts so that everybody understands what kind of bogus claim China is trying to make.
He needs to try harder so that UN feels sympathy towards Japan for having such idiotic neighbor.
China will never change ...
For those Japanese invested in China ... go home quickly!
Rhetoric aside, this japanese 'democracy' and 'election' on major issues are farce. Japan is not a free and independent nation by any western measure. japanese politicians are allowed to roam about and be active within a certain bound not unlike caged animals with its own playground in the zoo.
whenever the japanese government was moving closer to its major asian neighbours, they got pulled right back. and the us master can change japanese prime minister just like that, with 7 yankings in like number of years of late. but right or wrong, that at least was done in the us interest of maintaining security in asia while keeping an eye on an unrepentant japan.
but judging from tough talks of recent new conservatives or right wingers, will japan be content in it subservient and accessory role to the us after almost 70 years of being so?
as such the us should be particularly watchful over the ulterior motive of these japanese politicians under that façade of seemingly abject submissiveness to the us, it may be all fake to fool americans.
They are certainly freer than mainland China.
You can jump through all the logical gymnastics you like, and repeat the same propaganda (like a flat-Earther), but it won't change reality.
7 yankings? Kind of an odd statement since things can be looked up - like one retiring based on party rules (Koizumi), and another losing an election. This stuff can be looked up pretty easily you know? It is public information....
Japan is just playing dead. Do not underestimate the unbroken history spanning 2700 years. Ten times mature as the US.
As the US gets weaker relative to other nations (18% of world economy right now compared 60% back in 1950), Japan cannot survive by piggybacking on the US. Soon Japan will start moving towards complete independence ... for its own security.
I don't think I ever heard the US comprising 60% of the world economy, not with respect to GNP (which they used back then), at least.
Not mentioned in the statement was that in 1950 just about every other society was in a rough patch due to massive poverty or war dislocation.
As for now, I blieve the US was over 20% of world GDP, with a much smaller share of world population.
For 2010 these figures were given: " In 2010, U.S. GDP was just over $14.6 trillion, or about 23.6% of the estimated world GDP of nearly $62 trillion. "
Now has Japan increased defense expenditures, or held them steady?
I understood that their were plans for modest trimming for 2011-2015 fiscal periods (at 280 billion USD)
Has Japan drafted any strategy or concepts to transition towards becoming an armed neutral of the sort that Switzerland and Sweden had traditionally followed?
My sense is not really anything that represents a pragmatic, credible roadmap...but I could be wrong....
Does Japan have the political will for a defense buildup? I find that difficult to believe wants the bills start coming in...
they are freer in individual expressions yes, but as of now and sadly, japanese have no freedom or right to decide japanese fate as a nation, something even some poorest and most despotic nation has the right to do, for the better or worse of that nation.
yes nothing can change history, but some truth is worth to repeat many, many times. they say pledge of allegiance everyday at school, don't they?
as for the 7 yankings, of course there were public info cover reasons for the 'look up'. what about the behind the scene real reasons?
So just making an empty accusation because of China assuming an adversarial posture with a democracy with a higher standard of living?
Sounds like a desperate smear effort.
Maybe a coping mechanism too, to compensate for China's maldroit management of foreign relations?
Or, to deflect from the fact that a competitor has regular elections and representative democracy? (Must seem a little embarrasing in comparison to the old democratic centralism?)
save your mindless sarcasm nonsense. it won't work one bit.
you are not impartial to discuss issues concerning japan.
let's just say that I have my views and you have yours. that's it.
Where there are military bases there are comfort women, whether as camp-followers or set up at brothels, from Marlborough's Blenheim campaign through American civil war to present day US military bases in Korea, to name a few well-documented cases.
The army did not coerce women to do so, but desperate women and enterprising brothel-owners followed the army. Sino-Japanese war was no exception. It was the Korean brothel-owners with
Korean prostitutes (and later Japanese ones with Japanese women), who first followed the invading Japanese army. Of course Japanese army, like armies of any nationality, required and bought
their services. (Vide Post WWII US occupation forces in Japan and present-day American military bases world-wide, notably in Korea.) These brothel-owners replenished and expanded their
cohort of comfort women by recruiting fresh supply from home country. As testified by many ex-comfort women, most of them were r tricked into believing that they were going to work at Japanese factories. In every case, the recruiters who paid the parents
or deceived the girls were Korean brothels owners, their agents or brokers.
