Not Cairo, though...
In Japan today is the day of the Northern Territory Unlawfully Occupied by Russia.
The San Francisco Peace Treaty between the Allied Powers[1] and Japan from 1951 states that Japan must give up all claims to the Kuril islands,[2] but it also does not recognize the Soviet Union's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands.[3] Furthermore, Japan currently claims that at least some of the disputed islands are not a part of the Kuril Islands, and thus are not covered by the treaty.[4] Russia maintains that the Soviet Union's sovereignty over the islands was recognized following agreements at the end of the Second World War.[5][6] However, Japan has disputed this claim.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute
CHAPTER I: Egypt Uprising
The Egypt uprising will have a deep impact.
The fate of President Mr. Barack Obama will be decided.
The fate of the nation Israel will be also decided.
It is because the fate of 340 million Muslims in North Africa and the Middle East is at stake.
Even if President Mr. Mubarak should not resign immediately, he will rapidly loose power. It will be a threat to Israel, since its security depends on Egypt that has more powerful military than Iran. Israel also imports a great amount of natural gas from Egypt. In this context, the U.S. must support the Mubarak regime as it must protect Israel.
In a wider scope, this incident indicates another fall of the super-power U.S.
When the U.S. started to uphold the term G2, claiming that everything in the world would be decided and fixed by the U.S. and China, a fall of America started.
As Egyptians on the street do not even shout anti-American slogans, it has become more clearer that Muslims have started to advance to another era where America cannot be the sole super power and G2 cannot be the leading powers. Indeed, the issue is not on America or G2 but on Muslims themselves. America and G2 of America/China have no power to solve problems of Egypt. They have to address their agendas by themselves. And, Muslims have come to understand it.
I think this is a necessary path toward the advanced Islam which can compete with European Christianity.
CHAPTER II: Non-Racist Egyptians
A Japanese woman wrote some comments in her blog, evoking memories on her travel to Egypt.
Unlike other Arab states, she did not experience racial discrimination in Egypt.
As she is not European, in some Arab countries, especially in ex-French colonies, she felt that she was treated in an unfair manner. In a restaurant, her order was handled after Europeans or European Americans who came to the shop after her. In a hotel, a more comfortable room with a more beautiful view was assigned to Europeans or European Americans than to her paying the same charge.
But in Egypt, no such a case happened to her. So, she felt that Egyptians have ability to go along with other people beyond the barrier of religion, culture, and skin color. She even marveled at some Egyptians that have siblings whose skin color was totally different from their own. They seem not to have learnt manners of racial discrimination from the British.
So, she did not feel anything strange when she saw a mosque in the Luxor castle.
CHAPTER III: A Japanese Woman Filming Palestine
Ms. Mizue Furui visited Palestine, Uganda, Ache, and Afghanistan to take peoples and situations into her camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiSpwd3Vj-I&feature=related
It was 1988 that she first visited Palestine, but she was shocked to see that the military invasion by Israel upon Gaza between the end of 2008 and January 2009 took on 1,300 lives in three weeks, including 300 children. So, she decided to make her second film on Palestine.
This is one example of many Japanese who are interested in Palestine, Israel, Gaza, and Egypt.
http://huruhuru.sakura.ne.jp/contents.html
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The Buddha said:
"Do not be rejoiced at anything old.
Do not be tempted by anything new.
Do not be saddened by anything that is going to be lost.
Do not be caught by anything that is driving the world."
Luk 2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luk 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luk 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luk 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.