Comments on: 62 Years Since The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » 日本：62年後、いまなお思い起こす http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-77145 Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » 日本：62年後、いまなお思い起こす Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-77145 [...] 広島・長崎への原爆投下から62周年のこの日、第二次世界大戦がどのように終わりをむかえたかという歴史と、この歴史が自身の国でどのように見られ教えられているのか、そしてこの歴史と現在のできごととのつながりについて、今週、多くのブロガーが考えをめぐらせた。アメリカでは、被爆者の体験談を集めた検閲がされていない新しいHBOのドキュメンタリーによって、原爆を使用した動機ついての議論が再び起きそうだ。他の英語メディアの番組でも、記念日についてのトピックが取り上げられたl。一方、日本では、長崎放送が原爆の生存者とのインタビューを翻訳したものを掲載している。このインタビューについて、あるブロガーは、 すべての人が読むべきだと書いている。 [...] [...] 広島・長崎への原爆投下から62周年のこの日、第二次世界大戦がどのように終わりをむかえたかという歴史と、この歴史が自身の国でどのように見られ教えられているのか、そしてこの歴史と現在のできごととのつながりについて、今週、多くのブロガーが考えをめぐらせた。アメリカでは、被爆者の体験談を集めた検閲がされていない新しいHBOのドキュメンタリーによって、原爆を使用した動機ついての議論が再び起きそうだ。他の英語メディアの番組でも、記念日についてのトピックが取り上げられたl。一方、日本では、長崎放送が原爆の生存者とのインタビューを翻訳したものを掲載している。このインタビューについて、あるブロガーは、 すべての人が読むべきだと書いている。 [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Japan: 62 Years Later, Still Remembering http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-76742 Global Voices Online » Japan: 62 Years Later, Still Remembering Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-76742 [...] On the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many bloggers found themselves this week reflecting on the history of how World War Two came to a close, on the way that this history is viewed and taught within their own country, and on the connections between this history and current events. In the United States, a new uncensored HBO documentary, which features testimonial from survivors of the bombing (hibakusha), promises to re-open debate on the motivations for use of the atomic bomb; the anniversary was the topic of discussion in other English-language media shows in as well. Meanwhile, in Japan, the Nagasaki Broadcasting Company has posted translated interviews with survivors of the atomic bombing, interviews which, as one blogger has noted, everyone owes itself to themself to read. [...] [...] On the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many bloggers found themselves this week reflecting on the history of how World War Two came to a close, on the way that this history is viewed and taught within their own country, and on the connections between this history and current events. In the United States, a new uncensored HBO documentary, which features testimonial from survivors of the bombing (hibakusha), promises to re-open debate on the motivations for use of the atomic bomb; the anniversary was the topic of discussion in other English-language media shows in as well. Meanwhile, in Japan, the Nagasaki Broadcasting Company has posted translated interviews with survivors of the atomic bombing, interviews which, as one blogger has noted, everyone owes itself to themself to read. [...]

]]> By: Aki http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-/#comment-75970 Aki Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:12:17 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75970 Japanese tend to think that invisible spirits of dead people are living or floating in this world with present people. Main purpose of this kind of ceremony in Japan is for appeasing these spirits so that they rest in peace. I think the article below described well an aspect of the feeling of Japanese to the spirits of dead people. http://japundit.com/archives/2005/12/20/1732/ (Caution: There are horrible stills from a movie "Grudge" in this page. So please be ready to such pictures before opening the page.) Japanese tend to think that invisible spirits of dead people are living or floating in this world with present people. Main purpose of this kind of ceremony in Japan is for appeasing these spirits so that they rest in peace.

I think the article below described well an aspect of the feeling of Japanese to the spirits of dead people.

http://japundit.com/archives/2005/12/20/1732/
(Caution: There are horrible stills from a movie “Grudge” in this page. So please be ready to such pictures before opening the page.)

]]> By: lottenroll http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-/#comment-75950 lottenroll Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:40:38 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75950 Hmm, James didn't exactly say that nuclear weapons weren't harmful, he just said that the anniversary is a pacifistic event, which point isn't flaming. Hmm, James didn’t exactly say that nuclear weapons weren’t harmful, he just said that the anniversary is a pacifistic event, which point isn’t flaming.

