http://whiteperil.com/ en-us 2008-06-26T16:06+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1214496219.shtml The families of Japanese abductees are, not surprisingly, unhappy with the Bush administration's decision to remove the DPRK from its list of terrorism-sponsoring states:... Sean 2008-06-26T16:06+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1214419229.shtml The Yomiuri prints an AP story relating that President Bush has promised not to forget the importance of the abductee issue to the Japanese:... Sean 2008-06-25T18:06+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1205760207.shtml This is an interesting weekend to have returned to Taiwan from Japan. On Thursday, Nobushige Takamizawa, the head of the Ministry of Defense's Defense Policy Bureau, spoke more candidly than... Sean 2008-03-17T13:03+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1198066067.shtml A few years ago, Claire Berlinski wrote the following about the intelligence failures that led up to 9/11:... Sean 2007-12-19T12:12+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1190083370.shtml Since we all know that polls are the last word in reliability, Yasuo Fukuda supporters can take comfort in last week's Asahi poll. 53% of voters polled preferred Fukuda as... Sean 2007-09-18T02:09+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1185693526.shtml The Nikkei noted on yesterday's evening edition editorial page, as the headline put it, "War of words revolving around diplomacy boils over." (Actually, the word used is 舌戦 [zessen: lit.,... Sean 2007-07-29T07:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1183439998.shtml ... Sean 2007-07-03T05:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1183353980.shtml A friend who read the post below about licensing fortunetellers reminded me that the classic protectionist-licensing story remains that of African braiders. For those who haven't seen it discussed on... Sean 2007-07-02T05:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1183264594.shtml You don't see this very frequently: Minister of Defense Fumio Kyuma gave a talk yesterday:... Sean 2007-07-01T04:07+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1173242280.shtml This weekend, the delivery guy brought an envelope bearing those three little words every gay man loves to hear: "Unframed art enclosed." A present for my birthday (today--exactly ten years younger... Sean 2007-03-07T05:03+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1168927857.shtml ... Sean 2007-01-16T06:01+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1166456632.shtml Still busy. There's been a lot going on that I haven't posted about--the JDA will soon be a full-fledged ministry, the 6-party talks are back on, and everyone's talking about Abe's... Sean 2006-12-18T15:12+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1163137650.shtml The Nikkei editorial about the Rumsfeld resignation was published this morning. American readers may be interested to hear that it pushes the Robert McNamara comparison--the meme has arrived in Japan:... Sean 2006-11-10T05:11+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1163043838.shtml Predictably, the lead editorial in this morning's Nikkei is headlined "US Midterm Elections Reflect Iraq Dilemma." The unwritten subhead is "Does This Mean Japan Is Screwed?"... Sean 2006-11-09T03:11+00:00 http://whiteperil.com/posts/1163010933.shtml ... Sean 2006-11-08T18:11+00:00