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The Japan Daily Press
South Korean officials incensed over PM Abe's remarks on colonization
Another day, another reason for people to be mad at Japan. South Koreans woke up today to newspapers splashing headlines like "Abe even denies Imperial Japan's aggression," "Japan reveals true colo...
💫T.Katsumi🎸
@tkatsumi06j
Discussion at Japan Daily Press on PM Abe's remarks on the definition of "aggression" including my comments. http://t.co/SvR7VAIfX8
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www.japantimes.co.jp
Abe war comment roils S. Korean media
Tokyo has again been forced into damage control over issues of history as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks on Japan's wartime aggression Tuesday triggered big headlines in South Korea. 'Japanese ...
Mark MacKinnon
@markmackinnon
Japan Times, reporting on same remarks, has Abe saying definition of "aggression" depends on perspective: http://t.co/5Jndejjr6M
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AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
INSIGHT: Abe returns to hard-line approach in response to Beijing, Seoul - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
After keeping a low diplomatic profile since taking office, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has begun to show his true colors as a nationalist, threatening to further exacerbate Japan's difficulties with China and South Korea.
M. Taylor Fravel
@fravel
Abe: "The definition of what constitutes aggression has yet to be established" in academia/international community http://t.co/yXAWMBANue
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Adam Cathcart
@adamcathcart
Here is the meeting yesterday where Abe delivered inflammatory remarks. No one yet seems to have full text! http://t.co/JlATa1KDHe
Adam Cathcart
@adamcathcart
Here are the two offending sentences (4/23) by Abe Shinzo re: Murayama 2005 war apology statement http://t.co/sWhclQnUJK
"The definition of what constitutes aggression has yet to be established in academia or in the international community," Abe said. "Things that happened between nations will look differently depending on which side you view them from." - Asahi's supertranslation
Adam Cathcart
@adamcathcart
@profLind It baffles me that Abe's office would not release a Japanese text when he's making such waves
http://t.co/F7iBujTVND
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@washburnt @adamcathcart @proflind I do have a transcribed version of his brief quote at the deliberation here: https://t.co/ob7TOifPwO
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@fravel Wow, this is a wonderful super-translation provided Abe's remark was very inconclusive in his national tongue.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@fravel Yes, it's wonderful. Mine's more literal, taken directly from hearing the actual quote: https://t.co/ob7TOifPwO
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Thanks! Add 'literal' pls ;) RT @fravel: Translation of Abe’s remark by @tkatsumi_e: https://t.co/ob7TOifPwO
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🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@fravel @washburnt Since Abe's talking about "definition" I think the more legal (and established) term of "aggression" is more appropriate.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@walkerb1972 @fravel @washburnt I really don't know about Chinese translation and its meaning though we use 'similar' characters.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@walkerb1972 @fravel @washburnt I do however know for a fact that China was a party to a conference deciding the definition of aggression.
侵略 = invasion OR aggression?