]]> By: tim http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-/#comment-75945 tim Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:42:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75945 Do I smell a troll? If you don't have anything intelligent to bring to conversation then please don't even post. Everyone should remember the day when the nuclear bombs were drop because not only did it change history forever, it also brought a new way of total annihilation into the world. Just think that today's nuclear arsenal is at least 50 times more powerful than what was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and we have enough to destroy the Earth a couples times over. This day shouldn't be about, "oh those Japanese should stop crying over the bomb" or "damn Americans destroying everything for the sake of it." This day should be used to remember the death of that horrible day and talk about what that action has done to this world. It's sad to know that today's society is more concern about Paris Hilton than what nuclear bombs can do this world and what must be done to prevent this catastrophe to ever happen again. Do I smell a troll? If you don’t have anything intelligent to bring to conversation then please don’t even post. Everyone should remember the day when the nuclear bombs were drop because not only did it change history forever, it also brought a new way of total annihilation into the world. Just think that today’s nuclear arsenal is at least 50 times more powerful than what was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and we have enough to destroy the Earth a couples times over. This day shouldn’t be about, “oh those Japanese should stop crying over the bomb” or “damn Americans destroying everything for the sake of it.” This day should be used to remember the death of that horrible day and talk about what that action has done to this world. It’s sad to know that today’s society is more concern about Paris Hilton than what nuclear bombs can do this world and what must be done to prevent this catastrophe to ever happen again.

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-/#comment-75935 James Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:05:04 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75935 Retaliation for the focus on comfort women? Give me a break. This anniversary is a big deal every year in Japan, and its focus is always on pacifism and the anti-nuclear weapons movement, not petty anti-American nationalism. I'm not sure what "these Japanese" are praying to, but from the bells I hear being sounded in news coverage of ceremonies, I'd guess there was some sort of Buddhist prayer for the dead. Retaliation for the focus on comfort women? Give me a break. This anniversary is a big deal every year in Japan, and its focus is always on pacifism and the anti-nuclear weapons movement, not petty anti-American nationalism.

I’m not sure what “these Japanese” are praying to, but from the bells I hear being sounded in news coverage of ceremonies, I’d guess there was some sort of Buddhist prayer for the dead.

]]> By: ponta http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-75925 ponta Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:40:29 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75925 Thank you for the videos. Martin Sherwin's point is the issue of the hot dabate. I am inclined to agree with him. John Dower's speech was impressive. The analogy he made between Imperial Japan and the U.S. might be provocative to many Americans, though. I reserve the judgement as to that part. When hibakusya talks about atomics, for the most of time, they are not anti-American. <blockquote>it is stunning how little overt anti-Americanism one finds in Japanese discussions of the bombings. The Japanese, particularly the hibakusha (bomb-affected persons), have focused instead on their unique suffering. Drawing on the moral authority gained, they have translated this suffering into a positive message of world peace and nuclear disarmament. http://megalodon.jp/?url=http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2479&date=20070731012935 i don't know what the younger Japanese will translate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima into , seeing that the world trend finds the past history as a convenient nationalistic game. Thank you for the videos.
Martin Sherwin’s point is the issue of the hot dabate. I am inclined to agree with him.
John Dower’s speech was impressive.
The analogy he made between Imperial Japan and the U.S. might be provocative to many Americans, though. I reserve the judgement as to that part.
When hibakusya talks about atomics, for the most of time, they are not anti-American.

it is stunning how little overt anti-Americanism one finds in Japanese discussions of the bombings. The Japanese, particularly the hibakusha (bomb-affected persons), have focused instead on their unique suffering. Drawing on the moral authority gained, they have translated this suffering into a positive message of world peace and nuclear disarmament.
http://megalodon.jp/?url=http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2479&date=20070731012935
i don’t know what the younger Japanese will translate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima into , seeing that the world trend finds the past history as a convenient nationalistic game.

]]> By: Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-75906 Overthinker Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:59:02 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75906 What did they say this year that was "beating off over the injustice"? All I saw on the news was the usual platitudes about working for world peace and nuclear disarmament. And at what stage do hibakusha deaths cease being from bomb exposure and start being due to just old age? Is everyone who was in Hiroshima at the time going to be counted as a hibakusha death even if they died this year at age 94? What did they say this year that was “beating off over the injustice”? All I saw on the news was the usual platitudes about working for world peace and nuclear disarmament.

And at what stage do hibakusha deaths cease being from bomb exposure and start being due to just old age? Is everyone who was in Hiroshima at the time going to be counted as a hibakusha death even if they died this year at age 94?

]]> By: Bob http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/08/06/62-years-since-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-75899 Bob Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:21:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2511#comment-75899 One day Japan will quit beating off over the injustice of the atomic bombings, but not this year. One day Japan will quit beating off over the injustice of the atomic bombings, but not this year.

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