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Today I joined my new job training. I just witnessed how ordinary people have become Xenophobic these days in Japan.   Maybe it is because Japan has been in big recession and Chinese ship intruded Japanese territorital sea which caused diplomatic turmoil just recently.   In office, one worker talked about what he witnessed on the platform in the station when Chinese person yelled to a police officer. He said "it was like moster attack." Then his colleagues followed that saying "That is very Chinese personality. That is how they deal with us. See how they bumped to Coast Guard...

From last week until early in the next month would mark 5th anniversary of the major combat of the Iraq War. There was a demonstration march to call for the U.S to end the war in Tokyo. The city also had a march to call for China to end the oppression against Tibet. Japan's position is kind of complicated for the both issues. Japan helped your country with the war and occupation in Iraq...

I was very surprised to see an woman with red-painted hands approaching Secretary of State, Ms. Rice and screaming "War Criminal." The woman and her people in the congressional hearing last week...

The film was shot in late 1940's Japan which was occcupied by U.S. led allied forces. Humphrey Bogart was starred in this film as Joe, who came back to Japan after the war. Before the war Joe...

Is Japan regressing to its pre-war condition? The past and present cause me very much to think so. Prime Minister Abe’s pronouncement that the “Imperial army’s comfort women were not coerced in...