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Japanese wood joinery dates back to the seventh century and is a craftsmanship technique that involves complicated, interlocking wooden joints that form bonds without the use of nails, screws or adhesives. Practical use of these woodworking techniques, known as tsugite, has been dwindling over the ywww.spoon-tamago.com
How the tentacles of the US military are strangling the planet
The #UnitedStates has more than 50,000 #troops in #Japan as well as a very large contingent of #ships and #aircraft. Seventy percent of the #US #bases in Japan are on #Okinawa island. Almost everyone in Okinawa wants the US #military to go. Rape by #American #soldiers – including of young children – has long angered the #Okinawans. Terrible #environmental #pollution – including the harsh noise from US military #aircraft – rankles people. It was not difficult for Tamaki to run on an anti-US-base platform. It is the most basic demand of his constituents.#antiwar #antimilitary #anti-war #peace #propeace #pacifist #CloseTheBases #pacifism
But the #Japanese #government does not accept the #democratic views of the #Okinawan people. #Discrimination against the Okinawans plays a role here, but more fundamentally there is a lack of regard for the wishes of ordinary people when it comes to a US military base.
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For decades now, Okinawans have complained about the creation of enclaves of their #island that operate as places for the recreation of American soldiers. Photographer Mao Ishikawa has portrayed these places, the segregated bars where only US soldiers are allowed to go and meet Okinawan women (her book Red Flower: The Women of Okinawa collects many of these pictures from the 1970s).
There have been at least 120 reported rapes since 1972, the “tip of the iceberg,” says Takazato. Every year there is at least one incident that captures the imagination of the people – a terrible act of #violence, a rape or a murder.
What the people want is for the #bases to close, since they see the bases as the reason for these acts of violence. It is not enough to call for #justice after the incidents; it is necessary, they say, to remove the cause of the incidents.
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The US military has a staggering 883 military bases in 183 countries. In contrast, Russia has 10 such bases – eight of them in the former USSR. China has one overseas military base. There is no country with a military footprint that replicates that of the United States. The bases in Japan are only a small part of the massive infrastructure that allows the US military to be hours away from armed action against any part of the planet.
The #UnitedStates has more than 50,000 #troops in #Japan as well as a very large contingent of #ships and #aircraft. Seventy percent of the #US #bases in Japan are on #Okinawa island. Almost everyone in Okinawa wants the US #military to go. Rape by #American #soldiers – including of young children – has long angered the #Okinawans. Terrible #environmental #pollution – including the harsh noise from US military #aircraft – rankles people. It was not difficult for Tamaki to run on an anti-US-base platform. It is the most basic demand of his constituents.#antiwar #antimilitary #anti-war #peace #propeace #pacifist #CloseTheBases #pacifism
But the #Japanese #government does not accept the #democratic views of the #Okinawan people. #Discrimination against the Okinawans plays a role here, but more fundamentally there is a lack of regard for the wishes of ordinary people when it comes to a US military base.
...
For decades now, Okinawans have complained about the creation of enclaves of their #island that operate as places for the recreation of American soldiers. Photographer Mao Ishikawa has portrayed these places, the segregated bars where only US soldiers are allowed to go and meet Okinawan women (her book Red Flower: The Women of Okinawa collects many of these pictures from the 1970s).
There have been at least 120 reported rapes since 1972, the “tip of the iceberg,” says Takazato. Every year there is at least one incident that captures the imagination of the people – a terrible act of #violence, a rape or a murder.
What the people want is for the #bases to close, since they see the bases as the reason for these acts of violence. It is not enough to call for #justice after the incidents; it is necessary, they say, to remove the cause of the incidents.
...
The US military has a staggering 883 military bases in 183 countries. In contrast, Russia has 10 such bases – eight of them in the former USSR. China has one overseas military base. There is no country with a military footprint that replicates that of the United States. The bases in Japan are only a small part of the massive infrastructure that allows the US military to be hours away from armed action against any part of the planet.
#EarthObservatory #NASA #MountFuji #Japan #SnowMount Fuji’s Missing Snow
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147780/mount-fujis-missing-snow
Even as record snowfall has clobbered Japan’s western coast, much of the country’s eastern half has avoided major snow accumulation this winter. Notably, Mount Fuji’s iconic snow cap—which is normally visible throughout December—has been small or absent this year.
