http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4LbVeadjSbo

You might try a site with more of a showbiz orientation. You know, one with candid snapshots of the stars and all.

NOT MANY ARMIES HAVE HAD SUCH SHAMELESS KILLING OF POW’S, RAPING 12 YEAR OLDS AND KILLING MOTHERS AND CIVILIANS AS THE JAPANESE. YOU CAN NEVER CHANGE THAT.LEARN SOME MANNERS JAPAN AND GROW A SOUL. YOUR ‘ZEN’ IS TOO HOLLOW AND EMPTY.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY HERE,
THE WORLD KNOWS AND REMEMBERS.
GOOD LUCK BRAINWASHING YOUR OWN COUNTRY,JAPAN.

Tell your Korean friends that, J! Don’t forget to tell them to stop making dubious claims about Korea’s right over Manchuria.

im not sure and someone could clarify for me…but i heard somewhere that there are international rules for claiming a territory…something about having residents live there and so and and so forth…as far as I know, Dokdo or Takeshima has a few Korean family and militarily is controlled by Korea. Case closed. The Japanese lobbyists (if they exist at all as someone questioned its existence earlier) can scream all they want, but unless they’re ready to pick up uzis and ak-47s, none of this really matters. If it does, koreans should start screaming bloody murder at chinese and demand the manchu regions which used to koreans (when one of its more aggressive Koguryeo kings conquered it)….in fact, who cares period! sh*t. we’re all people living on a tiny blue dot in a limitless space. just shut the hell up and live peacefully….jeesh…

According to the article by Mr. Kuroda (maybe Sankei);
Prof. Unno stated that the annexation was legal but unjust, unfair, undue, exorbitant or unreasonable.
Prof. Sasagawa of Int’l Christians univ stated that it was illegal.
Prof. A. Carty of Derby univ stated that power was superceding int’l law at the imperialism era.
Prof. J. Crawford of Cambridge univ stated that the importance at that time was whether it was accepted among civilized nations or not.
(It seems he was hinting at Korea was not civilized country.)

Even if he is a lobbyist,why should he be not trusted,SB? And what do you think about Korean side.Aren’t they not seriously flawed? Like Masan city assembly demanding Tsushima,populated more than 3,7000 Japanese citizens?

I gotta tell you,SB.Few things about some of the reality here in the rising sun you don’t get it through Korean media.There are no such thing called Takeshima lobbyist in this country.Only lobby group focusing the territorial issue here in Japan is the one with Russia.

Having studied the Dokdo Takeshima problem for years now, I would say Professor Shimojo’s interpretation of the historical events surrounding Japan’s annexation of Takeshima/Japan is seriously flawed and politically motivated. He should not be trusted, he is a Takeshima lobbyist for Shimane Prefecture, that’s all.

Having met Prof. Shimojo (and his Korean wife) at least 15 years ago (I forget exactly when), I can assure you that he is much more than a “Takeshima lobbyist for Shimane Prefecture”.

Out of curiosity, what books of his have you read?

Would you have us believe that the stuff coming from Korea in this is not “politically motivated”? Please.

From Shimane Prefecture:

For example, consider its interpretation for Takeshima’s omission from the territory that Japan must renounce in Article 2 (a) of the San Francisco Peace Treaty: “The United States just considered Dokdo (Takeshima in Japanese) to be a small rock formation, and decided that it was unnecessary to make a special mention of it in the treaty. This does not mean it is recognized as Japanese territory.” This is in contradiction to South Korea’s entreaties to the United States during the draft treaty stage to include Takeshima as South Korean territory.

Please address any subsequent responses to the Shimane page listed at the top (or the Mainichi article). Takeshima is completely unrelated to this post.