re: #372 Barefoot Grin

Japanese twitter seems to be leaning alarmist as an official statement condemns launch as “grave and unprecedented threat.” He says, “not so fast; Japan was overshot in 1998 and 2009; must have accurate information, calmly delivered.”

Not in Abe’s interest, I’m guessing.

下村健一‏ @ken1shimomura 26m26 minutes ago
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こういう時こそ、情報は正確に。「我が国を飛び越えるミサイル発射という暴挙は、これまでにない深刻かつ重大な脅威」(今朝7:55首相)と言うが、98年にも09年にも飛び越えている。《これまでにない》という表現の安易な使用は、社会に”これまでにない”過剰反応を誘発する。的確に、冷静に！

The nationalists are having difficulty covering up their raging stiffy over recent events, as they think the “threat” of a North Korean nuke will push public opinion towards “revising” or simply doing away with Article 9. In keeping with the theme upthread, we rubbed the noses of the “Good Germans” in the raw sewage of their atrocities and turned the camps into constant reminders of the crimes done in their names. But most of Japan’s worst crimes happened in foreign lands, so the average guy on the street could convince himself after the war that the atrocities were overblown or even totally fictional. Men like Abe grew up in a Japan that was in total denial and it shows.