Joyeux Noël mes gros.
par Joji
publié dans :
Miscellaneous
Pas grand chose à raconter.
...
A vrai dire, trop de choses à raconter. Pas mal de chamboulements dans ma vie, pas assez de temps pour trier ce que j'ai envie de dire, et savoir comment je vais le dire. Et globalement, une petite perte de motivation depuis la fin de mon année à Edi où j'avais zéro minute à moi.
Bientôt. peut-être.
...
A vrai dire, trop de choses à raconter. Pas mal de chamboulements dans ma vie, pas assez de temps pour trier ce que j'ai envie de dire, et savoir comment je vais le dire. Et globalement, une petite perte de motivation depuis la fin de mon année à Edi où j'avais zéro minute à moi.
Bientôt. peut-être.
par Joji
publié dans :
Miscellaneous
Pendant que Young Yakuza est présenté au Festival de Cannes, un autre film bridé fait parler de lui en ce moment. Décidément, notre bienfaiteur et ami Ishihara montre jour après jour qu'il aime les gens.Vu sur le site d'Aujourd'hui le Japon.
Le cinéma nippon réhabilite les kamikazes avec une ode patriotique
le 21/5/2007 à 7h56 par Philippe Agret (AFP)
Dans le sillage du "Yamato", superproduction de 2005 sur un célèbre cuirassé géant coulé lors d'une mission suicide en 1945, le cinéma nippon glorifie aujourd'hui les kamikazes dans un film à gros budget écrit et produit par le maire de Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara.
"Pour Ceux Que Nous Aimons" est une oeuvre emblématique du Japon de Shinzo Abe, le jeune dirigeant conservateur qui veut bâtir une "belle nation" sur le retour aux valeurs traditionnelles, notamment le patriotisme.
Ce film à grand spectacle --dédié "à la bravoure et à la beauté de la jeunesse-- est sorti le 12 mai dernier sur 326 écrans. Les studios Toei escomptent 2 millions de spectateurs et 2,5 milliards de yens (15,2 millions d'euros) de recettes sur les cinq premières semaines d'exploitation.
"Le film attire des spectateurs très variés, des adolescents jusqu'aux septuagenaires. C'est un public qui se dit très intéressé par l'Histoire", assure un porte-parole de Toei.
Nul autre que le nationaliste Shintaro Ishihara, 74 ans, était mieux placé pour produire un film à la gloire des jeunes kamikazes qui tentèrent en vain d'empêcher l'inéluctable défaite du Japon.
Ishihara, romancier à succès avant de faire de la politique, a lancé le projet il y a huit ans.
C'est lui qui a choisi le metteur en scène, Taku Shinjo, 63 ans, originaire d'Okinawa, pour tourner son script avec un budget de 1,8 mds de yens (12,4 M EUR).
"Sans Ishihara, nous n'aurions jamais pu de faire le film et attirer des stars", reconnaît M. Shinjo.
Le film se base sur des interviews de M. Ishihara avec Mme Tome Torihama, surnommée la "mère des kamikazes", qui tenait un restaurant à Chiran, base aérienne du sud du Japon d'où décollèrent 439 kamikazes.
Décédée en 1992, Mme Torihama --interprétée par la grande actrice Keiko Kishi-- était devenue une mère de substitution pour ces jeunes aviateurs, souvent des étudiants, avant leur ultime envol.
Le film est une suite de sketches sur la dernière nuit d'une unité, tirés de faits réels et décrivant des héros fortement stéréotypés: un pilote qui échoue à remplir sa mission, un Coréen qui va mourir pour l'Empereur du Japon en fredonnant une célèbre chanson coréenne.
Taku Shinjo se défend d'avoir fait oeuvre de propagande nationaliste: "Ce n'est pas un film politique. J'ai voulu dépeindre des jeunes gens qui se sacrifièrent pour défendre leur pays. Je n'ai pas voulu biaiser la réalité historique ni glorifier les kamikazes. Ce n'est pas un film d'extrême-droite".
"Les Japonais ne savent rien de ce qui est arrivé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale", déplore-t-il.
