Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

 

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Furyo（1983） In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor. Composed by Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded for the film of the same name. The song has become a staple of Christmas music in the USA, Britain and Japan. A vocal version, "Forbidden Colours", features former Japan frontman David Sylvian and charted in the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart.

75th Anniversary Celebration Slideshow

 

A slideshow of almost every student that has ever attended CAJ.

MAGA Man

THE GREAT WAVE OF 2011

 

The Japanese city of Kamaishi was almost entirely destroyed in the earthquake and ensuing tsunami of 2011. It was the biggest natural disaster to hit Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people. More than a decade later, local taxi drivers claim to frequently pick up "ghost fares" of the deceased. Passengers spot an increasing number of wild deer which some claim to be intermediaries between the physical and spiritual worlds. A night with Kamaishi’s taxi drivers reveals a community haunted by its loss while still struggling for closure. Tsunami Ghosts is a documentary film by Katharine Round.

Japan's Mass Immigration Town is Wild

 

Nishi Koizumi in Gunma where 20% of people in this town are foreign born, making it the biggest mass immigration town in Japan. Follow me and ‪@NinjaMonkeyguy‬ as we explore Japan's controversial experiment in reviving the dying countryside.

Jared Taylor talks to Eddie Huang about white supremacy

Raised in Japan by Christian missionary parents, Taylor attended Japanese schools throughout his childhood and adolescence where he learned to speak fluent Japanese. He went on to attend Yale University and later worked and traveled extensively in West Africa. He also studied in France, where he received a graduate degree in international economics from the Paris Institute of Political Studies. His cosmopolitan and peripatetic background, however, did not prevent him from moving gradually in the early 1980s to adopt a white-centered view of American nationality and to develop the conviction that cosmopolitan and multiethnic societies are much less successful than those consisting of a single dominant ethnic group. Through his American Renaissance magazine, annual conferences, and videos, Taylor has set the intellectual standard for highbrow white racial advocacy and what is variously called “White nationalism,” “White identitarianism,” or simply the perspective of the “alternative” or “dissident” Right. Taylor’s thinking combines conventional conservative ideas regarding family and community, classical liberal and libertarian ideas regarding freedom of association and basic property and economic rights, and ideas championing ethnoracial homogeneity within nations and disdain for multiculturalism. His arguments are drawn from both historical experience and contemporary sociobiology.

Evangelical Madness is Driving US Policy

 

Evangelical Madness is Driving US Policy -Trump was sent by Russia to Help Russia Destroy Israel, Says Anne Graham Lotz– Franklin Graham’s Sister.

Asking Japanese Christians why they converted to Christianity

92 Year-Old Shares His Life In Japan Since 1960

 

 

Reinventing Japan (entire)

 

This transformation of the Asia Pacific region in the wake of World War II was profound, with the Pacific victor, the United States, taking a direct hand in reforming Japan under a new, hastily drafted constitution. The expanding and often contentious American - Japanese relationship included the ambiguous roles of conqueror and conquered. Meanwhile, the revolution in China combined with the beginning of the cold war in Asia, substantially altered America's expectations of Japan and vice versa.