Later, the Japanese army supervised and controlled the brothels which were called comfort stations, for obvious hygienic purpose. In a country with a well-established and thriving sex-industry like Korea at that time, (let us be honest, in any other Asian country in that age) what foreign army should bother to use their soldiers, with no local connections or knowledge of indigenous language, to drag women out from their hiding places.? Common sense will tell that it would be far simpler, and natural, for the army to get in touch with local brothel-owners or brokers who were eager to earn money. If women were tricked or coerced, it was by their compatriots and not directly by foreign army. Of course behind the compatriots there was demand from the army. It may have been strong pressure, but ultimately it was money that motivated the recruiters. This process, far simpler and natural, explains why these women were paid, paid well when compared with Korean (or for that matter Japanese) workers or farmers. No slaves are paid remuneration for their service. Slaves are for life. They were not, and went home after a period(before the end of war). These women were professionals, whatever the circumstances which led to their misery, misery inflicted by their compatirots.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. What armies stationed in foreign countries did not do this?
The line separating the allied or American brothels from Japanese, and condemning Japanese ones as slavery, seems, that at the former the service was provided on one-on-one consent between
a soldier and a girl, while at the latter it was regimented, coercive and abusive. But is it true?
Was there no coercion when it came to relations between brothel-owners and prostitutes?
It was most foolish of Japanese army overtly to control these brothels or run the comfort stations while entrusting the sex-business to the locals. But when the other army did not do this, was it really out of their decency, and not cleverness and cynicism?
Why would it be far simpler for an invading army, and especially the Japanese at the height of its empire building and self-endowed sense of racial superiority, to hire the services of prostitutes than to pillage, rape or enslave? I don't know. I think both had their advantages as the Japanese did plenty of both.
A few more things. First, what is the difference between one-on-one consent and organized brothels as you mentioned? Scale, support from the military and explicit authorization perhaps? Second, your comparisons are shaky. The Americans are not occupying Korea like Japan occupied it's victim nations. There may have been plenty of one off incidents but the Americans did not need to fulfill the final sexual desires of its Kamikaze pilots before they flew their Zeroes into enemy structures/ships/bombers. Lastly, anyone remotely familiar with Japanese culture can tell you a little bit about its very unique set of views and behaviors on sex, as it is broadly used. This post deserves to be deleted if I were to claim that the comfort women practice had deeper, more intricate cultural roots in Japanese society...without challenging you to find me one other country that produces
more rape, incest or other strangely themed pornographic films titles than Japan. Well at least that's a thriving business in ailing Japan.
what a foolish and nonsense talk of yours?
just because a guy needs a square meal does not justify his robbing and killing in a supermarket. the guy goes to the jail where he belongs. that what those japanese should be subject to.
Shinzo Abe clearly stated in Japanese magazine that, if grandfather committed adultery or rape, it is father's responsibility to tell his sons a lie that their gradfather was a great person for the honour of his family.
He does not care for the truth of history and the misery of the people who suffered, unless Japanese.
He cared so much for the Japanese abductees to N. Korea, but did not show any sympathy to Korean sex slaves to Japanese army.
Note that racists like Shinzo Abe and Ishihara Shintaro are supported by the main stream in no other advanced country.
Hey knaoe! What you claim is more like that people who should be blamed for slavey in America is black people, because most slaves were beaten by other black slaves.
I think that Japan has no future in the global world, as long as the country is full of small-minded racists like you.
What a vulgar title you've put, TE, on this article! You sure aren't any company of yellow press, are you?
Shinzo Abe (as well as Shigeru Ishiba - the new LDP sec. gen.) should be hawk-eyed when seeing current issues in and outside Japan, but not biassed to 'right-wing' rubbish.
You'd better be informed that Abe's articulation with regard to his intention to compete neck to neck against Toru Hashimoto's party has already been reported, and that Abe's been merely opposed to 'TPP' with unrestricted liberalisation - claiming that Japan should seek for a leading role in establishing TPP before scooting off into what will be bulldozed by the North American partner(s).
All Abe & Ishiba need is economic advisers - who can be either among policymakers or researchers - to blueprint ways of Japan's economic recovery under strong Yen (which is possible all the way w/o hindrance from trade unions supporting left-wing members of the current DPJ administration).