Près de 4.000 kamikazes trouvèrent la mort au manche de leur avion lesté de bombes de 250 kilos, souvent abattus par l'ennemi américain avant d'atteindre leurs cibles entre le 25 octobre 1944 et le 15 août 1945.
Le mot kamikaze signifie "vent divin", en référence aux typhons providentiels qui détruisirent les flottes d'envahisseurs mongols au 13e siècle. Mais les pilotes-suicide sont connus au Japon sous le nom de "tokkotai" (de "tokko": unité d'attaque spéciale).
Au lendemain de la guerre, les ex-kamikazes, souvent culpabilisés d'avoir survécu, se sont fait discrets, témoins embarrassants et stigmatisés, tout en continuant de hanter l'imaginaire d'un Japon qui voulait les oublier.
"Pour Ceux Que Nous Aimons" est la dernière superproduction nippone à revisiter des épisodes sanglants de la Guerre du Pacifique (1941-45) en vantant des valeurs patriotiques taboues depuis la défaite.
Soixante ans après, ces films sont représentatifs d'une nouvelle vision du passé de plus en plus en vogue, qui a tendance à réhabiliter ces jeunes pilotes ou marins qui par leur sacrifice ont permis --c'est le message-- après la guerre le réveil du Japon, devenu démocratie pacifiste et géant économique.
Certains historiens parlent de "nationalisme cicatrisant", beaucoup de Japonais ayant perdu confiance dans leur pays pendant la stagnation économique des années 1990 et cherchant à se rassurer dans le patriotisme.
Source : www.aujourdhuilejapon.com
par Joji
publié dans :
Japan
Vu sur le site du Times.
May 17, 2007
Isolated Britain must woo Sarkozy to keep revived constitution at bay
David Charter in Brussels and Charles Bremner in Paris
Britain and Germany are locked in a high-stakes tug-of-love over Nicolas Sarkozy, the new French President, amid clashing visions of Europe’s future.
London is becoming increasingly isolated in the European Union over its efforts to limit the scope of the revived EU constitution.
British ambassadors laid out more fundamental objections to plans for the new treaty than any other EU country present at private talks in Berlin this week, The Times has learnt.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, emphasised that Britain was in a small minority: 22 of the 27 EU nations have agreed to preserve most of the substance of the failed constitution, she said. The burden was on Britain and the others to make their case. Mrs Merkel welcomed Mr Sarkozy to Berlin last night hours after his inauguration, and the pair immediately got down to discussing the new treaty.
Mr Sarkozy, referring to the defeat of the constitution by French and Dutch referendums in 2005, said: “The first emergency is to get the European Union out of its current paralysis. For that it is necessary that Germany, which today holds the EU presidency, and France, which has always been its privileged partner in Europe, see eye to eye on this.”
Mrs Merkel’s dinner with Mr Sarkozy was, therefore, more than a symbolic act in honour of the Franco-German alliance. As current EU president she was sounding out Mr Sarkozy on how far he would support her vision of an EU with new legal powers, a binding Charter of Fundamental Rights, a collective foreign policy and a further curtailing of national vetoes.
The objections of the five EU sceptics – Britain, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Denmark – are complicated in that they have different priorities. And the smaller ones are slowly being won round to the new-look treaty by the canny Mrs Merkel.
Mrs Merkel has advanced so swiftly on the European constitution because of her cultivation of smaller states, building consensus through very thorough and often flattering bilateral talks, a technique she learned from her mentor Helmut Kohl. Mr Kohl had one of the more successful Franco-German partnerships with François Mitterrand but always tried to create a bond of loyalty between small EU members and the German Government.
Merkel aides now clearly believe that Britain has become the main obstacle to achieving a constitutional treaty.
Britain, however, remains hopeful that it can win backing from Mr Sarkozy on some of its main concerns. Gordon Brown, the likely future Prime Minister, will be looking for strong support from the French President during the detailed negotiations – both hoping that any new treaty is slimline enough to allow them to avoid putting it to a referendum.
Britain wants the removal of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, a legal declaration that formed a large part of the constitution and hands extra powers to workers.
