Calendar sales of a certain foreign world leader are surpassing those of native stars in Japan

soranews24 ^ | Dec. 15, 2018 | Krista Roberts

[Candor7]

If you visit Japan ou will be hard pressed to meet anyone who really knows about WWII, except a few lingering WWII vets and university scholars. BUT there is a lingering deep distrust of all things military deeply rooted in the current culture.

[elcid1970]

I understand that the Yasukuni shrine remains popular.

And is it really true that Japanese tourists visiting the Arizona memorial can’t contain their laughter?

BTW, I was stationed in Japan as a kid in the fifties. The Japanese were pleasant people.

[Candor7]

I understand that the Yasukuni shrine remains popular.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Its the Arlington Cemetary of Japan.

And is it really true that Japanese tourists visiting the Arizona memorial can’t contain their laughter?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I doubt that. Any manifest disrespect would result in US naval staff escorting them off. That applies to everyone.

BTW, I was stationed in Japan as a kid in the fifties. The Japanese were pleasant people.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

They generally place manners above everything else. Its called “reido,” the bowing way, even in the face of aggression. There are exceptions, a few boorish idiots here and there, but their mannerly confreres put them into place quickly and firmly.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Age-old question: are the Russians a Western people?

Not according to some commentators. :)

“The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinese or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other amiable characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and they are all out sons-of-bitches, barbarians, and chronic drunks." —George S. Patton

[elcid1970]

“The Russian is a delightful individual until he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming; it is only when he insists on being treated as the most Easterly of Westerns rather than Westerly of Easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly most difficult to handle. One never knows which side of his nature is going to turn up next.”

- Rudyard Kipling, 1890