Tag Archives: japan

China’s Hurt Feelings

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Lee

Blogger FangKC queried the archive of the People’s Daily, the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece, and discovered that 19 countries and organizations have been officially accused of hurting the feelings of the Chinese people. You can anticipate some such as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged blogger, China, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese people, FangKC, hurt feelings, japan, prc, United States | Leave a comment

The Post-Post-American World

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Lee

So, did you enjoy the much discussed post-American world order? Hope you didn’t miss it. Surely it didn’t lack for advertising. But if you did happen to step out for a moment, we just lived through the end of market … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs | Tagged 1990, advertising, Bill Emmott, capitalism, dictatorship, dollar, economy, Europe, japan, petrocracy, political philosophy, post-American, post-post-american, recession, Thomas P.M. Barnett | Leave a comment

North Korea’s Sex Agents

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Lee

According to an expose in Japanese magazine Shukan Taishu, Kim Jong Il instituted a training program in sexual espionage for the DPRK’s female secret agents. They’ve been used to seduce and entrap everyone from foreign government officials to defectors.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged DPRK, espionage, japan, Japanese, Kim Jon Il, North Korea, North Korean, secret agents, sex, sexual, Shukan Taishu | 1 Comment

Steel, Now with Less Iron

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Lee

Premium iron ore is expensive in the days of the mineral wars, and Japan’s industry needs a lot of it. So, Japan is looking at an inventive new way to minimize steel production’s iron appetite.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged iron, iron ore, japan, mineral wars, ore, steel, Technology | Leave a comment

Rumors from the Necrocracy

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Lee

Kim Jong Il as Colonel Sanders by Jonathan Barnbrook (photo: acb | The Null Device) North Korea is already a formal necrocracy (government by the dead), given that Kim Il-sung –who has been dead since 1994– remains the titular head … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged 1994, 2003, 2004, body doubles, Colonel Sanders, death, DPRK, government, japan, Jonathan Barnbrook, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-Il, Koizumi, necrocracy, North Korea, Null Device, political fantasy, professor, propaganda, Shigemura, summit, thanatocracy, Toshimitsu Shigemura, Waseda University | 1 Comment

Looming NoKO Disaster

Posted on February 25, 2008 by MichaelW

It’s not the one you might think. The most interesting observation: “Not to be overlooked is the massive economic cost of reintegrating an antiquated North Korean economy into the modern economic world. The contrast between a backward North and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged China, crisis, cummunism, economic collapse, japan, North Korea, stalinism, world effects | 2 Comments

The Bible as Manga, With a Samurai Christ

Posted on February 11, 2008 by ChrisB

Oh hells yeah.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged anime, Bible, japan, manga, sacrilege, samurai | 1 Comment

Minister for Kleptocracy

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Lee

Japan runs the world’s second largest economy with 17 cabinet ministers. Ghana, one of the world’s poorest, currently has 70. Why? Ben Ofosu-Appiah examines the question and argues the need for the dramatic downsizing of African governments. Shakara then offers … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Africa, bureaucracy, ghana, government, japan, statism | Leave a comment

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