On 10/19/2004 10:41 PM, cc wrote:
> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
> 
>>>The Japanese government has a serious public relations problem
>>>internationally, and this is certainly related to the prevailing
>>>domestic views on the war.
> 
> That cannot be because Japan have been collaborating with the US and hosting
> their armies that were threatening China + 2/3 of Korea (and messing the 1/3
> left) + messing Vietnam + transforming the ports of Philippines and Thailand
> in comfort-women-centers + politically snobbing Taiwan since mainland China
> became more profitable?

Wow! What a mouthful!

But leaving aside the fact that some of the things your criticize seem 
to contradict each other (threatening China vs. politically snobbing 
Taiwan), do you really think that Japan's more-or-less unquestioning 
support for US policy postwar is a significant factor in anti-Japanese 
sentiment throughout Asia?

I'm not claiming it is not a factor at all, mind you. But a significant 
factor? You think the Chinese soccer fans who booed the Japan team in 
Nanjing recently were pissed off about Koizumi's support for Bush?

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