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Observing Japan: 07/01/2013 - 08/01/2013
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Sunday, July 21, 2013. Abe Shinzō's LDP-led coalition with Komeitō got its wish Sunday, winning enough seats to retake control of the House of Councillors for the government and ending the "twisted" Diet for at least the next three years. With five seats still undecided, the LDP and Kōmeitō have secured 134 seats, comfortably over the majority threshold of 122 seats. But it is difficult to declare Sunday's results an strong mandate for Abe and his program. At the very least, we're probably seeing the eme...
Observing Japan: Is constitution revision actually possible?
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Is constitution revision actually possible? Last week, the Sankei Shimbun. That, in the face of mounting public opposition, the LDP would in fact not put revising Article 96 of the constitution at the heart of its upper house campaign strategy. (Naturally, the next day Sankei. An editorial arguing that the LDP should make revising Article 96 central to the campaign as a matter of course.). More importantly, does it matter? Barring a dramatic external shock, it is difficult to see h...
Observing Japan: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010. The wages of uncertainty. The exchange of fire between the North and South Korean militaries that left two ROK Marines dead and at least a dozen wounded (see the roundup at Wired’s Danger Room blog. Following closely on the heels of revelations regarding a new North Korean uranium reprocessing facility. Can we really draw a straight line from regional instability to closer security cooperation between the US and Japan? Meanwhile, to be a realist in Japan means much the same as...
Observing Japan: Will nuclear restarts derail Abe? (Probably not.)
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Sunday, July 7, 2013. Will nuclear restarts derail Abe? Say what you will about the LDP, but the party has been fairly open about its preference for nuclear energy and restarting Japan's idled reactors as soon as possible. The party may be about to get its wish. On July 8th, four regional power companies will apply. The NRA is central to the LDP's and Abe's soft-pedaling of the nuclear issue. Lest the Abe government be faced with this. Asia and Japan Watch, 30 June 2012. And again this year. Meanwhile, b...
Observing Japan: The Tamogami affair
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Monday, November 3, 2008. That Aso Taro may face an upper house censure motion over now-retired General Tamogami Toshio's revisionist essay on Japan's activities on mainland Asia in the 1930s. I think this would be a mistake — as Jun Okumura noted. Mr Aso did the right thing. General Tamogami was sacked immediately. Unless it comes out that Mr. Aso somehow vetted the essay in advance, General Tamogami's firing should be the end of Mr. Aso's role in this sordid affair. 3) Imperial Japan as humanitarian: J...
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Umbrella Drinks and Metatron: August 2011
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Umbrella Drinks and Metatron. Wednesday, 31 August 2011. Ah, yes. So it seems in Hampi one can find Indians who stare. Even though I was travelling with a tall, pretty, blonde, Russian lady - my friend, Miss Piggy - damn near all stares were directed at yours truly. I was also surprised by the ways I observed some Indian tourists treating the ruins. I saw people pulling at statues, and/or climbing on them, littering, and even relieving themselves. As if the attitude was that personal enjoyment is...Not u...
Kristi in Japan: July 2008
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Monday, July 21, 2008. Yokohama Port Opening Festival and Ocean Day. Today is Ocean Day, a recently introduced Japanese national holiday to celebrate the ocean. The day marks the return of Emperor Meiji from a boat trip to Hokkaido in 1876. It's a pretty uneventful holiday, all in all. Friday, July 18, 2008. A trip to the National Diet. I went on a class field trip to the. S face. But I managed to restrain myself. 1 The stained glass. 2 The doorknobs (which were made in the U.S.). View my complete profile.
That time of the year | Japan - EU relations
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Japan – EU relations. A work in progress. 13 December, 2008. That time of the year. The true reason why I can’t blog all that much, is the time of the year. The whole month of january I’ll be having university exams, and that means I’m in the middle of studying. So during december and january, expect some thumbleweed to roll through this blog. Afterwards, of course, we’ll pick up where we left off. Nice holidays to all of you! Laquo; News:Business leaders urge more Japan-EU economic ties. Germany and Fra...
Kristi in Japan: Moving to a new location!