Although Mrs Merkel and many other leaders are determined to keep a reference to the charter, Mr Sarkozy is not so keen and could help to make Britain’s case that it must be jettisoned or simply included as a declaration rather than a legal entity.
Britain also objects to a clause from the constitution stating the primacy of EU law over national law, which has been common practice since 1972 but has never been enshrined in a treaty. Again, while many EU states want this to be confirmed, Mr Sarkozy could argue for its removal to help Britain in the push to clinch a deal.
Mr Sarkozy is less likely to come to Britain’s assistance in its attempt to avoid an extension of qualified majority voting to domestic justice and home affairs matters.
A reduction in British voting powers would certainly lead to demands for a referendum, and Downing Street insisted yesterday that there was no question of giving up the national veto.
There were suggestions yesterday that Britain could be offered an opt-out from justice and home affairs policies passed by qualified majority voting, just as it has an opt-out on immigration – or even that the extension of such voting could be contained in a second treaty to follow after the next British general election.
A European Commission source denied that twin treaties were under active consideration but confirmed that legal work was under way in case this became a fall-back option.
Another of Britain’s “red lines” that it will not cross is the creation of a “legal personality” for the EU – which would confer treaty-signing powers on Brussels. Again, this is something backed strongly by Mrs Merkel that Mr Sarkozy could urge is dropped to help to push through a deal.
If a new treaty is agreed by EU leaders as planned in December, Mr Brown may also come under pressure from the example of two countries that are likely to hold referendums: Ireland and Denmark. Both are obliged by domestic law to hold public votes on treaties that affect their constitutions.
Failed treaty
18 countries ratified the 2005 constitution.
2 countries rejected it in referendums: France and the Netherlands.
7 countries did not make a decision either way, five of them, including Britain, postponing planned referendums after the French and Dutch rejection.
May 17, 2007
Isolated Britain must woo Sarkozy to keep revived constitution at bay
David Charter in Brussels and Charles Bremner in Paris
Britain and Germany are locked in a high-stakes tug-of-love over Nicolas Sarkozy, the new French President, amid clashing visions of Europe’s future.
London is becoming increasingly isolated in the European Union over its efforts to limit the scope of the revived EU constitution.
British ambassadors laid out more fundamental objections to plans for the new treaty than any other EU country present at private talks in Berlin this week, The Times has learnt.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, emphasised that Britain was in a small minority: 22 of the 27 EU nations have agreed to preserve most of the substance of the failed constitution, she said. The burden was on Britain and the others to make their case. Mrs Merkel welcomed Mr Sarkozy to Berlin last night hours after his inauguration, and the pair immediately got down to discussing the new treaty.
Mr Sarkozy, referring to the defeat of the constitution by French and Dutch referendums in 2005, said: “The first emergency is to get the European Union out of its current paralysis. For that it is necessary that Germany, which today holds the EU presidency, and France, which has always been its privileged partner in Europe, see eye to eye on this.”
Mrs Merkel’s dinner with Mr Sarkozy was, therefore, more than a symbolic act in honour of the Franco-German alliance. As current EU president she was sounding out Mr Sarkozy on how far he would support her vision of an EU with new legal powers, a binding Charter of Fundamental Rights, a collective foreign policy and a further curtailing of national vetoes.
The objections of the five EU sceptics – Britain, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Denmark – are complicated in that they have different priorities. And the smaller ones are slowly being won round to the new-look treaty by the canny Mrs Merkel.
Mrs Merkel has advanced so swiftly on the European constitution because of her cultivation of smaller states, building consensus through very thorough and often flattering bilateral talks, a technique she learned from her mentor Helmut Kohl. Mr Kohl had one of the more successful Franco-German partnerships with François Mitterrand but always tried to create a bond of loyalty between small EU members and the German Government.
Merkel aides now clearly believe that Britain has become the main obstacle to achieving a constitutional treaty.
Britain, however, remains hopeful that it can win backing from Mr Sarkozy on some of its main concerns. Gordon Brown, the likely future Prime Minister, will be looking for strong support from the French President during the detailed negotiations – both hoping that any new treaty is slimline enough to allow them to avoid putting it to a referendum.