Please don't worry too much about Abe, a politician who sways in harmony with perceived public opinions. He can make things worse, but hardly to the extent of devastation.
For decades, Japan has failed to produce one influential political figure with a vision. Given the fact that China doesn't have one either, the near prospect of East Asia can't be rosy at all.
PMs often changed over in Japanese modern history. However, in terms of notable political figures, you had:
- Sato Eisaku in the 1960s
- Tanaka Kakue in the 1970s
- Nakasone in the 1980s
- Koizumi in the 2000s
So not a dearth. A little less than one influential PM who exerted some impact a decade.
Sato did the development and peace promotion bit. Tanaka was into development, especially with his pet love of construction. Nakasone was into making Japan a world leader of sorts. Koizumi was into liberalization.
In fact, the senior Bush President idividually compensated for every Japanese American, enforced to enter the concentration camps during WWII, with a sincere apology. Why cannot Japan do?
Because they were Americans (Japanese Americans) ... who were put into concentration camps in America. They put their own people ...
Wow. What a great country ... bunch of racists. Although they did come a long way ... look at Pres. Obama.
' Why cannot Japan do?'
because japanese politicians haven't got the courage or balls to confront japan's dark side of ww2.
"japan's dark side of ww2"...which is one-sided story and is pretty much written by the victors of WW2.
I wonder when Americans get the courage or balls to know and confront America's dark side of WW2...
Quotes from "The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh".
...'One of the patrol members offered the Jap a cigarette and a light, and as he started to smoke an arm was thrown around his head and his throat "slit from ear to ear."'
The entire procedure was thoroughly approved by the general giving the account.'
...'Supper with Phil La Follette. (...)At one point, the conversation turned to the atrocities committed by the Japanese and by our own men. It was freely admitted that some of our soldiers tortured Jap prisoners and were as cruel and barbaric at times as the Japs themselves. Our men think nothing of shooting a Japanese prisoner or a soldier attempting to surrender. They-treat the Jap with less respect than they would give to an animal, and these acts are condoned by almost everyone. We claim to be fighting for civilization, but the more I see of this war in the Pacific the less right I think we have to claim to be civilized. In fact, I am not sure that our record in this respect stands so very much higher than the Japs'.'
...'We hold his examples of atrocity screamingly to the heavens while we cover up our own and condone them as just retribution for his acts.'
...'(...)our Marines seldom accepted surrender of the Japanese troops on the island. It had been a bitter fight; our men had lost heavily; the general desire was to kill and not take prisoners. Even when prisoners were taken, the naval officer said, they were lined up and asked which ones could speak English. Those who were able to speak English were taken for questioning. The others "simply weren't taken."'
...'A long line of such incidents parades before my mind: the story of our Marines firing on unarmed Japanese survivors who swam ashore on the beach at Midway; the accounts of our machine-gunning prisoners on a Hollandia airstrip; of the Australians pushing captured Japanese soldiers out of the transport planes which were taking them south over the New Guinea mountains ("the Aussies reported them as committing hara-kiri or 'resisting' "; of the shinbones cut, for letter openers and pen trays, from newly killed Japanese bodies on Noemfoor; of the young pilot who was "going to cream that Jap hospital one of these days"; of American soldiers poking through the mouths of Japanese corpses for gold-filled teeth ("the infantry's favorite occupation" ; of Jap heads buried in anthills "to get them clean for souvenirs"; of bodies bulldozed to the roadside and dumped by the hundreds into shallow, unmarked graves("where they're so close we can't stand 'em, we have to bury 'em"'
...' We, who claimed that the German was defiling humanity in his treatment of the Jew, were doing the same thing in our treatment of the Jap. "They really are lower than beasts. Every one of 'em ought to be exterminated." How many times had I heard that statement made by American officers in the pacific!
...'What the German has done to the Jew in Europe, we are doing to the Jap in the Pacific. (...) It is not the Germans alone, or the Japs, but the men of all nations to whom this war has brought shame and degradation.'
Mr. Abe must honestly reconfirm Mr. Khono's official acknowledgment of "sex slaves", organiztionally enforced by Japan's wartime military, and individually compensate, based on human conscience and human right. Never repeat Japanese-style ambiguity, failed in the past visit to the US!
yes indeed.