The mountain peak, the tallest in Japan, did get a dusting on September 28, 2020, its first snowfall of the year. But that melted off quickly, and Fuji’s snow cap remained elusive in the coming months. Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) observations from NASA’s Terra satellite indicate that snow cover on the mountain last month was among the lowest in the satellite's 20-year record for any December.
Ground-based weather stations made similar observations. “Stations around Mount Fuji recorded much less precipitation than usual in December,” said Toshio Iguchi, a remote sensing scientist based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “Through December 24, it was only 10 percent of an average year.” Weather data also indicate that temperatures around the mountain were warm during much of December.
In the images at the top of the page, the bare upper slopes of the mountain were visible to the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite on January 1, 2021. For comparison, the other image, also acquired by OLI, shows Mount Fuji on December 29, 2013, on a day it was snowier. The mountain had a slightly above average amount of snow in December 2013, according to the Terra NDSI observations.
Toward the end of December 2020, the mountain finally received some snow. But even chillier January weather did not guarantee that the snow cap would last. After a few days, the snow cap was much reduced as temperatures creeped above freezing. And part of the snow cap was likely blown away by wind, according to Weather News.
While local weather conditions are key to whether Fuji’s snow cap is present on any given day, long-term climate data indicates that conditions on the peak are changing. One recent study found the mountain’s timberline had moved upslope by 30 meters (100 feet) over the past four decades, likely due to a 2 degree Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) increase in summer temperatures near the peak.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by Adam Voiland.Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow
The lack of snow cover in December left Japan’s iconic mountain looking a little different than usual.earthobservatory.nasa.gov
#EarthObservatory #NASA #MountFuji #Japan #SnowMount Fuji’s Missing Snow
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147780/mount-fujis-missing-snow
Even as record snowfall has clobbered Japan’s western coast, much of the country’s eastern half has avoided major snow accumulation this winter. Notably, Mount Fuji’s iconic snow cap—which is normally visible throughout December—has been small or absent this year.
The mountain peak, the tallest in Japan, did get a dusting on September 28, 2020, its first snowfall of the year. But that melted off quickly, and Fuji’s snow cap remained elusive in the coming months. Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) observations from NASA’s Terra satellite indicate that snow cover on the mountain last month was among the lowest in the satellite's 20-year record for any December.
Ground-based weather stations made similar observations. “Stations around Mount Fuji recorded much less precipitation than usual in December,” said Toshio Iguchi, a remote sensing scientist based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “Through December 24, it was only 10 percent of an average year.” Weather data also indicate that temperatures around the mountain were warm during much of December.
In the images at the top of the page, the bare upper slopes of the mountain were visible to the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite on January 1, 2021. For comparison, the other image, also acquired by OLI, shows Mount Fuji on December 29, 2013, on a day it was snowier. The mountain had a slightly above average amount of snow in December 2013, according to the Terra NDSI observations.
Toward the end of December 2020, the mountain finally received some snow. But even chillier January weather did not guarantee that the snow cap would last. After a few days, the snow cap was much reduced as temperatures creeped above freezing. And part of the snow cap was likely blown away by wind, according to Weather News.
While local weather conditions are key to whether Fuji’s snow cap is present on any given day, long-term climate data indicates that conditions on the peak are changing. One recent study found the mountain’s timberline had moved upslope by 30 meters (100 feet) over the past four decades, likely due to a 2 degree Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) increase in summer temperatures near the peak.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by Adam Voiland.
The lack of snow cover in December left Japan’s iconic mountain looking a little different than usual.earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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Auf fragwürdige Weise hat ein Bürgermeister einen ganzen Ort gegen eine Frau mobilisiert. Sie hatte ihn der Vergewaltigung bezichtigt.www.taz.de
Offizielle Zahlen der japanischen Regierung zeigen, dass allein im Monat Oktober mehr Menschen durch Suizid gestorben sind als während des (...)corona-transition.org
Sie bleibt!
Und schöne Grüße von Frau Streisand...'Bis heute verstehen Japans rechte Politiker nicht, dass sie mit ihrer Politik ein Eigentor geschossen haben. Denn erst ihr massiver Widerstand gegen die Anerkennung historischer Fakten hat der Statue große Aufmerksamkeit beschert. Als Folge darf sie jetzt sogar dauerhaft bleiben.'
