Utsukushii kuni o

[white-void 0]

I see the lovely Mr Abe is promising "utsukushii kuni o" on the news just now.

 

I wonder what he has planned. Mass removal of concrete? Or maybe peoples hearts?

[Ocean11 0]

Whatever he's going to do, he's says he going to do it "shikkari to". I take this as a bad sign.

 

He'll also do whatever he's planning in lockstep with the neocons in the US, taking whatever horrors and outrages they perpetrate next as his chance because he shares all their main characteristics.

 

I'm fairly sure a lot of people won't find his Japan very utsukushii when he's finished.

[igloo 3]

Well I'm impressed. He just said that he will isshokenmei gambarimasu and that's impressive. Original too.

[merryJim 1]

By the way, when he said that what was he meaning - the environment and the way things look or more generally?

[Ocean11 0]

Nothing tangible, that much was clear.

[rach 1]

Do these guys actually beleive their own stuff or do they finish their speech and think what a load of old bull I just came out with?

[Oyuki kigan 0]

Current Japanese tastes dictate that thatched roofs, whales, playgrounds covered in grass, pizza with thick crusts, Indonesian forests, and skinny white vegetarian dudes that post on snowjapanforums.com are NOT beautiful, and are taking steps to rid the world of them.

 

They are to be replaced with a more modern up-to date version of the Japanese aesthetic. You can expect more telephone lines, mettalic pink, ridiculous snowboard fashion, packaged meat made from endangered species, wood products from south-east asia (only for the next 5-10 years), and of course, Hello Kitty.

[misorano 1]

Nothing that can't be fixed with a new constitution.

[SKI 15]

Politicians talk such bollocks for the most part don't they.

 

List some worthy and non bullshit politicians here:

[misorano 1]

Um.............

[thursday 1]

 Quote:

Originally posted by SKI:
Politicians talk such bollocks for the most part don't they.


List some worthy and non bullshit politicians here:

Blair and Bush

[soubriquet 0]

Two non-bullshitters were Norman Tebbitt, the Chingford Polecat, and Paul Keating. Another comes to mind, Dennis Skinner, the Beast of Bolsover.

[daver 0]

thursday i'm going to give you the bennifit of the doubt and pressume you are being sarcastic. as such i'm going to follow your lead and call upon Hugo Chavez, Thaksin Shinawatra, Silvio Berlusconi, and Mahmoud Amadinejad as my nominations.

[oo 1]

Blair doesn't want to go, bless him.

[Ocean11 0]

" Tokyo urged to consider N-bombs

Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent

07sep06

 

JAPAN should study the possibility of acquiring nuclear weapons, says former prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, because its US security blanket cannot be guaranteed to last forever.

 

Mr Nakasone's call for the next government to consider nuclear weapons and to prepare an independent defence strategy comes from a man who as prime minister from 1982 to 1987 was the most outspoken Japanese leader in support of the US security alliance.

 

Famed for his warm "Ron and Yasu" relationship with then US leader Ronald Reagan, Mr Nakasone remains strongly pro-alliance, but on Tuesday he warned: "Whether or not the US will maintain the same attitude is unpredictable. There is a need to study the option of nuclear weapons."

 

Mr Nakasone, 88, now runs a think tank focused on security issues, the Institute for International Policy Studies, and is thought to be manoeuvring to become a mentor on international strategy to Shinzo Abe.

 

Mr Abe, who is virtually certain to become prime minister on September 26, shares many of the older man's views of military priorities.

 

The hawkish Mr Abe, 51, wants the US alliance to remain the bedrock of Japan's security arrangements, but for his country to develop a more independent defence strategy against direct threats, in particular from China and North Korea.

 

Mr Abe has already promised to work towards a revision of Article 9 of the country's pacifist constitution to remove brakes on "normal" military activities by Japan's forces.

 

But as the leadership changeover approaches, it seems many in Japan's security community and the right wing of the Liberal Democratic Party are pushing for a more thorough rethink of Japan's security options.

 

The US administration, like its predecessors, is fundamentally opposed to Japan acquiring an independent nuclear capability because of the potential to destabilise a tense region.

 

North Korea's July 5 test-firing of seven ballistic missiles - several of which were Rodongs, a type already aimed at Japan - has jolted forward this process and raised a fundamental question: whether the US is committed to defending Japan under every eventuality.

 

Mr Abe's history shows him to be sympathetic to this thinking. After the July 5 tests, he repeated an interpretation of Article 9 adopted by the mid-1950s Hatoyama government that self-defence allows a pre-emptive strike at missiles that are menacing Japan.

 

Four years ago, Mr Abe caused a stir when he said the constitution allowed Japan to possess "defensive" nuclear weapons, though he did not say whether he thought it should.

 

Mr Nakasone does not advocate acquiring nuclear weapons - it is commonly estimated Japan could "go nuclear" within 12 months of a decision to do so - but says it must study the possibility.

 

While Japan and the US remain in a partnership, he released a paper calling for a new fundamental law on security and said Japan should remain a non-nuclear power and work to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime."

 

From The Australian

 

あっ、美しいなぁ。

[farquah 0]

Huge shock result at the elction results today......Abe won!

 

Guess the only thing that the others can console themselves with is that he didn`t quite achieve his 70% he was gunning for. Still its a new and fresh era in Japanese pollitics...bit like a fart in an elevator!!!

[white-void 0]

I see Mr Abe was reconfirming that his 2nd priority was this "utsukushii nippon o" last night. I'm so curious as to what that means.

[Ocean11 0]

It means a country that has whitewashed all the horrible things it did in the past.

[Oyuki kigan 0]

can a county run by a single party be democracy? The US has enough problems with 2.

[IIIII 2]

Big Mori was just on the tv shaking hands with New Abe. Seems he is still around.

[BagOfCrisps 24]

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It means a country that has whitewashed all the horrible things it did in the past.

Yes, I heard that as well as having 4 seasons, Japan is a "peaceful" country.