Britain wants the removal of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, a legal declaration that formed a large part of the constitution and hands extra powers to workers.
Although Mrs Merkel and many other leaders are determined to keep a reference to the charter, Mr Sarkozy is not so keen and could help to make Britain’s case that it must be jettisoned or simply included as a declaration rather than a legal entity.
Britain also objects to a clause from the constitution stating the primacy of EU law over national law, which has been common practice since 1972 but has never been enshrined in a treaty. Again, while many EU states want this to be confirmed, Mr Sarkozy could argue for its removal to help Britain in the push to clinch a deal.
Mr Sarkozy is less likely to come to Britain’s assistance in its attempt to avoid an extension of qualified majority voting to domestic justice and home affairs matters.
A reduction in British voting powers would certainly lead to demands for a referendum, and Downing Street insisted yesterday that there was no question of giving up the national veto.
There were suggestions yesterday that Britain could be offered an opt-out from justice and home affairs policies passed by qualified majority voting, just as it has an opt-out on immigration – or even that the extension of such voting could be contained in a second treaty to follow after the next British general election.
A European Commission source denied that twin treaties were under active consideration but confirmed that legal work was under way in case this became a fall-back option.
Another of Britain’s “red lines” that it will not cross is the creation of a “legal personality” for the EU – which would confer treaty-signing powers on Brussels. Again, this is something backed strongly by Mrs Merkel that Mr Sarkozy could urge is dropped to help to push through a deal.
If a new treaty is agreed by EU leaders as planned in December, Mr Brown may also come under pressure from the example of two countries that are likely to hold referendums: Ireland and Denmark. Both are obliged by domestic law to hold public votes on treaties that affect their constitutions.
Failed treaty
18 countries ratified the 2005 constitution.
2 countries rejected it in referendums: France and the Netherlands.
7 countries did not make a decision either way, five of them, including Britain, postponing planned referendums after the French and Dutch rejection.
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Source : www.timesonline.co.uk/
par Joji
publié dans :
France
Aujourd'hui, le nabot a pris officiellement ses fonctions de sauveur autoproclamé de la république. Une nouvelle ère commence et ensemble tout devient enfin passible. Du pain et des vieux, que demande le peuple...Bref, pour me changer les idées fallait trouver quelque chose. D'où mon allégresse (j'aime bien ce mot) en découvrant dans ma boîte aux lettres que mes DVD étaient bien arrivés. Tant pis pour le projet, aujourd'hui c'est couette, pizza et film. Et pis c'est tout.
Toute façon, le billard c'est loin, il pleut et j'ai la flemme. Et pour le squash, j'me suis foulé la cheville contre Ludo, en marchant sur la balle (faut être con quand même), donc je préfère laisser couler encore une petite semaine avant de rejouer, pas prendre de risques. Et pis toutes les raisons sont bonnes pour pas en foutre une, je pourrais en chercher encore deux, trois autres mais ça changera pas grand chose...
Ah si, encore une: ce week end j'ai retiré des sous pour payer mon loyer (oui, parce qu'il faut du liquide). Donc hier j'avais 800£ en cash, aujourd'hui je suis pauvre de nouveau. Voilà, c'était gratos mais ça fait défoule.
Mais bon, LA bonne nouvelle: sur les indications de ma voisine, j'ai ENFIN trouvé une épicerie Asiat' dans Edi. Au croisement de la Nicolson Street et de chais plus quoi - j'ai retenu comment y aller, c'est l'essentiel - juste à côté de l'Apocalypse (charmant), qui est euh... j'en sais rien en fait. En tout cas, l'était vraiment bien caché que j'aurai mis 6 mois à le dénicher. A 35p le sachet, je vais pouvoir en tater de la nouille maintenant.
Bref, rien de génial, Sur ce, je me barre pour finir mon épisode de Heroes. Je viens de comprendre le superpouvoir du Rital (je dis rital et fait j'en sais rien, c'est juste parce qu'il a un nom à la con).
Si tout va bien, demain je reviens pour vous donner l'heure.
par Joji
publié dans :
Scotland
