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By: Two More Japanese Holdouts in the Philippines? « Far Outliers

Two More Japanese Holdouts in the Philippines? « Far Outliers — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:33:22 +0000

[...] Frog in a Well has more links and historical context. [...]

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 29 May 2005 17:37:12 +0000

I don’t know. It’s a hard call whether there’s some kind of special conspiracy involved or it’s no more than the usual snail-paced reaction and collective incompetence of the Japanese gov’t bureaucracy. Having worked in several collectively incompetent bureaucracies (including both the U.S. Army and a state gov’t!), I generally lean toward incompetence as the most likely explanation in most cases. If you ever end up a university administrator, I suspect you’ll incline a bit more to the same view.

By: Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog

Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog — Sat, 28 May 2005 04:41:39 +0000

[...] sts against the CCP after formal surrender), but that’s a different story. Update: Konrad and I posted on this almost simultaneously, and he has more links than I do. Pravda [thanks, Ralph] [...]