#invasion of Japan

[bixels]

Baffled.

#personal #not art #like how do you arrive at this conclusion #what beliefs? #the man may be a total grouch but if there’s one thing he HATES it’s Japanese nationalism #Japanese nationalists famously HATE his work especially the wind rises which criticizes imperial Japan and calls out the invasion of China #don’t ask for context on the first part of the tag I’m not answering

[justacynicalromantic]

People be like "Russia is not imperialistic"🤡 - and then the most famous Ukrainian chef cannot open a restaurant of the most famous Ukrainian cultural food in Japan, because Japanese widely consider borscht a Russian dish and so would avoid the restaurant thinking it to be Russian🫤🫤🫤🤯🤯🤯

#ukraine #japan #ukrainian culture #borscht #russian imperialism #russian invasion #ruscism #genocide #like.... thank you to Japanese for avoiding all Russian products #and for supporting Ukraine #this is not your fault #its fucking Russia's and its imperialism #moreover #the far East of Russia is where Russian regime forcefully displaced many Ukrainians #during Soviet times #so I am almost sure Japan actually learnt borsch from Ukrainians #they just belived it to be Russian cause it was coming from Russian territory near them🫤 #culture appropriation #україна #укртумбочка #укртумба #укртамблер

[yeoldenews]

A mother's word for word transcription of the imaginary phone call her four-year-old made to Santa Claus in 1911.

(source: The Harbor Beach Times, December 22, 1911.)

Through some outrageous case of serendipity I found a recording of another phone call this same child made 60 years later. Though I have to say his choice of conversational partner is a definite downgrade from the first call.

#I've started using 'our bees are all dead' as my standard filler during lulls in conversation #and no I am not kidding #that is actually 64 year old George Arthur Lincoln in the recording #I'm writing up a bio of him that will hopefully be up within a few days #because this kid grew up to be involved in Forrest Gump levels of 20th century historical events #he was the youngest american general in wwii and was involved in the strategy of d-day and the planned invasion of Japan #he was at yalta and potsdam #he started a social sciences department at West Point #which resulted in his students being called commies because why should soldiers study culture and economics instead of shoot gun at thing #he ended up as the director of the office of emergency preparedness while nixon was president - hence the phone call #this poor man had to sit through so many meetings with Henry Kissinger #his younger brother (Waunce from the letter) was also a general #they were known as 'big abe' and 'little abe'

[speedou]

Invasion of Astro-Monster (Ishiro Honda, 1965)

#film #jfilm #japan #japanese film #japanese cinema #Invasion of Astro-Monster #Kaiju daisenso #Kaijudaisenso #InvasionofAstroMonster #War of the Monsters #怪獣大戦争 #Godzilla #king ghidorah #kingghidorah #rodan #Ishiro Honda #IshiroHonda #Honda Ishiro #HondaIshiro

[junotter]

sometimes researching for avatar redesigns has you 6 layers deep into the Japan's Meiji era allies wiki

#im trying to mess with some of the stuff that feels weird about the ways the fire nation is depicted idk #like i do not feel optically it is good for like them to be so heavily based on japan's imperialist actions #while dressed in clothes that come from places japan colonized #but i dont want it to just be solely japanese though i did draw zuko and azula in hakama but its largely cause i wanted to draw hakama #and like the only place with strong japanese influence being kiyoshi island and my own frustration with the modern day samurai depiction #i think fundamentally it isnt a choice that had as much thought as i am putting in put into it but it does raise an eyebrow for me #anyway i think keeping the thai influence is fine despite the brief invasion japan had into thailand due to thailand then allying with japa #and further allying with the axis due to allying with japan #ugh and ive been told not to think this much about it because its fiction but its also fiction so so so heavily based on real places #and when you base fiction on real cultures you fall into some unintentional pitfalls #i also fucking hate the royal fire nation robes they look so meh and the most costumey out of everything in the show #they look like heavy blankets despite being a supposedly hot nation #theres ways to have heavy robes (heian era japan) but they look like i make them out of fleece and velvet blankets #back to kiyoshi island i think the really only aesthetically japanese reference in the show being an island of noble warriors is lame #plus over done #it feels like nowadays theres a lot of people who get all whiney about people saying fire nation is based off japan #but like dude the creators in the comics and korra like go even more into the japanese influence and clearly it was the original intentions #also i do think you could do some pretty interesting world building by having say there be an older cultural influence on kiyoshi island #from the fire nation especially if the place is established as a central port area then you tie in some okinawan or even hawaiian reference #and gives an explanation that makes sense to why kiyoshi stands out from the rest of the earth kingdom you have long term cultural trading #and it establishes interesting relationships even pre kiyoshi time thereby drawing back onto some real historic references #cause for awhile ryukyu china and japan used to be this trading triangle which could explain some of these various influences going on #i think you can get a really interesting harmony when you create the fire nation out of a mix of japan and thailand #i mean both have these floating buildings due to living on some pretty wet lands and theres harmony in that mix #god i did see one person go like “fire nation is more based on china because theres a lot of red and red is important in china” #my brother in christ red is also important in japan #red is important in like many many asian cultures #i mean of course a lot of that importance stems from china and cultural exchange with china but idk kinda silly to say with your whole ches #like if you want to bring china in then the dragons are the biggest thing like sure some mythos has dragons in japan #but a lot of those comes from china in some way