#Trostfrauen #Japan #Berlin #Kriegsverbrechen #PoweredByRSSStreit um Statue beigelegt: Japan gefällt das nicht
Die sogenannte Trostfrauenstatue war am Dienstagabend Thema in der BVV Mitte. Nun kann sie dauerhaft bleiben.taz.de
'Bis heute verstehen Japans rechte Politiker nicht, dass sie mit ihrer Politik ein Eigentor geschossen haben. Denn erst ihr massiver Widerstand gegen die Anerkennung historischer Fakten hat der Statue große Aufmerksamkeit beschert. Als Folge darf sie jetzt sogar dauerhaft bleiben.'
Die sogenannte Trostfrauenstatue war am Dienstagabend Thema in der BVV Mitte. Nun kann sie dauerhaft bleiben.taz.de
Kamakura, Aug 2019
Shin Noguchi posted a photo:
Leica MP with Summicron 35mm/f2 3rd / Kodak Portra 400
www.instagram.com/shinnoguchiphotos/
#japan #film #35mm #omachi #kamakura #日本 #フィルム #鎌倉 #大町 #長草くん #長草 #人力車えびす屋 #えびす屋 #portra #portra400 #kodak #leica #leicamp #kodakportra400 #nagakusa #candid #streetphotography #ストリートフォト #china #台湾 #中国 #hongkong #hong #kong #taiwan #香港 #line #wechat #weibo
posted by pod_feeder_v2Flickr: Kamakura, Aug 2019 (Shin Noguchi)
Oh yes, involuntarily funny translations. Japan has them, China has them, there's books and websites dedicated to the phenomenon. And, as much as there is taxpayer's money involved, an easy fix for the less embarrassing future.'Hello work' or job centre? language experts spell trouble for Japan's mangled English
#languages #speling #japan'Hello work' or job centre? language experts spell trouble for Japan's mangled English
Group of language experts is taking local governments and organisations to task for their over-reliance on machine translationwww.theguardian.com
Group of language experts is taking local governments and organisations to task for their over-reliance on machine translationwww.theguardian.com
Die Forderungen lauten: Anerkennung des „Trostfrauen“-Systems als Verbrechen, eine angemessene Entschuldigung bei den Frauen durch den japanischen Premierminister sowie die Aufklärung und Weitergabe dieser Ereignisse in Geschichtsbüchern und durch Denkmäler.
„Ich bin froh, dass mit der Friedensstatue hier in Berlin-Moabit zu diesem Thema Aufmerksamkeit geweckt werden kann. Denn, machen wir uns nichts vor, hier ist der Anlass die Zwangsprostitution koreanischer Frauen und Mädchen, aber die Entwürdigung, die Vernichtung und Verschleppung und Vergewaltigung ist Strategie in fast jedem Krieg. Bis heute. Für mich steht diese Figur für alle Frauen, die in Kriegen verdinglicht werden und als Kriegsmaterial ihrer Menschlichkeit beraubt, physisch und psychisch zerstört wurden. Für diese Frauen bricht diese Figur das Schweigen und fordert Anerkennung.“ Dass das Bezirksamt Berlin dem Druck aus Tokio nachgibt und wenige Tage später bereits den Abbau der Statue verlangt, offenbart, wie umkämpft und fragil der Umgang mit diesem Thema auch in Deutschland nach wie vor ist.
Doch das Bezirksamt wertete in seinem Widerruf die Statue auf Druck Tokios als einseitige Parteinahme für Korea in einem Geschichtsstreit mit Japan. So erklärte Bezirksbürgermeister Stephan von Dassel (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen): „Mit der Friedensstatue und ihrer Texttafel wird ein politisch-historisch belasteter und komplexer Konflikt zwischen zwei Staaten aufgegriffen, der sich nicht für die Aufarbeitung in Deutschland eignet.“ Die Genehmigungsbehörde müsse „grundsätzlich auf Parteinahme in zwischenstaatlichen und insbesondere historischen Konflikten verzichten“.
Eine Trostfrauen-Statue gegen sexuelle Gewalt im Pazifikkrieg soll weg. Es heißt, das Thema sei für eine Aufarbeitung in Deutschland nicht geeignet.taz.de
Unglaublich, dass deutsche Behörden sich an einem solchen Vertuschungsversuch beteiligen.
