Travis Sharp avails himself of the opportunity to use a statement by the new Japanese Foreign Minister to take a swipe at the PONI blog:
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Sunday called on the United States to make a pledge not to use nuclear weapons first. Okada is not from Hiroshima or Nagasaki, so is it okay to listen to what he says, PONI?
It is so nice not to be in the middle of one of these exchanges for a change.
jwarden | October 20, 2009
Further discussion at PONI available here
scud | October 20, 2009
Could we have help from a Japanese-speaker? Some English translations of Okada’s remarks say “preemptive nuclear atttack”, others say “first strike”.
T Nishi | October 21, 2009
scud,
The Mainichi Daily News article linked from jwarden’s link mistranslates “sensei fushiyo” as “no pre-emptive use” instead of “no first use,” probably from confusion with “sensei kogeki,” which indeed means “pre-emptive attack.”