[mudwerks]

(via Japanese girls training in 1945 for the anticipated invasion of mainland Japan. : Damnthatsinteresting)

#Japanese girls #wwii #vintage #1945 #weapons training #japan #invasion defense

[woundedheartwithin]

Y’all realize we’re just playin pokemon at this point, and it has nothing to do with the sujidex…

#yakuza #yakuza 8 #yakuza 8 spoilers #spoilers #just out here collecting pets #how is he gonna get three different animals through customs #pretty sure he already committed a felony just by bringing the goddamn crawfish 😂😂😂 #oh no wait it’s a class b misdemeanor #yes I looked it up #crawfish are highly invasive actually #an American species has kinda overrun the endemic crawfish population in England actually #because they’re bigger and hardier so they’ve been out competing the endemic species #okay so I looked this up too #Japanese crawfish grow to be about 6cm #English crawfish can grow to be 7.5 cm long #and the signal crawfish which is th North American species that is basically running amok everywhere can grow to be 9cm #these are all averages btw not max size #they can all get much bigger #but the signal crawfish is the largest of the three #apparently they’re also invasive species in Japan as well #like who the fuck taking crawfish overseas and setting them loose? #oh wait…

[memories-of-ancients]

What a Samurai vs Mongol battle really looked like

from History Dose

#history #japanese history #mongols #mongol history #mongol invasions of japan #Youtube

[hauntingblue]

Yabushige count your fucking days. I am so mad

#the fucking flash forward. insane #toranaga in the fucking forest... ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS THAT FUCKING EAGLE!!!!! NO SON NO FRIENDS!!!! #ishido blaming toranaga...... you should seppuku yourself...... shameless.... #so all out war now??? no toranaga invasion???? mmm..... #yabushige has lost it.... all that for nothing... oof #oshiba and her kid finishing marikoa poem..... i think i huave covid #HIS SHIP?????? #toranaga did this to keep him here knowing he wont stay now that mariko is dead.... i know it #the christians???? mariko???? to keep him here too?? #omg fuji......... #toranagas baby is so big ajdhaksj 'i have more sons thanks to you' hello???? #OSHIBA TURNED!!! ISHIDO ITS SO OVER!!!! #NO!!! LEAVE FUJI ALONE LET HER BECOME A NUN!!! ANJIN YOU ARE ON THIN ICE #toranaga is sucha bad bitch #i feel like anjin really felt ashamed about his first intent to arrive to japan and that mixed with marikos death... he said fuck it #and then toranaga turns it around and says nah... I am using YOU!! get your pussy up!! get your ships up!!! #'que la muerte le sea leve' thats what me and my friends say when we say goodbye to go to class ajshajanaakak i love this guy #favourite secondary character #this shot is so pretty... with the tree and the sea... the framing.... #SEE how toranaga burned his ship!!!! bc he wants to keep him!!! thats his foreign pet!! #he makes him laugh and distracts his enemies ajdhajdjsj.... his jester... #beef squashed with my girlfriends husband 🤝🏻 now we hold respect for each other #that was so good #i said yabushige better count his days and here we are.... #i post about someone and they die. 3/3 sobfar #if i reach far enough shogun is about a daimyo and the psychosexual relationship between him and his foreign pet... #he makes me laugh... and the last scene is the anjin laughing while looking at him... okay..... #talking tag #watching shogun #also!!! toranaga wanting to be shogun!!! this man is so complex!!! i hate him!!!

[tomorrowusa]

The EU is considering whether it is a good idea to be the friend of a friend of a war criminal.

