On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:56:06 -0500, "John W."
<worthj1970@yahoo.comm> wrote:

>Curt Fischer wrote:
> > John W. wrote:
> >
> >> kuri wrote:
> >>
> >>> The Chinese+Koreans+other anti-Yasukuni whiners believe firmly
> >>> that the Japanese kamis don't exist. So if kamis don't exist,
> >>> that means Yasukuni is empty, and all that fuss is about nutcases
> >>> visiting an empty nutshell.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's true.
> >>
> >> But the Koreans seem to have been fairly quiet, or at least growing
> >>  quieter. I think opening that country to Japan's culture was a
> >> great leap forward.
> >
> >
> > I don't know anything about Korea but you make it sounds as if this
> > happened in one fell swoop.  Surely not?  What do you mean?  Or was
> > this just some sort of pun on "great leap forward" that I didn't get.
> >
> >
>Officially, yes, one fell swoop. Obviously little bits trickled
>in here and there, and I think it was 'eased' a couple of times, but 
>Japanese culture was more or less forbidden to sell, broadcast, etc. 
>within Korea. I don't think they stopped folks at the border or 
>anything, but the principal was there. When I lived in Korea in 1993 one 
>of my friends was very proud when he got ahold of a second-hand copy of 
>Miyazawa Rie's tantalazing photo spread.
>
>http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/7603407.htm

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