Thursday, August 23, 2007
According to the Japanese PM: Japan PM calls for 'broader Asia'
Abe's comments came in an address to a joint session of India's parliament, at the start of a high-profile visit that aims to boost trade between Asia's largest and third-largest economies and counter China's growing strength.
About 200 businessmen are accompanying Abe on the visit.
"This partnership is an association in which we share fundamental values such as freedom, democracy and respect for basic human rights as well as strategic interests," Abe told lawmakers and diplomats in a speech that did not name China.
"By Japan and India coming together in this way, this 'broader Asia' will evolve into an immense network spanning the entirety of the Pacific Ocean, incorporating the United States of America and Australia."
While Abe has improved ties with China, which had frayed under his predecessor, he has also stressed the need to forge closer links with democracies in what analysts have said was a tacit criticism of Beijing...
Of course. It's a natural. There really should be more pro-America, pro-Israel web resources translated into Japanese. I happen to have some resources available to make this happen. Anyone interested in putting a little financial backing behind such an effort should contact me.
Agreed completely!
And, more importantly, do you think that the Sox can hold of the Yankees???
:-)
Hold off, I meant!
What will be, will be. I'm very fatalistic about these things.
Here is something for you Yankees haters at the Onion
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/fucking_yankees_reports_nation
Also - how much funding are we talking about? I am far from comfortable but would be willing to donate for something as you suggest (hopefully the translations would at least keep something akin to the Korean teaching materials from appearing in Japan)
Cheers
It's an eff-word record! Ha! (True, though)
Ideally, I'd like to find some org that recognizes the importance of such a thing and is willing to pay for it on a regular basis. It just wouldn't do to have an entry here or there like an occasional Pipes essay or a single entry from Myths and Facts. This blog is something of a labor of love, so while there's little funding here, it'll keep going day by day I suppose (did I just admit that?), but to attract my spouse to do the translating it would have to be actual money (but less than a professional service surely), and of course I would put the site together gratis.
BTW, even f**king (to stay on a theme) Raed Jarrar's blog is translated into Japanese (by a fan, apparently).