Talk:Ryōichi Sasakawa

message: Why is he called Ryoichi Sasakawa if his last name is Sasakawa? Shouldn't he then be named Sasakawa Ryoichi? --Ibn Battuta 03:21, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Manual of style for Japanese-related articles mandates that people born after 1868 be listed in "givenname familyname" order, just as in most western countries.  Neier 09:09, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Could there be a reference for the fascist allegation?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.52.215.67 (talk) 00:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
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message: I've gone ahead and done the editing work. In fact, I got a little carried away with the research, and so the result is a lot longer than the original. I've tried to maintain the same format as the original, as well as including as much of that information as possible. But since the amount I added is so large, the original text tends to get lost in there.
I did do what I could to make this as fair and balanced an article as possible. Please note however, that I was only able to find one really definitive work on Sasakawa Ryoichi in English, and so a lot of my quotes come from there. It is a remarkably well-footnoted and referenced work, (though its construction is about as meandering as they come). Given the amount of direct quotation of source material that it uses, it seems to be quite a reliable source.
Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
Ah yes, and Xannzibar, thanks so much for your responses to my earlier post. Your comments were invaluable. 
OtakeHideo (talk) 03:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello OtakeHideo (talk), These edits seem a little like a whitewashing of this article. Why did you remove a external link? I reverted the external link and the reference to the Unification Movement and added a few citations. This is very relevant to us here in the USA. Regards Marknw (talk) 03:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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message: Marknw and Xannzibar: Thanks for your corrections. This is such a good learning process. I did try to keep all the older links up, sometimes working them into the text, and was unaware that I had eliminated one.
As to whitewashing, that wasn't the aim. I simply tried to eliminate the conjecture, but it is true that this resulted in a less negative article. Xanzzibar commented that the Sugamo diaries of the men who were interred there are hardly unbiased. It is a good point, and I took his advice, not drawing on that kind of source. I also tried to apply that principle to both sides of the issue. (In my experience rightwing and leftwing descriptions of the right (or left) are equally trustworthy. :) )
I was puzzled by your inclusion of the Time article in support of the Unification Movement point. I can't find any reference there, though Kaplan definitely does describe his ties to the Unification Church, so this point is perhaps a bit niggling. I've found a further reference in Sato's book, so will include that, and leave it to you as to whether to cut this particuar instance of the Time reference or not.
One other question, to anyone with an answer, was why a bot seems to have removed the citation of the Nippon Foundation's balance sheets. Is it because they are in Japanese? The foundation seems to be at pains to make its cashflow as transparent as possible, something that tends to damage claims that it was constructed as an engine for Sasakawa's personal gain. I have been unable to find English versions of the financials, and so included the Japanese link. I believe this is in line with Wikipedia's policy on foreign language references: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NONENG) I am asking first so as to avoid a "did so-did not" kind of editing quarrel.
Thanks as always.
OtakeHideo (talk) 06:37, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello OtakeHideo (talk), Sorry about the wrong citation. I was thinking about a Los Angeles Times article from 1992 that reported that the most likely source of Moon's funding was Sasakawa. I couldn't find a free version of it on the web, but I'll keep looking. I think the point is that, as the article indicates, intellectuals suspect some financial link between Moon and Sasakawa at some point in the past. Thank you. Regards Marknw (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that this should be discussed in the body of the article if you want to mention it in the intro. :-)  Steve Dufour (talk) 19:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Steve, I'm open to suggestions. I just reverted it after it was deleted and added some supporting citations. Happy Holidays Marknw (talk) 01:15, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thanks for your edits and comments 

message: While he is widely known throughout Africa and much of the developing world for the wide-ranging philanthropic programs that he established, he is at the same time viewed with hostility by many intellectuals [4] [5] for his right wing ideals and ties to Japan's motorboat racing industry and support for the Unification Movement[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11].
The two specific sources, the monograph by Kaplan and Dubro [4] and the article by Boneau [5], do not "view Sasakawa in a hostile way" for some unexplained motive: They claim that he was a person connected to important people in the yakuza. My conclusion is that this should be said frankly in the introduction to the article. While your edits, OtakeHideo, are not without merit, I must say that they smell of Whitewashing. Regards,--82.207.234.253 (talk) 15:33, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
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message: Source www.centurychina.com 
Ryoichi Sasakawa: One of the leading Fascists and Militarists of Japan organized his private army of 15,000 men equipped with 20 warplanes and dressed in black shirt to emulate that of Mussolini, his idol after "September 18, 193 1 " Incident. Following the outbreak of the Pacific War, his army massacred thousands of innocent Chinese and Malayans for which he earned the name of "Tiger of Malaya." After the war, he kept his Mafia business in Japan involving drug trafficking, pornographic enterprises, gambling, and usury that made him the super rich, with which he had become the leading philanthropist of the world; he showered handsome donations to the United Nations, President Carter's Library, and one million dollars each to the leading universities of America.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.141.76.166 (talk) 03:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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