Fredrik comments

It seems as if the spirit of Japanese nationalism is still alive and well in the grounds of Yasukuni shrine by the look of things

The irony is that Japanese "nationalists" have served as a U.S. puppet government for the last century. Not very nationalistic, I would say. As for the enshrined war criminals, those are quite arbitrary chosen as well, selected as scape goats during the tribunal, so that the real war criminals could nominally govern Japan for U.S.

I do not know the depth of what is taught in Japanese schools, but every thing should be included.

At the end of WW2, it was agreed that the ruling elite should be totally cleared from of all guilt, and all blame put on Tojo Hideki. So, Japan has just been faithful to this agreement...

It’s sunny in Tokyo where is the typhoon???

Good point, the typhoon is not heading for Tokyo. People in this area is way over-reacting. As for the location, it is mentioned in the article.

the honest but ignorant

We call this democracy. Why so much anti-democracy comments on this article?

U.S. says 3-way summit with Japan, S Korea to be 'historic'

The end of WW2 was almost 80 years ago, so yes, the U.S. grip on Japan and S.K. is indeed 'historic'. Maybe it is time to return sovereignty to Japan and S.K.?

80% of his estimated wealth is inherited while 20% of his estimated wealth has been earned by him.

80% inherited. That is money earned by using forced POW labour...

Couple of clowns...

Pathetic!!

Well, let's not judge this fight until we have seen it...

Aso Cement Taiwanese factories during the colonial days and what friendship Japanese and Taiwanese had back then.

I assume no one knows about that or camp 26...

Put it in the pension funds?

Over 65? That is not that old!

In normal situations, the pair would have had to apply for a new visa at a Japanese diplomatic mission in Russia.

This is not factually true. They could get their visa at a consulate in any country, except Japan. They are refugees? Then they should get refugee status. A media ploy it seems to me.

Would an article be written about a return of a Nazi SS "good luck flag" to a grieving German family and it described as "a miracle" and "a love story"?

There are similar stories, yes:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wwii-veteran-returns-wedding-photos-dead-german-soldier-68-years-flna1c7501581

Mr Matsuda wasn’t a member of the Nazi SS that tried to annihilate the entire Jewish population.

As for who was the worst, anyone can find the number of people killed during the Jewish vs. Asian Holocaust. But that is not the point of this article, is it?

The United States unveiled a Taiwan weapons aid package worth up to $345 million on Friday

"Aid package" would imply this is a gift from U.S.? No?

There have been some high-profile cases of custody disputes brought up by foreign husbands divorced from Japanese women accusing them of child abduction.

Indeed, Japan was on the blacklist for child abduction, until U.S. removed Japan from the list.

The American Service-Members' Protection Act (also known informally as the Hague Invasion Act) is a law on the books in the US of A.

The only interesting fact in this tread, and heavily down-voted. Learned something new today!

Well, there are "no smoking" zones, for people who don't like smoke. What about "kid zones", where families can make as much noise as they like? I don't mind kids in the library, but they same rule for keeping the place silent applies to all. If you need a rest after a days work, where do you go?

We've come a long way from when North Korea would avoid showing off its nuclear capabilities when senior foreign dignitaries from Russia and China were in town

Would it not have been better for the North Korean people, if we had lured NK closer to the west, rather than forcing them to align with Russia and China?

Only a flue? Or not? Of course, it depends on each individual case. You can carry the virus without any symptoms, or it can trash your system for ca month, and it can even kill you... The statement "test positive for COVID" doesn't mean much by itself.

Douglas MacArthur all his faults

Politics. MacArthur had to retain the ruling elite, so that U.S. could control Japan as a puppet state, rather than dissolving Japan altogether. God thing: Japan continued to exist. Bad thing: Japan became a puppet state.

The genetic difference between Japanese/Chinese/Korean is less than 1% of their total genetic diversity, which is much smaller than that between any of the groups and a European population (~10%).

Wasnt pleasant at all, to say the least, and it's taking longer to recover. Fatigue and shortness of breath are pretty rough this time.

Doesn't sound like the average influenza to me...

They really need to teach kids to swim in this country. And the younger the better. By 11 I could not just swim but was taught how to save another in trouble.

That is good, then who better suited as a volunteer swimming and rescue teacher?

Hmm, condemning, holding hands, crossing arms, smiling, not smiling, urging dialogue... Not sure what message they are trying to convey...

The United States also condemned it, but added that Sweden's issuing of the permit supported freedom of expression and was not an endorsement of the action.

So, the U.S. condemned freedom of expression?

Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare

So this guy was defecting to North Korea? To avoid prosecution from South Korea / U.S.?

North Korea has shown no signs of ending its rapid development of nuclear and missile technologies.

Did any other country show such signs? And, if Biden had been the leader of North Korea, what would he have done? Halted military development?

Taiwan is a lifeless rock for them to collect

Strange thing to say for a Taiwan supporter.

Smart girls, but definition, are smart enough to make the right decision, no?

Can we get more praise it we quadruple the defense spending? More praise please (tail wiggle)! Good dog, good dog! Yip, yip, yip!

Sounds like an extremist view of the agreement.

That is a general view both in Finland and in my country Sweden. If you read Finish or Swedish media, you'll understand our view of this so called "agreement".