The Eastern Edge

Wow. Is a movie made from the "enemy" perspective getting honored like this in the U.S. a first? 'Letters from Iwo Jima' named top film by U.S. National Board of Review LOS ANGELES -- Clint Eastwood's World War II film "Letters from Iwo Jima," star… more »

Class A "Crimes against Peace" What is "Class A"? Well, unlike many seem to think, "A" is not a "ranking"; as in "ABC", with "A" being the highest (or "worst"). In fact Class C crimes are by far the worst on the bad scale. So, what is it?… more »

...is the original title of Letters from Iwo Jima, the Clint Eastwood movie based on the book Letters from Iwo Jima about General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. I haven't read the book yet, but I plan to after seeing the movie. Honestly, it'll take me a little… more »

WTF is Part 1a!? Well, I am still in the middle of Part 2 and I saw this quote and just had to post it. This goes right along with what McNamara said in the movie "The Fog of War" about LeMay and the air raids, that if they lost the war they would have… more »

(This was actually written on Aug.15th but I didn't get around to publishing it until now cause I'm a lazy bum).This morning, on the 61st anniversary of Japan's surrender to end WWII, Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Yasukuni shrine on the actual s… more »

Found this in the news today and chopped up a few stories for a summery:Clint Eastwood on the war films he grew up watching; "One side was good and one side was the villain. Well, we know that war just isn’t like that."Eastwood hopes to correct t… more »

Prince Akishino, second in line to the throne, and his wife, just announced they are having another child. What a coincidence! At age 39 (the wife, that is) and with their youngest daughter being 11 years old already, it only makes sense that they wo… more »

"If Aiko becomes the reigning empress and gets involved with a blue-eyed foreigner while studying abroad and marries him, their child may become emperor. We should never let that happen."Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, who is leading a group that… more »

And government sponsored to boot. "CCP Youth League" kinda sounds to me like a certain other "youth league" we all know from WWII.China is always telling Japan to "honestly reflect on the truth of history" and "back up words with deeds".I guess th… more »

Today is the 60th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the end of WWII. Of course the war of words (let's hope it stays just words) goes on with no end in sight. Interesting editorial in the Daily Yomiuri about rethinking war responsibility and "War Cr… more »

U.S. paid Unit 731 members for data"WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The United States paid money and gave other benefits to former members of a Japanese germ warfare unit two years after the end of World War II to obtain data on human experiments conducted in Chi… more »