'Pandora’s box': EU weighs changing relations with China

If Xi Jinping chooses to "befriend a war criminal, it is our duty to get very serious about China," Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, told DW when asked what he thought about the Chinese president's three-day visit to Moscow and his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for Putin late last week, accusing him of war crimes.

The only way forward for the European Union now, Landsbergis said, is to take "first steps on de-risking and eventual decoupling from China. The sooner we start, the better for the union."

[ ... ]

China has been supporting Russia's war efforts, however, in several indirect ways. This includes the ramping up of economic exchanges and exports of dual-use equipment, said Grzegorz Stec, an analyst at the Brussels office of the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a German foundation.

Among the equipment exports are "tires, trucks, clothing and other goods that can be used by the Russian military, although those are not specifically weapons," he told DW.

If the West were to find tangible proof of China providing large-scale military equipment to Russia, Stec pointed out, that would be "a red line" for the Europeans. But he recommended taking a cautious approach before accusing China of supplying weapons to Russia, given the magnitude of the potential geopolitical implications.

The perceived Chinese tilt towards Russia has not done it much good in Europe.

Regardless of this reluctance, Europe's attitude towards China is more skeptical than it has been in decades, said Reinhard Bütikofer, chair of the European Parliament's China delegation.

"The Chinese haven't been very successful in dealing with the Europeans lately," he told DW. "I would say they have squandered a lot of the political capital that they used to have."

[ ... ]

"The Chinese are trying to balance two incompatible goals. Being best buddies with Putin and being good friends of the Europeans at the same time," Bütikofer said. He made clear he doesn't think they can achieve both."As Abraham Lincoln said, you can fool some of the people all of the time or all the people some of the time. But you cannot fool all the people all the time." In concrete political terms, he explained, this meant that they would "fail if they insist on their no-limits friendship with the Russians."

In 1949, as he was laying the groundwork for the establishment of The People’s Republic of China, Chairman Mao Zedong declared, "The Chinese people have stood up!" The brutal invasion of Ukraine has finally made Europe stand up to Russia’s neocolonialist revanchism.

China will do better if it understands that a significant shift in thinking has taken place in Europe. The days of playing footsie with Putin and of accommodating Russian oligarchs in European democracies are gone.

#invasion of ukraine #xi jinping #moscow #fumio kishida #bucha #kyiv #japan #vladimir putin #war criminal #china's relations with europe #european union #international criminal court #reinhard bütikofer #gabrielius landsbergis #grzegorz stec #russian neocolonialism #russian imperialism #си посещает москву #неоколониализм #владимир путин #путин хуйло #китай #путин - военный преступник #буча #военные преступления #геть з україни #вторгнення оркостану в україну #україна переможе #слава україні! #героям слава!

[khizuo]

i find it a tiny bit annoying that every time i research the second sino-japanese war online every search result shows nanjing as if that's the only thing that happened in the entire conflict (or, for the matter, the only atrocity japanese imperialists committed in china)

#not to say that nanjing was not horrific and shouldn't be talked about #bc it absolutely was and should be #but sometimes it feels like it's the only thing that a lot of ppl know about wrt japan's invasion of china #and like. the whole war lasted from 1931-1945. other things happened too yknow #my text

[pkmnherpetology]

because clodsire and quagsire are so closely related, the two species can interbreed. this has become a problem not only in conservation, since the hybrids in the population decrease genetic diversity and reduce the number of clodsire or quagsire in their native habitats, but has also proven to be a pain in the neck for certain trainers.

why?

well, when a clodsire and a quagsire produce a hybrid, sometimes the hybrid will look just like one of its parents, and it won’t be immediately obvious that it’s a hybrid unless you do testing. but other times, the offspring may have the body of a clodsire with a muted blue pigment instead of the typical brown.

sound familiar?

that’s because a shiny clodsire is ALSO a muted, dull blue. many trainers find themselves frustrated because they THINK they’ve caught a shiny clodsire, or perhaps they were sold one at a high price by a breeder, when in reality the pokémon is a perfectly normal hybrid.

now, obviously whether or not a pokémon is a shiny, its trainer should love it anyway. but, for people trying to get their hands on a shiny clodsire, or for scientists trying to study the poorly-understood shiny phenomenon, you can imagine the frustration.

#.txt #pokémon #pkmn irl #paldea #clodsire #quagsire #sinnoh #johto #kanto #[as usual this is a real problem being faced by the japanese giant salamander.] #[introduced chinese giants interbreed with the population and create hybrids.] #[interestingly despite being invasive in japan chinese giants are critically endangered in china.]