Let me introduce myself this time as one who finds The Economist's view on Japan to be biased - and often extremely - while its view on Poland is always well-balanced thanks much to Mr Edward Lucas.
I would like The Economist to adopt positivist approach to topics related to Japan as well, as it does to ones related to Poland, rather than presenting an enumeration of allegations.
Just as seen in Japan's very popular song by Japan's very popular singer, Sachiko Kobayashi, the words of "Endure, Endure---" reflect the real voice of most common Japanese who coninued to endure the undurables during the past decades and even worse will continue to endure the undurables unforeseeably. Do Japan's leaders, especially politicians, know this really serious or bitterest feeling or mind of common Japasnese?
I suppose they do, but japanese politicians are afraid to offend the us who to a larger extent still controls japan's major policies.
Abe will win back conservative votes and form 2nd Abe cabinet which represents the conservative voice.
This article forgot to mention many things, so I will mention a few of the things he has said he will do.
1. He will not implement sales tax increase in 2014 if the economy is still in deflation.
2. He will cooperate with Bank of Japan to get the economy out of deflation and into mild inflation. That means quantitative easing, and increased government spending in public infrastructure. This implies $1 = 120 yen and Nikkei average will climb back to 20,000 yen.
3. He will take back "Kono discourse" and issue a new discourse stating there was no evidence that Japanese Imperial Army were involved in mistreatment of comfort women.
4. He will build facilities on Senkaku Island.
5. He will make further steps to revise or replace the constitution.
These are pretty important things ...
He will also piss off all of Asia, which includes many US/UK allies (SK, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, SG, etc) by denying Japanese war-sex crimes.
Will the Americans back Japan over South Korea or the Philippines? I doubt it, because SK and the Philippines have never actually fought against the US and there are far more Korean and Filipino Americans than there are Japanese Americans.
Voting for Abe is a good way to get Japan isolated.
BTW I don't actually care if Japan chooses to deny war crimes, as you love to do, because while you can deny it to yourselves, you can't convince the rest of the world to buy your propaganda.
But as a purely strategic move, denying war crimes does not seem to serve Japanese interests whatsoever.
People of the Philippines have not forgotten 600,000 murdered by the Americans during Philippines American war (1899-1913).
War-sex crimes are groundless, and Abe will make a clear statement that there are no evidence for those accusations.
"War-sex crimes are groundless"
You lose all credibility with that statement.
Filipinos seem to overlook casulties from that insurgency during WWII.
Aside from some minor collaboration in leadership circles, the Filipinos stuck by the Americans, participating in heavy fighting at the beginning and conclusion of the Pacific War, as well as pursuing by all accounts some broadbase insurgencies.
Quite a few Japanese soldiers died in the Philippines. Many more than in other territories, with the exception of China.
You are talking about a person who by his own admission had become psychologically unfit.
If the Economist is correct here, Abe even aquired a strange mental illness that brought on serial defecation.
He couldn't do his job because he had to hit the benjo too much if I am reading this correctly..
You really think he is going to cut it a second time round?
"Abe will make a clear statement that there are no evidence for those accusations."
Well, of course there isn't. Smart criminals destroy evidence, and the Japanese government had plenty of time to do that in 1945 before McArthur arrived.
McArthur and Tokyo tribunal prosecution came up with bogus evidence anyway like Nanjing. Western barbarism at its best ... not surprising knowing what the US and UK repeatedly did ... genocide of native Americans, atrocities committed in the Philippines (1899-1912), India and other UK colonies.
Yes, the USA and the UK have done some pretty odious things. I'm not seeking to deny that. You should be more grateful, though. If we'd hanged a few more Japanese war criminals like Nobusuke Kishi instead of letting them get back into power and done more to create the same sort of post-war government in Japan that Germany now has, comments like the sort you make would land people in prison. The idea of Shinzo Abe, with his family links to war crimes that I'm sure he'd love to pretend never happened, having any sort of political career would be even more laughable than it is at the moment.
Interesting article. I think the LDP is on its way towards snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Abe Shinzo had a pretty checkered tenure as Prime Minister (with cabinet ministers committing suicide, or getting caught up in scandals), and left under some really odd circumstances. There was mention of psychological exhaustion for instance.
