From: kim@magneto.physics.auburn.edu (Han-jung Kim)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan
Subject: Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japa
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:45:16 GMT
Reply-To: kim@magneto.physics.auburn.edu (Han-jung Kim)
Organization: Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Message-I.D.: <1992Aug25.164559.28438@udel.edu>Lines: 93

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>in fact an individual Japanese?  I mean, I would like to know what 
>Japanese politicians represent!  All it smells like multi-face 
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>chameleon showing its own customized face and color at different
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>occasions.

O.K. Good opinion. As a korean who loves korea than any other koreans,
I do not deny that we have this kind of feeling as you feel. I have had this
 kind of thought im me since I begun to be taught korean history and her
 painful past.

Frequently korean journal and magazines and gossip have mentioned this
duality of Japanese government. 

However I am not sure if Individual Japanese 
agree this image taken from the korean' view as the same way that most 
korean feel or are educated. Probably not. 
I believe that most Japanese will not agree with this type of evaluation
 toward themselves  .

If I were born as Japanese, what could I say when somebody else defined
me as a sort of chameleon , although I have never thought myself in that way.
If I were born as American, and if somebody blamed from the issue I could
 not understand, what shoul I do? 
Nobody can choose his nationality at his will.
We were thrown on this world as we are.

I believe that many of most individual Japanese may have very healthy
and sound mind as I am.

The atmospher of the society and the way of thinking is not the product of 
one special person.  It is mixtrure of so many factors and experience.

Therefore I might be Japanese or American or anything else. This is my 
approach to solve the problem. I see myself from today's Japanese facese.
So first of all, I want to try to understand the side and background story
the society has evolved.

I believe so far that Nishimura-san, Masuda-san, Wataru-san, and the other
Japanese netter who gave the honest and fruitful posting have good spirit
and humble mind. I saw that thy are making an effort to find out the truth
behing the time and their society. We can not ash on tham. They are
so valuable minds. As long as those type of characters in Japan, I do not
worry about the future of Asia and the world. 

What we must do is to cummunicate each other, build a strong belief among us
, encourge if one side see good thing on the other part, and THEN WHEN
BOTH SEE THE WRONG THING IS BEING DONE, WE TOGETHER CAN SHOUT THAT IT
IS WRONG AND MUST BE CORRECTED. Someday china or korean may invade Japan,
and can kill that people in the name of JUSTICE. NOBODY KNOWS, EVER.

Ask Japanese that they think their government behaves like a CHAMELEON.
If they feel in that way, no problem. 
If they do not agree, then what do we have to. Do we force them to 
agree on that image? They will resist, since they have never done with
the idea of chameleon on purpose. I believe most of Japanese do their
best to be a good human being as I do. This is a crossing point we can
rely on each other.

If we are sure that Japan behaves like Chameleon, then we just say to them
 that their decision seems like a chameleon type. They will explain
the other side of the story, and we can understand it.  

I think that Korean government may have showed this duality to the other
world one day in their history, for there are nothing perface in this world.

So before I collect as much information as I can to support my decison,
I do not define something at my own will. Of course somethime I decide
too rapidly and easily without deep reflection. Then I regret.

My purpose on the discussion via netwark focuses on the harmory of
all people as long as they are honest and sincere and open minded.

So far I thank for the positive and fruitful discussion and new discovery
given by the Japanese netters and the other netters, Dave Mclane-san
and whom I can not remember their names.

You gave new question to Japanese netters asking that they really think
their government has two faces. This may be an interesting one
most of korean want to hear, I believe.

I like Japanese people and their honesty and diligence and humble voice.

But this time again, I still have a suspicion on what the Japanese \
politician want to lead their people.

 Someday after The old generation of Japan dies, I see that new and 
desirable Japan will give its fresh appearance, because I belive new 
generation has the healthy and kind and open mind as well as
korean has.
.                                 Hanjung Kim from Alabama. 
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