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Monday, June 21, 2010. Moving to a new location! So, for various reasons, I've decided to bite the bullet and move to a new location:. Http:/ amoderngirl.wordpress.com. Please update your bookmarks accordingly! A nice feature of Wordpress is that I've been able to import all of my entries from here and from the other blog that I kept from 2006-2007, so you can switch over to the new site without missing any of the fun. Thanks! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Berkeley APEC St...
Kristi in Japan: September 2006
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Friday, September 29, 2006. A much overdue conclusion. So, it's been a long time since I updated this blog - I left Japan on July 29th, and now I'm back in the U.S! I've moved down to California and started a Ph.D. in Political Science. At the University of California, Berkeley. All is well and fine. If you want to read about my new adventures in Berkeley, I am planning to set up a new blog soon. I'll post the link here as soon as it's available. Team Yakiniku: Junko, Noriko, Kristi, and Rosalind. Im a P...
Kristi in Japan: July 2006
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006. Ise and Nagoya Report. I think I'm in danger of not posting about my 3-day weekend in Ise and Nagoya, so I better just churn something out, eh? Friday night, I boarded the overnight bus on a 6.5 hour journey down to Nagoya, arriving at the pleasantly deserted hour of 6 am. After a quick breakfast, I went another. Two hours south to Ise, home of the holiest shrines in Japan. You can't take pictures near the inner shrines, so the memories will just have to live in my mind. :).
Kristi in Japan: Hello from Kyoto!
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Saturday, June 05, 2010. It's been such a busy week! On Monday, I moved out of the house I'd been living in for the last three years, put most of my earthly possessions in storage, and got on a red-eye flight bound for Washington D.C. to start my Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) in Advanced Japanese. I was very pleased to arrive to an amazing breakfast and plush accommodations at the Embassy Suites. Tuesday night and all of Wednesday consisted of an orientation at the American Councils. In Kyoto, wher...
Kristi in Japan: March 2006
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Friday, March 31, 2006. Sufficeth to say, I made it. After spending varying amounts of time in Seattle, Altlanta, Newark, Princeton, New York City, Ithaca, Detroit, San Francisco, and Berkeley, I've been safely deposited in Puyallup, where I will remain in a state of near-hiberation until Saturday morning. More soon, hopefully. Thursday, March 23, 2006. Where are the brakes on this thing? The past few days have been really productive, albeit not as productive as they needed to be (are they ever? After th...
Kristi in Japan: February 2006
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Saturday, February 25, 2006. Because normal pictures are no fun. Originally uploaded by kristi-san. Kristi and Grace (From Above). Originally uploaded by kristi-san. Originally uploaded by kristi-san. Looks like fun, huh? Friday, February 24, 2006. And Cornell says. Admitted! The verdict is in for Cornell - I'm in! Wowsers. Thank God someone got back to me - I was starting to go a little bit nuts with all the waiting. *big smile* Off to work! Thursday, February 23, 2006. Had dinner with Aaron and Nuria l...
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Observing Hermann
Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern? Deutsche Verhältnisse aus Amerikanischer Sicht. April 11, 2018. But always keep him fed really, really well, OK? Members of the public in Germany have launched an online petition to stop Chico the dog from being put down after he mauled his disabled owner and her son to death last week. The owners, named by authorities as Lezime K, 52, and her son Liridon, 27, were found dead on the floor of their Hanover home after Chico attacked them last Tuesday. Beaut...
Observing Ideas | thinking about mind, consciousness, ethics and the world in general and in fundamental
Thinking about mind, consciousness, ethics and the world in general and in fundamental. Why Sergio’s computationalism is not enough. Not that long ago Sergio Graziosi. Wrote two guest posts for Conscious Entities. Blog The blog is entirely devoted to the topic of consciousness problems, theories, concepts, ideas, all there is to it. The blog is run by Peter Hankins, author of a book about the subject. The Shadow of Consciousness (A Little Less Wrong). And tagged computational theory of mind. What are the...
Observing India photography
Is a book of images documenting my stay in India. Is a country where its landscapes. Are as vivid and alive as its people, this collection of images is a glimpse into that world. It shows the rich culture. From a traditional past, yet steeped with more modern influences in this forever evolving nation. The unusual format for this unique selection will give the viewer a taste of India. Terrified doesnt come close to describing the 5:30 am taxi ride from Bangalore. My idea was to capture India. Other place...
