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Category Archives: Japan
The Courtesy Of The Japanese
Japan has about the highest average IQ of any nation (105) and its citizens tend to be much more courteous than the citizens of countries with low average IQs. Courtesy correlates with IQ. Americans with higher IQ tend to be … Continue reading
Hundreds Of Anne Frank Books Mutilated In Japan
The NY Times said: While anti-Semitism is not common in Japan, magazine articles and books have occasionally appeared here that deny the Holocaust or claim that a Jewish conspiracy was behind various historical events. One of the most outlandish of … Continue reading
Jews and Japan
I was talking to an Australian friend today who pointed out that Jews are insignificant in Japan. That’s largely right. There are fewer than 2,000 Jews in the country (Jews have been in Japan since the 16th Century and the … Continue reading
Can You Name Any Japanese Celebrities?
I can name a bunch of black ones — Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Oprah, Michael Irvin, Deon Sanders, etc, but I can’t name any Japanese superstars. The NYT wrote last week: “In Japan, a … Continue reading
Japan – The Land Without Muslims
The Jewish Press reports: This country keeps a very low profile on all levels regarding the Muslim matter: On the diplomatic level, senior political figures from Islamic countries almost never visit Japan, and Japanese leaders rarely visit Muslim countries. The … Continue reading
USA Versus Japan In Women’s World Cup Soccer
I’ve never been this excited about a woman’s team sport. Well, perhaps I was in high school, when I covered the girls basketball team for the Auburn Journal and people at school the next day said that my stories made … Continue reading
Unbroken By Laura Hillebrand
I’m finishing up this new book about a WWII prisoner of the Japanese and it reminds me that Japan was every bit the moral equal of the Nazis. Unlike Germany, however, Japan has not come to grips with its savagery. … Continue reading
Disaster Averted In Japan
From DennisPrager.com: Monday, March 21, 2011 Radio Show 20110321 -1 Disaster Averted Prager H1: The worse fears about the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan appear to have been averted… What’s the mission in Libya? Does anybody know? Who’s in … Continue reading
Too Soon For Tsunami Jokes?
Gilbert Gotfried got fired for these jokes. From Gilbert Gotftried’s twitter page: Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them. 6:29 AM Mar 13th via web What do the japanese have in common … Continue reading
Why Is There No Looting In Japan?
Report: The landscape of parts of Japan looks like the aftermath of World War Two; no industrialised country since then has suffered such a death toll. The one tiny, tiny consolation is the extent to which it shows how humanity … Continue reading