Comments on: Textbook Reformations http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/ Articles on Japan. Discover the Japanese language and culture, explore ruins and haikyo off the beaten path or learn about bioluminescence. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Mike Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:25:55 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-1030 Thanks for the extra information Dave, Yoshi! In the article, I termed the Right-wing as 'liberal' because they claim they are trying to balance-out the debate. I think the Left-wing are thought of as 'revisionists' because they debate revising the Constitution, although I could be wrong. Thanks for the extra information Dave, Yoshi! In the article, I termed the Right-wing as ‘liberal’ because they claim they are trying to balance-out the debate. I think the Left-wing are thought of as ‘revisionists’ because they debate revising the Constitution, although I could be wrong.

]]> By: Mike http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-5202 Mike Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-5202 Thanks for the extra information Dave, Yoshi! In the article, I termed the Right-wing as 'liberal' because they claim they are trying to balance-out the debate. I think the Left-wing are thought of as 'revisionists' because they debate revising the Constitution, although I could be wrong. Thanks for the extra information Dave, Yoshi! In the article, I termed the Right-wing as ‘liberal’ because they claim they are trying to balance-out the debate. I think the Left-wing are thought of as ‘revisionists’ because they debate revising the Constitution, although I could be wrong.

]]> By: Yoshi http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Yoshi Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:56:28 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-1028 Mike Yep I mean Left-wing when I say liberal and so on if you convert it in general terms...but it's more complicated in fact I guess...cos even today left-wing often means socialists and right-wing means hard-cre capitalists sometimes...and I have to say I am liberal but not a socialist...As for Abe, he is the one of the most extreme revisionists...actually Koizumi, too but it's not so well-known abroad and even in Japan...I guess. Mike
Yep I mean Left-wing when I say liberal and so on if you convert it in general terms…but it’s more complicated in fact I guess…cos even today left-wing often means socialists and right-wing means hard-cre capitalists sometimes…and I have to say I am liberal but not a socialist…As for Abe, he is the one of the most extreme revisionists…actually Koizumi, too but it’s not so well-known abroad and even in Japan…I guess.

]]> By: Yoshi http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-5201 Yoshi Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:56:00 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-5201 Mike Yep I mean Left-wing when I say liberal and so on if you convert it in general terms...but it's more complicated in fact I guess...cos even today left-wing often means socialists and right-wing means hard-cre capitalists sometimes...and I have to say I am liberal but not a socialist...As for Abe, he is the one of the most extreme revisionists...actually Koizumi, too but it's not so well-known abroad and even in Japan...I guess. Mike
Yep I mean Left-wing when I say liberal and so on if you convert it in general terms…but it’s more complicated in fact I guess…cos even today left-wing often means socialists and right-wing means hard-cre capitalists sometimes…and I have to say I am liberal but not a socialist…As for Abe, he is the one of the most extreme revisionists…actually Koizumi, too but it’s not so well-known abroad and even in Japan…I guess.

]]> By: www.japansoc.com http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 www.japansoc.com Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:41:04 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-1024 <strong>The Textbook Controversy...</strong> Have you heard about the textbook controversies in Japan? What are your thoughts? Just a short post I made when preparing for my exam, but hopefully that'll make this hot political topic easier to break into.... The Textbook Controversy…

Have you heard about the textbook controversies in Japan? What are your thoughts? Just a short post I made when preparing for my exam, but hopefully that’ll make this hot political topic easier to break into….

]]> By: Satoshii http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Satoshii Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:03:23 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-1020 Political parties can get a little weird sometimes. Just because they belong to one type of group doesn't mean they follow that group's political standings. It's all a bit hoo-hah with names unfortunately. Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Republican, Red; these are all names associated with the Right wing of politics (think the GOP in America or the Tories in the UK. Labor, Democratic, Liberal Democratic, Blue; these are all names associated with the Left wing of politics. Think the Democratic Party in the US and the Lib Dems or the Labor party in the UK. You also get Left-Right parties. To be honest, the easiest example of that is actually the Labor party in the UK. Although considered 'Left' wing, they actually stand more towards the center of the political spectrum. There are also neutral parties and then a whole host of other branch factions that I can;t be bothered to go into. But just because a party say they are left or right, or are named in a left or right fashion, doesn't mean they actually are. It all depends on policy making and what political leaning their policies have. For instance, they could be a liberal party, but be opposed to abortion, homosexual marriage and trying to deport asylum seekers. Then again they could be part of a strong right wing group, yet be seeking gay marriage rights or equal opportunities among race and gender. It all depends really. Generally it boils down to what the group as a whole decide (by majority of course, at least in the UK it is somewhat a democracy), but sometimes the views of individual members of the party (MP's in the the UK [Members of Parliament]). I hope that was somewhat helpful. If I remember correctly Japan has had a long stint of Right Wing politics spanning many years, only breaking up occasionally I think. Political parties can get a little weird sometimes. Just because they belong to one type of group doesn’t mean they follow that group’s political standings. It’s all a bit hoo-hah with names unfortunately.

Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Republican, Red; these are all names associated with the Right wing of politics (think the GOP in America or the Tories in the UK.

Labor, Democratic, Liberal Democratic, Blue; these are all names associated with the Left wing of politics. Think the Democratic Party in the US and the Lib Dems or the Labor party in the UK.

You also get Left-Right parties. To be honest, the easiest example of that is actually the Labor party in the UK. Although considered ‘Left’ wing, they actually stand more towards the center of the political spectrum.

There are also neutral parties and then a whole host of other branch factions that I can;t be bothered to go into.

But just because a party say they are left or right, or are named in a left or right fashion, doesn’t mean they actually are. It all depends on policy making and what political leaning their policies have. For instance, they could be a liberal party, but be opposed to abortion, homosexual marriage and trying to deport asylum seekers. Then again they could be part of a strong right wing group, yet be seeking gay marriage rights or equal opportunities among race and gender. It all depends really. Generally it boils down to what the group as a whole decide (by majority of course, at least in the UK it is somewhat a democracy), but sometimes the views of individual members of the party (MP’s in the the UK [Members of Parliament]).

I hope that was somewhat helpful. If I remember correctly Japan has had a long stint of Right Wing politics spanning many years, only breaking up occasionally I think.

]]> By: Satoshii http://gakuranman.com/textbook-reformations/comment-page-1/#comment-5200 Satoshii Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:03:00 +0000 http://gakuranman.com/?p=2000#comment-5200 Political parties can get a little weird sometimes. Just because they belong to one type of group doesn't mean they follow that group's political standings. It's all a bit hoo-hah with names unfortunately. Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Republican, Red; these are all names associated with the Right wing of politics (think the GOP in America or the Tories in the UK. Labor, Democratic, Liberal Democratic, Blue; these are all names associated with the Left wing of politics. Think the Democratic Party in the US and the Lib Dems or the Labor party in the UK. You also get Left-Right parties. To be honest, the easiest example of that is actually the Labor party in the UK. Although considered 'Left' wing, they actually stand more towards the center of the political spectrum. There are also neutral parties and then a whole host of other branch factions that I can;t be bothered to go into. But just because a party say they are left or right, or are named in a left or right fashion, doesn't mean they actually are. It all depends on policy making and what political leaning their policies have. For instance, they could be a liberal party, but be opposed to abortion, homosexual marriage and trying to deport asylum seekers. Then again they could be part of a strong right wing group, yet be seeking gay marriage rights or equal opportunities among race and gender. It all depends really. Generally it boils down to what the group as a whole decide (by majority of course, at least in the UK it is somewhat a democracy), but sometimes the views of individual members of the party (MP's in the the UK [Members of Parliament]). I hope that was somewhat helpful. If I remember correctly Japan has had a long stint of Right Wing politics spanning many years, only breaking up occasionally I think. Political parties can get a little weird sometimes. Just because they belong to one type of group doesn’t mean they follow that group’s political standings. It’s all a bit hoo-hah with names unfortunately.

Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Republican, Red; these are all names associated with the Right wing of politics (think the GOP in America or the Tories in the UK.

Labor, Democratic, Liberal Democratic, Blue; these are all names associated with the Left wing of politics. Think the Democratic Party in the US and the Lib Dems or the Labor party in the UK.

You also get Left-Right parties. To be honest, the easiest example of that is actually the Labor party in the UK. Although considered ‘Left’ wing, they actually stand more towards the center of the political spectrum.

There are also neutral parties and then a whole host of other branch factions that I can;t be bothered to go into.

But just because a party say they are left or right, or are named in a left or right fashion, doesn’t mean they actually are. It all depends on policy making and what political leaning their policies have. For instance, they could be a liberal party, but be opposed to abortion, homosexual marriage and trying to deport asylum seekers. Then again they could be part of a strong right wing group, yet be seeking gay marriage rights or equal opportunities among race and gender. It all depends really. Generally it boils down to what the group as a whole decide (by majority of course, at least in the UK it is somewhat a democracy), but sometimes the views of individual members of the party (MP’s in the the UK [Members of Parliament]).

I hope that was somewhat helpful. If I remember correctly Japan has had a long stint of Right Wing politics spanning many years, only breaking up occasionally I think.

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