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2004/4/22 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Japan] UID:13335 Activity:nil
4/22    What the hell is wrong with the Japanese?
        http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/international/asia/22CND-JAPAN.html
        [URL fixed]
        \_ If I believed in god, at this point i would thank God that I was
           born an American.  I'm particularly dissapointed by Koizumi.  Who
           would have thought a heavy metal fan could be such a pussy?
        \_ Well, anyone who wonders why politics are all screwed up in
           Japan, you can read this.
        \_ japanese are weird.
        \_ don't have NYtimes account.
           \_ guest_ / guest_
           \_ csuamotd / csuamotd
              \_ oh...thanks.
        \_ Were they sent by the govt?  if not, they were really on their
           own and were responsible their safety.
           \_ They went on their own.  The point is that they're being
              criticized and ostracized for going against the government's
              reccomendation to stay away.  In this country, I like to think
              we'd show a little sympathy for people who went through all that
              when trying to do a good deed, even if it was reckless.
              \_ They brought dishonor and trouble to Japan, duh. The solution
                 is ritual self-disembowelment.
                 \_ With a rusty spoon?
        \_ freepers are the norm in japan!
           \_ You are an idiot.  Freepers aren't statists.  No really, you
              are an idiot.  Go dig your own grave and kill yourself, and rid
              us of your stupidity.  Freepers aren't statists.
              \_ if you call him an idiot it won't help.  he just hasn't
                 ever gone to the site probably.  I really really hate
                 freepers for unrelated reasons, but the above poster
                 definitely has no idea what he's talking about.
                 \_ i know exactly what i'm talking about, i know how a
                    freeper differs from what's discussed in the article,
                    and i know how they're similar.  but mostly, i was
                    trolling for freepers.
                    \_ good work then!  you seem to have succeeded.
        \_ Well, though I don't think they deserve ALL the criticism they got,
           there is something to be said about fools who go into a tight spot
           without knowing what they are doing and the abillity to make a
           positive difference.  Do you remember the "human shields" from
           Germany who want to keep our army of liberation off Iraq?
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www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/international/asia/22CND-JAPAN.html
For Japanese Hostages, Release Only Adds to Stress By NORIMITSU ONISHI Published: April 22, 2004 OKYO, April 22 The young Japanese taken hostage in Iraq returned home this week, not to the warmth of a yellow ribbon embrace but to a disapproving nations cold stare. The first three hostages, including a woman who helped street children on the streets of Baghdad, first appeared on television two weeks ago as their knife-brandishing kidnappers threatened to slit their throats. A few days after their release, they landed here on Sunday, in the eye of a peculiarly Japanese storm. You are Japans shame, another wrote on the Web site of one of the hostages. The government, not to be outdone, announced it would bill them $6,000 for airfare. Treated like criminals, the three have gone into hiding, effectively becoming prisoners inside their own homes. The kidnapped woman was last seen arriving at her parents house, looking defeated and dazed from taking tranquilizers, flanked by relatives who helped her walk and bow deeply before the media, as a final apology to the nation. Satoru Saito, a psychiatrist who has examined the three twice since their return, said the stress they are enduring now is much heavier than what they endured during their captivity in Iraq. Asked to name their three most stressful moments, the ex-hostages told him, in ascending order: the moment when they were kidnapped on their way to Baghdad; Lets say the knife incident, which lasted about 10 minutes, ranks 10 on a stress level, Dr. After they came back to Japan and saw the morning news show, their stress level ranked 12. Beneath the surface of Japans ultra-sophisticated cities lie the hierarchical ties that have governed this island nation for centuries and that, at moments of crises, invariably reassert themselves. The ex-hostages transgression was to ignore a government advisory against traveling to Iraq. But their sin, in a vertical society that likes to think of itself as classless, was to defy what people call here okami, or, literally, what is higher. To the angry Japanese, the first three hostages Nahoko Takato, 34, who started her own non-profit organization to help Iraqi street children; Two others kidnapped and released in a separate incident Junpei Yasuda, 30, a freelance journalist, and Nobutaka Watanabe, 36, a member of a pro-peace non-governmental organization were equally guilty. Pursuing individual goals by defying the government and causing trouble for Japan was simply unforgivable. So the single government official to praise them was, not surprisingly, an American one. Well, everybody should understand the risk they are taking by going into dangerous areas, said Secretary of State Colin Powell. But if nobody was willing to take a risk, then we would never move forward. And so Im pleased that these Japanese citizens were willing to put themselves at risk for a greater good, for a better purpose. And the Japanese people should be very proud that they have citizens like this willing to do that. As an example of the unbridgeable gap between Japan and America, consider this comment by Yasuo Fukuda, the governments spokesman: They may have gone on their own but they must consider how many people they caused trouble to because of their action. The criticism began almost immediately after the first three were kidnapped two weeks ago. The environment minister, Yuriko Koike, blamed them for being reckless.