(Around the National Assembly Building, Tokyo, Japan)Quadrennial Event for Re-Assessment or Re-Enjoyment?
In 1998, I found that Japanese youths really loved soccer and world soccer players.
In 2002, Japan and South Korea co-hosted the World Cup Soccer Games.
In 2006, I did not even want to fly to Germany.
Now in 2010, with the first African American President, American boys might be further absorbed in the sport.
Yet, probably native Americans or indigenous Americans might not be good at this sport, since Japanese players are still following their unique rhythm of movement which is not suitable for international soccer matches.
Basically, it is a kind of sports to kick a ball as strong as possible (to whatever direction or to whomever), since the goal might happen to be on its extension.
SECTION I: North Korea & Japan
1995: Japan sent 0.5 million tons of rice held in stock by the Government to North Korea as grant aid.
1996: Japan sent 1,5000-ton foods and other aid worth $32 million to North Korea as grant aid.
1997: February - Japanese media started to reveal a shocking fact that there are many Japanese, including Ms. Megumi Yokota, abducted by North Korean secret agents since 1960's.
1997: October - A party to celebrate Mr. Kim Jong-il's inauguration of the supreme post in North Korea was held in Tokyo, with following noteworthy guests:
Mr. Yukio Hatoyama (then director-general of the DPJ)
Mr. Hajime Ishii (then deputy director-general of the Shinshin-Tou party led by Mr. Ichiro Ozawa)
Mr. Hiromu Nonaka (then deputy director-general of the LDP, a then ruling party of Japan)
Ms. Takako Doi (then the head of the Social Democratic Party)
Mr. Taro Nakayama (then a LDP lawmaker)
Ms. Akiko Domoto (then a Sakigake-party member)
Mr. Yoshiro Hayashi (then former Finance Minister of Japan)
Ms. Masako Owaki (then a lawmaker)
Mr. Banri Kaieda (a lawmaker)
Hideo Den (then a lawmaker)
(http://chogin.parfait.ne.jp/supporter.html)
1997: October - Japan sent 6,7000 tons of rice held in stock by the Government to North Korea as grant aid.
1998: North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong missile as a test.
2000: March/December - Japan sent total 0.6 million tons of rice held in stock by the Government to North Korea as grant aid.
(http://www.erina.or.jp/jp/Research/dp/pdf/0304-1.pdf)
2000: April - Negotiations for diplomatic normalization restarted b/w Japan and North Korea after a seven-year recess.
2001: May - The eldest son of Mr. Kim Jong-il was arrested in Tokyo but sent to Beijing.
2001: December - Japan Coast Guard exchanged fires with a North Korean spy ship and sank it.
2002: September - Prime Minister Mr. Junichiro Koizumi visited North Korea to talk with Mr. Kim Jong-il.
2002: October - Five Japanese citizens having been abducted by North Korea returned to Japan.
2004: May - Prime Minister Mr. Junichiro Koizumi visited North Korea to talk with Mr. Kim Jong-il.
2004: July - The American husband and two daughters of one abducted Japanese woman were released by North Korea to come and live in Japan with her as she already returned to Japan in 2002.
2006: North Korea conducted a nuclear bomb test of a small scale in October.
2009: April - North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong2 missile as a test.
2009: May - North Korea conducted a nuclear bomb test of a small scale.
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Former P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama was celebrating Mr. Kim Jong-il's inauguration of the chairman of the N. Korea's supreme military committee in 1997, though the N. Korea's abduction operation on Japanese citizens had been widely revealed and reported several months before in Japan.
He must have thought that socialist politicians in Japan were his friends. As they were saying that it was a big lie that North Korea kept many Japanese having been abducted from Japan, lawmaker Mr. Yukio Hatoyama must have believed that it was a big lie, too.
And, when it was proved to be a fact, socialist politicians in Japan said it was a minor thing compared with past annexation of Korea by the Empire of Japan before WWII. Accordingly, lawmaker Mr. Yukio Hatoyama must have thought that it was a minor thing, too.
Anyway, Mr. Yukio Hatoyama should have shown willingness to tackle this state crime by North Korea abducting Japanese citizens and turning the victims to spies working for North Korea.
SECTION II: South Africa and Japan
Ranking of Importing Countries from South Africa
#1...JAPAN
#2...USA
#3...Germany
#4...UK
#5...China
Ranking of Exporting Countries to South Africa
#1...Germany
#2...China
#3...USA
#4...Saudi Arabia
#5...JAPAN
Toyota has a factory in South Africa larger than the one in Indonesia or Malaysia, employing 7,300 local workers.
Total 1,287 Japanese are living in South Africa, while 651 South Africans are living in Japan.
The land size of South Africa is 3.2 times larger than Japan's, though its population is about 40% of Japan's.
However, producer of the popular South African musical "UMOJA" Ms. Thembi Nyandeni said in an interview, "South Africans all want to be a kind of Americans, including fashion. South Africans have a dream of walking and talking like an American."
"I think Japan has long and deep culture. Such a country can produce something new. Japan and South Africa have a 100-year-long relationship," she said.
(http://www.chacott-jp.com/magazine/interview-report/interview/post-7.html)
( http://www.umojatheshow.com/)
Have a dream of walking and talking like a Christian of the 21st century.
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Tonight in Japan Time, South Korea won the game with Greece 2-0 in the South Africa World Cup.
Chinese CCTV reportedly paid $292 million to FIFA for live broadcasting of soccer games.
The Japan consortium of TV stations paid $190 million to FIFA
FIFA intends to get total $3.5 billion commercial revenue among which $2.5 billion is expected to be from TV broadcasting contracts.
So, so many rotten people who are economically killing so many poor people in the world are now enjoying revenue in addition to games.
Yet, how 12 disciples of Jesus Christ would form a team to win the Global Cup?
I'd really like to form one within 15 years...
(http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~yositosi/sv/idol3.html
This song was translated into Japanese to be a hit tune in Japan of early 1960's.)
Mar 6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Mar 6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Mar 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.