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Wednesday, April 06, 2005


SOME PACIFIC HEADLINES ON JAPAN'S NEW HISTORY TEXTBOOK


Gov't OKs nationalist text; sex slavery glossed over

Commentary: Written lies can never cover up bloody facts

Japan approves 'nationalist' textbook

Japan Cannot Be Trusted with Its Own History

Japan approves textbook glossing wartime atrocities

S.Korea expresses anger over Japanese new history textbooks

Japanese government gives green light to distorted history ...


For such a polite people, to foster so much good will...
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Born and raised in upstate New York, traveled for a decade after college, lived in various places around the world, keeping a journal. Settled in Kyoto in 1980, moved to this mountainside above Lake Biwa in 1995. Started Pure Land Mountain in April 2002.
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