tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post7052924002561564137..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Thank You, Martin FacklerMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-74555248993363091782010-01-21T02:36:21.144+09:002010-01-21T02:36:21.144+09:00Actually, a few of his recent articles have been g...Actually, a few of his recent articles have been good. Three possible explanations for this. <br /><br />First, the brouhaha over the change in government and the Futenma/Henoko manufactured "crisis" has meant that there are now more eyes on Japanese politics. Instead of wiling away the time by focusing on vending machine costumes and strange bars where salarymen go to throw plates, or indeed, stories about politics that make the usual assumptions, the English language media has been forced to cover real stories where facts can be checked by other observers. Hence, the quality of their reporting has improved. Second, merely by commenting on what's written in the Japanese media, Tobias has made the foreign correspondents in Japan look like clowns in comparison. Third, OH MY GOD! HE'S GONE NATIVE! THE JAPANESE HAVE TRICKED HIM INTO THINKING HE CAN EXPLAIN THEIR INSCRUTABLE SYSTEM TO READERS IN THE STATES! QUICK NEW YORK TIMES, GET HIM OUT OF THERE!Brycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-75398925324253178182010-01-20T16:15:52.180+09:002010-01-20T16:15:52.180+09:00Who woulda thunk! I had avoiding reading that arti...Who woulda thunk! I had avoiding reading that article earlier when I saw who had written it. I need to reconsider as he has written some decent stuff recently...David H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-56965807343976015542010-01-20T11:11:46.076+09:002010-01-20T11:11:46.076+09:00If what is refered to is the relative pronoun in t...If what is refered to is the relative pronoun in the phrase of "against a politician who they fear is accumulating excessive power with his near-total control of the governing party's purse strings" where "they fear" is a parenthesis, it seems quite reasonable that it is in the subjective case. kmnsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com