#Japan: Steht gefälligst zu euren #Kriegsverbrechen.
#Trostfrauen #Korea #Berlin #PoweredByRSSGedenken an „Trostfrauen“: Berlin-Mitte kuscht vor Tokio
Das Berliner Bezirksamt fordert nach japanischem Druck die Entfernung einer „Trostfrauen“-Statue. Dabei hatte es sie zunächst genehmigt.taz.de
Das Berliner Bezirksamt fordert nach japanischem Druck die Entfernung einer „Trostfrauen“-Statue. Dabei hatte es sie zunächst genehmigt.taz.de
I've spent a lot of time in Tokyo over the years. I took this picture somewhere along the Arakawa tram line in Tokyo back in March 2001. I like it for a lot of reasons: the materials that are visible, the washing hanging out, the telegraph pole and the blue sky. The advertising sign completed the shot for me because of the device I was snapping with on that day (a disposable Fujifilm camera that cost ￥990). To me, the picture just says 'life' and it reminds me of everything that is new in the world, not old or decaying. Set against the seeming permanence of the sky, the concrete and brick cladding is cracked and the steel is corroding. The scene reminds me of the impermanence of things and the notion that out of the old the new is continually being generated. #newhere #photography #tokyo #japan #arakawaline
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Hintergrund | Telepolis: Hiroshimas Unglück und Heidelbergs Glück
Warum Heidelberg im Zweiten Weltkrieg der Vernichtung entging
Während im Zweiten Weltkrieg fast alle deutschen Städte von den Alliierten in Schutt und Asche gelegt wurden, blieb dem idyllischen Heidelberg dieses Schicksal auf geheimnisvolle Weise erspart. Das Verschonen der Neckarstadt rief zwei Mythen auf den Plan: Heidelberg sei früh als Hauptquartier der US-Streitkräfte in Deutschland ins Auge gefasst worden und Dwight D. Eisenhower, seit Dezember 1943 Oberbefehlshaber der alliierten Streitkräfte in Nordwesteuropa, habe hier studiert.
Beide Behauptungen sind aus der Luft gegriffen. Tatsächlich hatten Strategen in Washington nämlich das genaue Gegenteil im Sinn: Die Stadt mit ihren damals knapp 100.000 Einwohnern war als unverfälschtes Testgebiet für den ersten Abwurf der Atombombe reserviert...
Tags: #de #hintergrund #atombombe #deutschland #japan #usa #wk2 #heidelberg #hiroshima #telepolis #ravenbird #2020-08-04Hiroshimas Unglück und Heidelbergs Glück
Warum Heidelberg im Zweiten Weltkrieg der Vernichtung entgingwww.heise.de
Warum Heidelberg im Zweiten Weltkrieg der Vernichtung entgingwww.heise.de
On Saturday 15th August 2020, it will be 75 years to the day since the end of the Second World War.Read more
Members and allies of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) will mark the day by mourning all victims of World War Two and speaking up about the need to resist war and work for just and lasting peace.
Sadly, the UK government and certain #military groups are instead encouraging people to “celebrate” the day, which was known in 1945 as VJ Day (“Victory over Japan”).
Remember and disarm
#Remembrance is important to the Peace Pledge Union. We seek to remember all #victims of war, both #civilians and armed forces personnel, of all nationalities.
The end of #WorldWarTwo came after unimaginable suffering for people of many nationalities, including in #Japan, #China and the Pacific. The horrors included the appalling treatment of civilians in several parts of east Asia as well as the #torture of British and other allied troops in #Japanese prison camps. In one of the biggest atrocities of the war, over 300,000 Japanese civilians were killed when the US Air Force dropped #nuclear bombs on the cities of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August #1945.
Remembering the #horrors of #war naturally leads us to work for #peace and #disarmament today.Hiroshima, Nagasaki and VJ Day - 75 years on
On Saturday 15th August 2020, it will be 75 years to the day since the end of the Second World War.Members and allies of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) will mark the day by mourning all victims of World War Two and speaking up about the need to resist war and work for just and lasting peace. Sadly, the UK government and certain military groups are instead encouraging people to “celebrate” the day, which was known in 1945 as VJ Day (“Victory over Japan”). Remember and disarmRemembrance is important to the Peace Pledge Union.www.ppu.org.uk
