What does the world really want to buy from Japan? What makes the consumer heart go pitty-pat? What does everyone wish they could bring back from Japan? I'll bet you didn't say missile parts.
Japan doesn't need to join the military-industrial complex to make a living. So why are they doing this? Today's top story in The Japan Times online:
First arms export set for approval under new rules: Nikkei report
AFP-JIJI
Jul 6, 2014
Japan is set to approve its first arms export following the relaxation of a self-imposed ban as the nation seeks to boost its global military and economic stature, a report said Sunday.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.