Seems like the equivalent of McGovern having a VP pick that went through psychological treatment (shock therapy possibly).
As for decentralizing politics from Tokyo, I don't believe any life long politician and scion of a political family is truly for that, unless they are like Robert Byrd, and looking to move facilities and services to their districts/regions.
Nationalism has been taught in china for decades. Now they can't control it. And they want to introduce it in Hong Kong.
Nationalism has been taught in japan for decades. (Denial of war crimes, rape, etc.) Now they can't control and are about to really piss off the South Koreans, the Philippines, and the rest of Asia, many of which countries are close allies of the US/UK.
Perhaps Japan will alienate themselves not only from Asia but also from the West by denying war crimes?
The tension between Japan and China amply proves if proof were needed that nationalism is a poisonous affliction of human nature just like religion.
I wonder if China and Japan have outgrown their infantile proclivities to resort to meaningless jingoism over silly disputes.
But clearly when there's a dispute which might be solved via a give-and-take approach, there often is many slip between the give and the take.
Here's hoping that there won't be too many or too dangerous slips.
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After the Rockies dropped three of four in Miami, Nicasio made the home opener a celebratory occasion by hold the D-backs to four hits and one run in seven innings of a 12-2 victory on Friday afternoon.
Now, the Rockies turn to Nicasio, who struck out seven and bordered on domination, to help change the mood after Tuesday night's 15-3 loss. After three seasons of battling injuries and learning the big league ropes, the Rockies believe Nicasio, 27, is ready to be the power pitcher the club has envisioned.
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Through the Minors, Johnson possessed control and an above-average Major league slider, but he needs to show it in the Majors.
"He's got the physical stuff," White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper said. "He's a rookie. He expects more out of himself, so do we. He gets another crack at it tomorrow. But it's the amount of strikes. He did not throw enough strikes. He had a rough first inning. Second, third and fourth were good, and then he lost the zone in the fifth."
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• Tuesday was a big night for pitching outside of Denver for the Rockies.
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Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, currently starring in The Bridges of Madison County, stops by Show People with Paul Wontorek.
April 3, 2014Kicking off the fourth season of Show People with Paul Wontorek with a chat with Jasper in Deadland star Matt Doyle.
March 27, 2014On the 100th episode of Show People, Norbert Leo Butz chats about Daphne Rubin-Vega's dirty jokes, making Kristin Chenoweth cry, rocking leather jackets and Wicked earrings, and why Big Fish is like Beaches for straight guys.
November 7, 2013Two-time Tony nominee Robin De Jesus on why his Domesticated character is similar to Judi Dench, Viola Davis and Adriane Lenox, why his Camp experience is such a blur and how the success of In the Heights and La Cage rocked him.
November 1, 2013Orlando Bloom on the first Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet in 36 years, his musical theater past and what it feels like to get entrance screams from fans.
October 18, 2013Broadway sweetheart Laura Osnes returns to Show People to chat with Paul Wontorek about her leading men, what she keeps off social media and wooing interviewers with home-baked pie.
October 10, 2013As Broadway prepares to salute stage icon Chita Rivera at A Legendary Celebration on October 7 at the August Wilson Theatre, the star stops by Show People to talk about her extraordinary career.
September 26, 2013In Sutton Foster's third appearance on Show People, the Tony winner chats about the new bling on her finger, starring in a cannibal flick, closing the chapter on Bunheads, dreaming of the Drowsy Chaperone movie and her new show at Cafe Carlyle.
September 19, 2013Joe Manganiello, who is taking on his next brutish role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at New Haven's Yale Rep, on his theater past, the time he almost got kicked out of school and building the perfect body.
September 12, 2013RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jerick Hoffer, AKA Jinkx Monsoon, on how clown class inspired The Vaudevillians, his life's work on stage, stealing Elaine Stritch's style & his feelings about NPH in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
September 5, 2013Molly, she's here! Broadway favorite Rachelle Rak on her new gig as a judge on Lifetime's Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, a glossary of her lingo (gagagaga) and getting a serious rise out of her Catch Me If You Can co-star.
August 29, 2013Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Annaleigh Ashford returns to Show People to chat about her recent wedding, offer some magical dating advice and reveal her nod to Cyndi Lauper in Kinky Boots.
August 22, 2013