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There have been some rape cases reported in Okinawa island, Japan's southernmost island and prefecutre this month. Actually rape incidents have occurred many times in Okinawa. In 1995 3 marine soldiers raped 12 year-old girl. The Okinawa islanders gathered in the park to protest the U.S. bases. This time they will do that, too. They have done the same things many times in the past. There are more than 100 of U.S. base facilities in Japan. The biggest ones are in Okinawa. 3 quarters of total of U.S. military facility square footage in Japan is located in Okinawa island. Okinawa is a...

President Bush was assacinated in Chicago. Who killed him? Of course, this is the fiction. Janre of mockdocumentary, but it looked very real. After the assacination, the U.S. government used this fear to justify amendment of Patriot Act, tightening the freedom of citizens. Muslim man was arrested but there was not enough supporting evidence to convict him but he was convicted by the...

The Austraian government made an official apology to the Aboriginal people. The Prime Minister said "sorry" to the Stolen generation who were taken away from their families to concentration camps...

McCain for Republican, Hillary and Obama still dead heat for Democrats. I think this is going to be very interesting election. I don't think Republican candidate would win because of the war...

I am showing you some great photos of Tokyo's snowing views. I took some photos and video clips in Tokyo's most famous park "Shinjuku Gyoen (Shinjuku Garden)." Heavy snow covered big turf...