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I just happened to hear the song during work-out at a gym in my neighbourhood.  It was a style of telling a fairy tale.   The lyrics were very impressive to me as it says “hate your neighbours and cheat your friends in the name of God.” Then it goes on telling how the aggressor went so greedy though their opponents were generous.   The song reminds us of what is going on in the Middle East and Eastern Europe currently. The aggressors are just arrogant and never compromise with anybody. That was true when Japan invaded China in 1930's. Japan invaded China because...

I watched the film on my flight to Paris from Tokyo last week. The film helped me to kill time during the very long flight hours.  It was a biography of the king of rock, Elvis Presley. He was born in southern state where seggregation was very common. But he grew up in a Black community so he had no prejudice against Black people but rather appreciate his experience with Black people who...

I just saw the film at a small theatre in Tokyo.  It was a biopic about the French politician who lived through holocaust and after the war became a lawyer and the minister of French...

Last Sunday I visited Atsugi Air Base in Kanagawa prefecture, an hour train ride from Tokyo. The place is jointly used by both US and Japanese forces. There was an event to exhibit the...

The movie described how the decision of murdering 6 million Jews in Europe was made in less than 2-hour conference at Wannsee in Germany 1942.  One of the participants was Eichmann, a Nazis...