Lame Yahoo! News article. Japan to Kim Jong Il: "No melons for you!"
Yahoo! News - Japan Tries to Squeeze Info. From N. Korea
Take any non-Japanese or non-Korean off the street, ask them to read this article and I guarantee he or she will read this and say, "WTF?? Are the Japanese lawmakers that (insert random insult here)?" I mean I LIVE in Japan and I was still like, WTF!? It has to do with Japan trying to get back the people or remains of those who were kidnapped by Korea in the 70s and 80s. The following quote made the jp lawmakers look like inbred retards:
"We could stop the melon trade. Then Kim Jong Il wouldn't be able to eat delicious melons and he would be furious," said Ichita Yamamoto, a ruling party lawmaker. "He would ask, 'Where are my melons?'"
Now I know that besides from their differences, Japan and Korea, especially the women, want what the other has just like America is fascinated with everything Japan. I mean look at Gwen Stefani and her obsession with Japanese Harajuku girls. small tangent follows---> The supposed "Harajuku girls" she uses in her videos look like they are in their 30s where REAL Harajuku girls are teenagers (for the most part) that hang out in the Harajuku district a little South of Shibuya, Tokyo and it is more cosplay than anything. I'll blog more about this later because this whole thing with Gwen gets on my nerves. Back to Mr. Il and his melons.
So Korean girls love Japanese make-up and Japanese women die for the popular Korean actor Bae Yong from the hella popular S. Korean drama Winter Sonata and anyone who sorta resembles him. Older Japanese ladies loooove the hell out of him because he is a thoughtful, romantic character and Japanese men are so not like that. So where do Japanese melons fall into place? The Yahoo! article barely touches on the real meaning.
Twice a year a huge cargo ship comes to Japan from North Korea. Fruit and other food are supposed to be loaded up on this ship and taken back to Korea. Instead Kim Jong Il's cronies go out and buy up tons of random luxury items...and yes lots of melons, load them on the boat and instead of all of Korea benefiting from the shipment, the melons and luxury items are only passed out to the wealthy and politically powerful. So in the aforementioned quote, by melons he really meant all of the popular Japanese items brought over for their indulgence. In other words he made a funny. Good on 'im.
On a perhaps self-incriminating note, I wanted to die laughing when I saw that quote because that is SO how I picture Japanese men. During election time last year I saw pictures of candidates holding a large fruit bowl as a gesture of trust and friendship. Nature, health and food are the way of life in Japan. When hand-writing a letter one should always make the first sentence about the season, such as:
"Dear Kayo,
Winter chills are subsiding as this early-spring month brings us warmer breezes. How have you been? I heard this crazy......"
There are many books written about the proper way to write business and personal letters. Supposedly Japanese folks are especiarry in tune with everything that is Nature so this is why I found this quote so amusing at first. :D
Take any non-Japanese or non-Korean off the street, ask them to read this article and I guarantee he or she will read this and say, "WTF?? Are the Japanese lawmakers that (insert random insult here)?" I mean I LIVE in Japan and I was still like, WTF!? It has to do with Japan trying to get back the people or remains of those who were kidnapped by Korea in the 70s and 80s. The following quote made the jp lawmakers look like inbred retards:
"We could stop the melon trade. Then Kim Jong Il wouldn't be able to eat delicious melons and he would be furious," said Ichita Yamamoto, a ruling party lawmaker. "He would ask, 'Where are my melons?'"
Now I know that besides from their differences, Japan and Korea, especially the women, want what the other has just like America is fascinated with everything Japan. I mean look at Gwen Stefani and her obsession with Japanese Harajuku girls. small tangent follows---> The supposed "Harajuku girls" she uses in her videos look like they are in their 30s where REAL Harajuku girls are teenagers (for the most part) that hang out in the Harajuku district a little South of Shibuya, Tokyo and it is more cosplay than anything. I'll blog more about this later because this whole thing with Gwen gets on my nerves. Back to Mr. Il and his melons.
So Korean girls love Japanese make-up and Japanese women die for the popular Korean actor Bae Yong from the hella popular S. Korean drama Winter Sonata and anyone who sorta resembles him. Older Japanese ladies loooove the hell out of him because he is a thoughtful, romantic character and Japanese men are so not like that. So where do Japanese melons fall into place? The Yahoo! article barely touches on the real meaning.
Twice a year a huge cargo ship comes to Japan from North Korea. Fruit and other food are supposed to be loaded up on this ship and taken back to Korea. Instead Kim Jong Il's cronies go out and buy up tons of random luxury items...and yes lots of melons, load them on the boat and instead of all of Korea benefiting from the shipment, the melons and luxury items are only passed out to the wealthy and politically powerful. So in the aforementioned quote, by melons he really meant all of the popular Japanese items brought over for their indulgence. In other words he made a funny. Good on 'im.
On a perhaps self-incriminating note, I wanted to die laughing when I saw that quote because that is SO how I picture Japanese men. During election time last year I saw pictures of candidates holding a large fruit bowl as a gesture of trust and friendship. Nature, health and food are the way of life in Japan. When hand-writing a letter one should always make the first sentence about the season, such as:
"Dear Kayo,
Winter chills are subsiding as this early-spring month brings us warmer breezes. How have you been? I heard this crazy......"
There are many books written about the proper way to write business and personal letters. Supposedly Japanese folks are especiarry in tune with everything that is Nature so this is why I found this quote so amusing at first. :D
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