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Tag Archives: Article 9
“Article 9 is the ‘God of Peace’ that Saves Humanity”
That’s the title of a new entry into the Article 9 discussion from Japanese blogger Amaki Naoto. He gives a harsh assessment of U.S. failures in the Middle East, saying that after the Cold War “the Middle East became the … Continue reading
McCain on N. Korea, Rearming Japan, and Taiwan (Oct. 2006)
In a Hannity & Colmes interview last year devoted mostly to attacking U.S. efforts to control North Korea under President Bill Clinton, Senator John McCain—now a leading Republican presidential candidate—said if the United Nations doesn’t do enough to control North … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 9, China, China-Japan, China-U.S., John McCain, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Taiwan, Triangle, United States
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Who’s the Bigger Nationalist: Abe or Koizumi?
Ampontan criticizes English-language media for their “[m]indlessly parroted assumptions based on conventional wisdom” that lead to their labeling Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo as a “nationalist.” The entry notes Abe’s hands-off approach thus far on the disputed island situations with … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Shinzo, Akiko Takenaka, Article 9, Koizumi Junichiro, Nationalism, Yasukuni Jinja
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Cumings’ Japan Alarmism and Article 9 in U.S.-Japan Ties
Bruce Cumings, the distinguished Korea historian at University of Chicago, had some pretty harsh and not particularly well defended criticism of Japan in a recent OhMyNews interview. I can’t get it to load right now, but from what Occidentalism posted, … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 9, Bruce Cumings, Ishihara Shintaro, Japan-South Korea, United States
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