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My regulars may be wondering what happened to me and why I haven't written for a while. Well, unproductive work (see later), guests, travel, house, kids, socialising, .... has kept me busy for the past few weeks. I was in Kyushu recently which was very nice (including Nagasaki) but the trip to Okinawa which followed was not so exciting.. The poor weather didn't help much. I was expecting Okinawa to be a beautiful tropical island but was disappointed by all the concrete.
Well my computer problems haven't ended despite the new investment. The 1GB I have wasn't enough to run Vista and it has meant re-booting and re-starting all over again; can't tell you how much work this has been. I guess the more powerful packages get the more space they require to work.
I am surprised to see that pre-Christmas activities are in full swing in Japan with Christmas carols on BigFM already a week ago.
As I cannot manage to keep up with my blog, it is on the market for sale. Those interested should contact me.

After angry reaction from the people of Okinawa, text refering to mass suicides during the war can be restored in textbooks. The Japanese government had stopped pubishers from making any reference to this episode in history books. It is said that the army pressured people to kill themselves at the end of the war, rather than give themselves in to the Americans and their allies. The few survivors say this happened and should be written in the books whereas the govenments have denied any wrong doing. Could this sudden change in attitude mean that these crimes did take place?