THE TOKYO EYE

Hirobumi Ito On August 16th, Kiyoshi Ueda, Saitama's current prefectural governor stated that Saitama must not choose history text books that is heavily colored with traditional Japanese "anti-self-sentiment" mindsets, rooted in the Japanese Empire's wars of invasion against other Asian nations. He especially laid stress on the assassination of Hirobumi Ito, the first Japan's prime minister who was gunned down in Korea, that at least Saitama must choose text-books that doesn't hark back his assassination. Since Japan-South Korea relationship worsened than ever before due to various problems, including disputed islands, historical awareness, anti-K-POP-movements in Japan, and more, Ueda's statement may cause ripples not only on Japan, but also South Korea. "Japanese must be proud of themselves and their history," said strongly Ueda at the end of his press conference. Source(s): http://fxya.blog129.fc2.com/blog-entry-1528.html http://read2...

Flags of Rising Sun  were hoisted into the sky; people loudly chorused Kimigayo , Japanese anthem in Tokyo. Some people are afraid of the fact that Japanese may smash their way to build right-winged nationalism again as they were before the World War II. On August 7th, in response to the invitation of the Internet, about 2,500 Japanese Net-users, according to the announcement of the organizer, gathered to practice a demonstration march in Daiba, Tokyo, where Fuji TV's main office situate in. Claiming against Fuji TV that the network broadcasts pro-Korea shows that let audiences feel strong affinity toward South Korea, they believe that Fuji TV is controlled by Korean financial firms. As with the fact that Korean industries are grabbing electronic and automobile market share from Japan, they also afraid if Korea take over their entertainment fields by K-POP and Korean talents; while they argue that the Korean boom is a fake movement practiced by...

On August 6, with six other battle-planes, Jabit III, Full House, The Great Ariste, Necessarily Evil, Top Secret, and Enola Gay, William Bradford Huie flied a meteorological-research plane, Straight Flush. Few seconds after the drop, an inferno took shape in Hiroshima without giving the residents any chance to look up toward the sky. Survivres' skins were sored, walking around the area as well as looking for water. Among the participants in the mission, Huie was the only person who regret what they've done. After his return to his home country, he fell into emotional instability, committing repeated crimes until he was hospitalized in Texas. The atomic-cloud over Hiroshima. Enola Gay: the battle-plane that dropped atomic-bombs on Hiroshima. A Painting illustrated by a Hiroshima citizen. Burned bodies flowing on a river. A family walking through a bridge over a river filled up with bodies. Many years later, when Huie was in a hospital in Texas, he wrote a ...

More than a month down the line, Japan is taking back ordinary life, except the afflicted areas. People in casual suites enjoy their lives amid the crowd of Tokyo, behaving as nothing happened before; things, however, may be changing faster than any of us think. Just after the Eastern-half of Japan had experienced the Tohoku-Earthquake on March 11th, 2011, Tokyo-Sky-Tree, the tallest building in East Asia, surpassed 600 meters. Amid such darkened days, Tokyoites found some kind of hope in the tower. During such time, Tokyo governor's election was on the run, and Shintaro Ishihara, the previous governor who's experienced three times of the position, was elected again despite the fact that he has said that the earthquake was a divine punishment. Especially, people in the afflicted areas were upset by his win in the election. One of the major reason he has won it was because of the his long-time experience of the position, and people in Tokyo let him take the helm to lead the m...