BBC: "What Japanese history lessons leave out" by Mariko Oi

Here is an explanation of why there are many Japanese people who do not understand the country's war atrocities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21226068

Voltaire was certainly right: "To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

An Example of the Mis-use of Official Development Assistance (ODA)?

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Japan-opens-wallet-to-push-smart-cards-for-Asian-mass-transit

Does ODA project fit into economic welfare enhancement of Vietnam? Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is throwing the Japanese tax payers money to Japanese and Vietnamese companies who should have undertaken the project on the basis of market principles?

Why should the Japanese tax payers support companies like Sony, NTT Data and Dai Nippon Printing in starting their businesses in Vietnam? They suppose to be risk takers if not risk neutral, but JICA has helped them to avoid business risks in Vietnam because even if the project does not succeed, after all that investment is Japanese tax payers' money!!!

BBC: "NHK boss sparks 'comfort women' row"

The new chairman of NHK--a public broadcaster equivalent to BBC, Mr. Katsuto Momii said, "such [comfort] women could be found in any nation that was at war, including France and Germany." Mr. Momii is a FOA (Freaks of Abe), and no wonder he made a stupid statement to cover Mr. Abe.

BBC reports that: 

The head of Japanese broadcaster NHK causes controversy by playing down the use of sex slaves - so-called "comfort women" - in World War Two.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25901572

NHK operates under Japan's Broadcast Law, which ensure that NHK's operations are supported by fees receive from every household and business operator with a TV set.

NHK's official statement says that:

"The receiving fee system ensures NHK’s financial independence, which guarantees NHK’s editorial independence and impartiality.

The duty of a public broadcaster is to deliver impartial, high-quality programs. Programs should never be influenced by the government or a private organization. A wide range of programs and a balanced programming should be also provided, with no influence imposed by ratings or the interests of a third party."

Mr. Momii's statement has disgraced NHK's independence and impartiality as a public broadcaster. That statement is unwarranted, intolerable and inexcusable. He ought to make a sincere public apology and resign immediately. Enough of "FOA" nonsense.