[redsamuraiii]

Hansan : Rising Dragon (2022)

A historical Korean film about the Samurai Invasion of Joseon, depicting the epic sea Battle of Hansan which takes place five years before the Battle of Myeongnyang depicted in The Admiral : Roaring Currents (2014).

Story takes place in 1592, where Daimyo Wakisaka Yasuharu arrives in Busan to take command of the invasion force after hearing rumours of a mythical sea monster which no Samurai has ever seen that crippled the navy.

Wakisaka investigates what the terrified survivors claimed to have seen and learns of a new type of ship dubbed the Bokkaisen (a sea monster from Japanese mythology) and Merkurabune (a formidable blind ship).

Hope for the Joseon now lies with Admiral Yi Sun-sin, whose unorthodox methods and risk taking mentality changed the course of history which turned the tide of the war against the seemingly larger Samurai forces.

Admiral Yi’s leadership and bold strategy divided his military council as some favoured a safe approach in playing defensive while others supports his decision to strike the Samurai before they gain more foothold on Joseon.

The leadership struggle is similar on the other side with Wakisaka being pressured by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to quickly subjugate Joseon just so they could move forward to their real objective, to conquer Ming China.

Like Admiral Yi, Wakisaka also faces a challenge when his rival, Kato Yoshiaka, do not agree with his leadership and strategy, and is vying for his position as the leading commander of the invasion, complicating things.

It is an interesting look at both sides who struggle in meeting their objectives. Although some minor characters and events are fictional in order to dramatise the film but in general, the battles and key characters are indeed real.

Read : Fiction vs Real by Korea Joong Ang Daily

Pics by : https://www.hallyusg.net/

#hansan #hansan rising dragon #the admiral #the admiral roaring currents #korean film #korean history #japanese history #historical film #japan #korea #toyotomi hideyoshi #yi sun sin #wakisaka yasuharu #joseon #ming dynasty #imjin war #samurai invasion of korea

[claudiosuenaga]

Tocado no ombro por um alienígena: Incidente em Kofu, um dos maiores clássicos da ufologia japonesa

Por Cláudio Suenaga

Em fevereiro de 1975, dois meninos contaram ter encontrado em um vinhedo em Kofu, província de Yamanashi, um alienígena enrugado de presas e orelhas pontudas que saiu de um OVNI e chegou a tocar no ombro de um deles.

O incidente deveria ser descartado como uma mera fantasia infantil, mas inúmeros testemunhos e evidências físicas fizeram dele um dos dois mais importantes da casuística ufológica japonesa, juntamente com o Incidente de Kera, que já abordei aqui. Acompanhe a reconstituição minuciosa deste caso clássico a partir de agora.

O Incidente de Kera: A captura de um pequeno OVNI por meninos de uma vila no Japão: https://youtu.be/xtZJ-64-Aro

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#ufo sightings #ufo phenomenon #ufologia #ufos #ufo #ovni #ovnis #discovoador #exr #extraterrestres #alien invasion #alienígenas #ficção científica #scifi #tokusatsu #outer limits #ultraseven #japao #japan #Youtube

[ancientorigins]

The famous 1274 and 1281 AD Mongol invasions of Japan ended like the Russian attempt to cross the Japanese seas with ships full of powerful soldiers: the Japanese samurai and one special weapon took victory from Kublai Khan’s hordes both times.

#Mongols #invasions #Japan #samurai #typhoons #Kublai Khan #ancient #history #ancient origins

[quotesfrommyreading]

More existential, though, is what could happen after a Chinese invasion. If China takes Taiwan, Wu suggested that the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions could extend to the East China Sea, threatening Japan; to the South China Sea, where China has built militarized islands and claims an entire body of water bordering several nations; to the Indian Ocean, where China is expanding influence and could establish military bases; and to the Pacific Ocean, where China is working to establish security pacts with island nations. In a world with nationalist-strongman politics ascendant on nearly every continent, Wu’s presentation was at once a dire and plausible picture of the stakes for geopolitics as well as human freedom. “If we allow China to continue to expand,” Wu told me, “then democracies will be in danger.”

  —  Taiwan Wants China to Think Twice About an Invasion

#ben rhodes #taiwan wants china to think twice about an invasion #warfare #imperialism #politics #international relations #taiwanese politics #chinese politics #taiwan #china #japan