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History is a controversial issue in East Asia today.

The Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest daily paper in Japan, with a right of center editorial position, has recently completed a year-long project to clarify Japanese leaders’ responsibility for the Pacific War. Such an undertaking is very rare in Japan.

Why did the Yomiuri launch this campaign? To what extent was its conclusion different from the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East? How was it accepted by
Japanese?

Takahiko Tennichi earned his B.L. at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo and his M.A. at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He began his career at Yomiuri in 1981 as a staff writer and later served as deputy editor of the Cultural News Department. He became an Editorial Writer in 2003.

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Lucky cat that get its credit card

Plan to apply a credit card for your pet under its name?

Source from Reuters revealed that an Australian bank, Bank of Queensland has blushingly admitted issuing a credit card to a cat. Messiah, a ginger tom, was given a credit limit of 4,200 (3,300 US) dollars.

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A kiss is the touching of the lips and kissing is most commonly an expression of affection especially in western culture. Depending on the position, it has some hidden meaning.

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Seeing the picture, do you feel hungry? Too bad, it is not edible.

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With the help from Mouawad, Victoria’s Secret launched a one of a set bra and underwear made of platinum, sapphires and diamonds.

The “Star of Victoria Fantasy Bra” is studded with a total of more than 2,500 carats of diamonds, sapphires, and other gemstones stones. The rose and leaf motif alone on the “Star of Victora” is made up of 320 carats.

Star of Victoria Fantasy Bra

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The death of Saddam Hussein has long been anticipated. Been labeled as a tyrant equally bad with Adolf Hitler by American while on the other hand viewed as martyr by Muslims, Saddam was hanged or executed on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, December 30, 2006 at approximately 06:10 local time (03:10 UTC). The execution was carried out at “Camp Justice,” an Iraqi army base in Kazimain, a neighbourhood of northeast Baghdad. May be to prove that Saddam Hussein was really have been executed and hanged, the whole proceeding of execution was been recorded, video taped (rumour has the video been shot in HDTV quality) and broadcasted to the world, where the news source primarily is state-run Iraqi television news station Al Iraqiya.

The initial news coverage about execution of Saddam Hussein, where the relatively ‘tame’ TV video footage showed Saddam Hussein been led into the execution room and on the gallows moments before execution.

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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, (April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003.

“Clutching a Quran and refusing a hood, Saddam Hussein went to the gallows before sunrise yesterday. The 69-year-od former strongman remained defiant to the last, railing against his Iranian and American enemies and praising the rebels who have pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.”

“Minutes after news of Saddam’s death reached the United States, hundreds of Iraqi-Americans blocked traffic in a spontaneous outpouring of joy. Chants of “Now there’s peace, Saddam is dead” in English and Arabic rang into the night in this Detroit suburb.”

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