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 [Japanmediareview.com] Japan Media Review News Blog: And in a nod to criticism that NHK bowed to political pressure to censor a controversial 2001 documentary about Japan's responsibility for World War II (for background on this issue, see JMR's “Asahi Revisits NHK Censorship Allegations”), the plan notes that the mission of public broadcasting is "to attain autonomy and self-reliance, without being pressured or influenced by anyone, and to supply to all, without prejudice, information and richness of culture that is the foundation of all decision-making."

[Econstrat.org] Comparative Advantage - From the Economic Strategy Institute ...: Pravco Aviation Review (sub required) is reporting that, apart from their own R&D, Japanese manufacturers involved in the wing assembly will be benefiting from publicly funded US R&D programs originally provided to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas under NASA contracts in the late ”˜80’s and early ”˜90’s. The R&D work promoted the development of advanced composite materials for use in wing and fuselage production, and will apparently be handed over to the Japanese as part of the sub-contract.

[Feer.com] Travellers’ Tales: But in Busan, it really was trying to find anyone who spoke English, Chinese or Japanese (and this is in contrast to Seoul where our Nihongo is always understandable, if not exactly endearing to Koreans). We even had difficulty finding people who understand our Korean!

 [Metanoiac.com] METANOIAC! a weblog from China: international politics Archives: This unwillingness to acknowlege the realities in Darfur, also has an unusual high backing in some European countries (most notably France) who are, perhaps, still angry with the US rush to war in Iraq. Especially after Jacques Chirac's recent visit to China, his stated appproval of lifting the European arms sales ban to China, and his ready acceptance of the "one China, two systems" policy towards Taiwan, China and France have been getting along quite well.

[Cgi.stanford.edu] World Association of International Studies » Blog Archive ...: China, as contrasted to insular Japan, is a large continental country that for centuries had extensive trade contacts with countries outside China. It is a curious contradiction that Japan, which is more isolated geographically than China, moved quickly to taken modern Western culture and technology, whereas China, which also had closed itself off from the world during the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty, under the burden of the traditional educational system and imperial system, resisted the intrusion of Western culture.

 [The Voice of Today's Apathetic Youth] Japan kills pregnant whales: Report: Humane Society International says around 60% of the female whales killed by Japan in the Antarctic last summer were pregnant, according to a report in the SMH. A further three females were lactating when they were killed, their deaths presumably resulting in their calves starving to death.

 [blogs | Specious Reasoning] White Press Release Begs You to Ignore Facts:... : It is becoming crystal clear to me that Joe Lieberman was only in it for himself, he does not care about the democratic process, he does not care about Democrats, he does not care about America, he only cares about himself, period. His people said he is not ruling out a party switch from "Democrat" to Republican if the Democrats do not give

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