Observing Iran
Monday, 8 November 2010. Mullahs - the most anti-Iranian people on the planet. Cross-posted with kind permission on Harry's Place. The Islamic Republic has long had a passionate love affair with the Middle East's number one terrorist group, Hezbollah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Islamic Republic funds Hezbollah to the tune of $200m a year. With its leaders, including just last month. Nasrallah has appeared in a video. To say "I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke...
Observing Iran - inside out | Observing from inside Iran and the outside world
Observing Iran – inside out. Observing Iran – Blog pages. Article of the week. Who’s Who in Iran? Rise of The Iranian People. Azarmehr – democratic secular Iran. Green Voice of Freedom. Parazit – satir news on Iran. The Week in Green. PBS Front Line: The Tehran Bureau. The Persian Gulf blog. March 26, 2012, 3:28 pm. Http:/ media.vmixcore.com/core-flash/UnifiedVideoPlayer/UnifiedVideoPlayer.swf. When the Middle East changed. August 19, 2011, 1:08 pm. Tags: Change in Middle East. Great game of Oil. Http:/ ...
Observing Japan
Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Can Japan be cured? A review of Murakami Ryu's 'From The Fatherland, With Love'. Note: I originally wrote this review in 2013 for submission to the. London Review of Books . The LRB passed, and it has sat orphaned on my hard drive. I figured I should probably put it here. A review of From The Fatherland, With Love. Translated from the Japanese by Ralph McCarthy, Charles de Wolf, and Ginny Tapley Takemori. Pushkin Press, 664 pp. The portrait Murakami has painted of Japan througho...
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Observing Kindness
Friday, June 12, 2015. Listening to stories and legends in Prague. Due to the influence of the ruling Austro-Hungarian empire, that ruled all 3 countries, the bigger and more decorated the building, the better. Where are the stories of kindness in all this? Over and over, in dangerous and miserable conditions, some brave people risked ther lives for their neighbours. I have heard stories of pluck and good luck. The buildings are pretty, but many of the people are beautiful and brave. Friday, June 5, 2015.
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Wake Up, Smell the Coffee
Wake Up, Smell the Coffee. Wednesday, January 1, 2020. What this blog is about. Jan 12, 2011): Adding matters of Indian and Pakistani history to this blog. Links to this post. Monday, February 19, 2018. Pakistan Senate approves of Mandarin as an official language - fake news. Turns out this is fake news. This reinforces longstanding doubts I have had about ANI). Links to this post. Sunday, December 31, 2017. Gandhi on exemplars of simplicity. Of July 17, 1937, Mahatma Gandhi wrote about what he hoped for...
Observing markets
Tuesday, December 5, 2006. Cepten Kısa Mesajla 5 dk’da Kredi. The advertisement is conspicuous. It is first in Turkey and, Garanti Bank’s rivals do not have the same services in the banking sector in Turkey. Customer can take credit from Garanti Bank via SMS within 5 minutes. It is really easy to take credit from the bank. For this reason, that service can not be used much. Maybe it can be used within next 3 years. Wednesday, November 22, 2006. PlayStation 3 arrives to long lines! Short supplies were rep...
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Meditation Techniques
Saturday, April 16, 2011. Sunday, March 27, 2011. All delicate flower oils. All delicate flower oils. A very short (about 3 minute) mini cord cutting with Archangel Michael. A good technique physically cutting the energy cords and inviting in energy of mother earth and father sky. From: Sealed with Love. Other cords can be cut using the “Cutting the Ties That Bind,” exercise by Phyllis Krystal to. Another version: from bali3000. Saturday, March 26, 2011. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. If possible practice in...
Observing Mind
September 3, 2008 by observingmind. May 7, 2008 by observingmind. Social Networking for Librarians. Coshocton Public Library uses MySpace to promote their Animanga Club. 8211; Too busy interface but hey that’s Manga… the kids like them who am I to complain. The American Library Association’s MySpace page. Includes a Meebo widget to contact them, embedded videos of recent events, more than 4,000 friends and highlights from their blogs. 8211; Power to the People! To boost its libraries and sports centres.
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