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Category Archives: Japan
The War On Japan
This Australian news report stresses that Japan must absorb lots of non-Japanese. Here is the description from 2005: “Japan’s population is shrinking faster than any other developed nation’s. Hostility towards immigrants is preventing it welcoming in the foreign workers who … Continue reading
Does Asian Success Spring From Asian Values?
A documentary on the rise of Japan and South Korea concludes: “Asians themselves began to boast of Asian values. They proclaimed that their growing success was due to discipline and to hard work, their schools and strong authoritarian control.” Jews … Continue reading
Why Are Japanese Kids So Polite?
A friend visiting Japan messages me: I find it very interesting that a lot of bogan (dumb) Australian (and dumb American parents too) will always excuse their children’s poor behaviour in public saying things like “boys will be boys,” “you … Continue reading
Fear & Loathing Of Blacks In Japan
A friend of a friend, a Japanese woman, met an African at university in Japan and married him. Her mom was horrified and committed suicide. The Japanese, Chinese and Koreans seem to fear and loathe blacks, more than whites do. … Continue reading
Why Can’t We All Get Along?
REPORT: “During the sessions, the Chinese guys will repeat the same phrase over and over,” says another soapland staff member. “After consulting with a person who speaks Chinese, the masseuses seem to think that the carnal activities are being used … Continue reading
People Often Serve Their Genetics More Than Their Host Nation
Chinese in the diaspora often act with more loyalty towards China than to their host nation. The same type of things often goes for Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Mexicans, Japanese, etc. It’s a tribal mentality. I’m reading Bob Wurth’s book on … Continue reading
The Japanese Reputation For Honesty
From ABC News: The earthquake and tsunami that walloped Japan left much of its coastline ravaged, but left one thing intact: the Japanese reputation for honesty. In the five months since the disaster struck, people have turned in thousands of … Continue reading
Why Does Japan Have Such A Low Unemployment Rate Even In Recession?
Slate says: “While Japan’s economy may be contracting, its unemployment rate is still just 3.6 percent, barely up from the 16-year low it hit during the summer. Noting the country’s low joblessness, the Money Illusion’s Scott Sumner quips: “I say … Continue reading
The Japanese Connection To White Nationalism
Two of America’s leading white nationalists — Jared Taylor and William Daniel Johnson — are fluent in Japanese, have lived in Japan, and do business with the Japanese. Other white people I know who are conversant in Japanese are also … Continue reading
Japanese: ‘To All You Ugly Koreans, Please Get on the Train and Return to North Korea’
The Japanese like to keep the non-Japanese out. Report: On a Saturday in late July, several dozens of people gathered at a park near the Kawasaki municipal government building for a demonstration to protect Kawasaki against “anti-Japanese leftists, traitors and … Continue reading