Japan – Tokyo Governor Apologizes For Saying Quake Divine Retribution Over Japanese Egoism

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    Shintaro IshiharaJapan – Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara apologized Tuesday for his remark that the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck eastern and northeastern Japan represented ”divine punishment” of the Japanese people who have been tainted with egoism.

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    ”I will take back (the remark) and offer a deep apology,” Ishihara told a news conference, adding he should have thought about the feelings of victims.

    Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai showed displeasure with Ishihara, who will seek his fourth term in the upcoming election, telling reporters that he hopes the Tokyo governor will pay consideration to disaster victims.

    On Monday, Ishihara told reporters, ”Japanese politics is tainted with egoism and populism. We need to use tsunami to wipe out egoism, which has rusted onto the mentality of Japanese over a long period of time.”

    ”I think (the disaster) is tembatsu (divine punishment), although I feel sorry for disaster victims,” he said.


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    oiber-chacham
    oiber-chacham
    13 years ago

    well us frum jews know exactly why this happened,where ever i go i hear this one reason,this is HASHEM’S punishment for the antisemitic incarceration of the three yeshiva bachorim,and these nut cases really believe their own stupidity.
    and we are supposed to be the AM NAVON VCHACHAM, ?
    CHAIM

    13 years ago

    Maybe divine punishment for keeping our boys who were duped into trafficing drugs……..

    13 years ago

    Wow! I’m impressed. With the Tokyo Gov, that is. He actually searched his heart for the possible reason of G-d’s wrath and advocated Teshuvah for the Japanese people. And wham! he gets clobbered for it. Don’t worry, Gov. You were on the right track. It’s hard to be right these days. Nobody wants to hear it. The people who think we’re descendants of the monkey and that their ancestors lived in a dinosaur age also think they’re running the world. But Hashem as His ways to set them straight. Congrats on being one to recognize the Hand of G-d and of looking to ways of appeasing Him.

    my4amos
    my4amos
    13 years ago

    This Japanese man is frum and being attacked for it by Japanese moderns. People are basically the same everywhere 🙂

    12345
    12345
    13 years ago

    are frum people that crazy to think there G-d would do this because imprisoning 3 drug traffickers is antisemetic? thats insane you should keep your ridiculous notions to yourself and not share them with the world.

    13 years ago

    This sounds almost as sane, and almost a ahava filled as a certain rabbi darshoning over keverim of wonderful young IDF soldiers that they died in Lebanon because of their terrible aveirot . . . Invective, inflammatory, gaaivadicke, and pointless. Moshiach!

    lawrenceyid
    lawrenceyid
    13 years ago

    What is not very well known by most people, is that that the Japanese during WWII killed possibly up to 30 MILLION people!!! We always think of WWII in terms of our own suffering, but millions of innocent chinese, and others as well were killed and tortured simply because of Japanese greed and Imperialism. Hashem never forgets !!!!

    chaimbrooklyn
    chaimbrooklyn
    13 years ago

    look who is talking… you can feel already the radiation in Tokyo. Mr president don’t be a wise guy next time…

    13 years ago

    He sounds like he is Jewish for making a remark that certain rabbis love to pronounce.

    poyt63
    poyt63
    13 years ago

    The question is what we can learn from this?

    Truth
    Truth
    13 years ago

    The Tokyo Gov. is on the mark. Did you ever wonder why the Japanese are always snapping pictures? All tourists snap the buildings and so on, but the Japs take pictures of people esp. frum Jews. They think everyone but them aren’t human, esp. Jews, so they think they are in a zoo.

    josebar
    josebar
    13 years ago

    The parents of the 3 bochrim allowing these kids to go to Japan must be krum and guilty for their childrens sin of chillul Hashem. Total blame on the krume frum parents .The guy behind it should get 20 yrs not 3 and all his assets should pay all the chovos not me and you. Japan should not inforce their rules ???? Why not tell me!!!

    yoel70
    yoel70
    13 years ago

    What always get me – again and again – is not that the Governor of Tokyo says what he says (and probably believes), but that we – who believe that we are closer to the Almighty – still think that we are capable of analyzing what He does. It should be ultimately clear that His heshbonot are far beyond our poor power to comprehend. We should merely accept His decisions humbly – that’s called Tzidduk Ha-Din