Japan's opposition Democratic Party President Ichiro Ozawa has floated the idea of buying South Korea's Jeju Island on the strength of the yen's rise against other currencies, Japan's news outlets reported, quoting a former chief of Japan's largest labor organization.
''Let's buy Jeju Island given the yen's current strength,'' Ozawa told Kiyoshi Sasamori, former president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in February, according to Sasamori.
Sasamori said he was asked by Ozawa in their February meeting how he feels about real estate on Jeju Island being bought by South Korean capital.
Sasamori replied he is very worried about the trend and Ozawa then mentioned the idea of buying South Korea's Jeju Island, according to Sasamori.
To those uninitiated into the world of Korea's English-language journalism, this article is likely as close to the truth as the Steelers ever were to signing Terrell Owens. I like the last part:
The remarks by Ozawa whose party is expected to win the forthcoming Japanese election could spark a diplomatic friction between South Korea and Japan, analysts say.
lol.
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Here is a little insight into the comments. Apparently he really did say something along those lines.
I am quite vocal in my criticism of much of the Korean news media, but that doesn't mean that everything they say is off the mark.
Now whether this is a big deal or not is another story, but the mere reporting of it is not necessarily the same thing as complaining about it or making a big deal.
My point is that you can't exactly know what's true just by reading the articles. I mean, Obama didn't exactly "laud" Korean education, but you wouldn't have known that from the KT article.
Well, the English translation in that article is not correct. He was asked about what he thought about South Koreans buying real estate and property on Tsushima, something that worries some Japanese, and has been in the news quite a bit, but of course there is nothing anyone can do about that. So I'd say Ozawa made a joke - and the Korean press didn't get it.
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/08/koreans-invade-tsushima-island/
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ozawa-floats-idea-of-buying-jeju-island-from-south-korea
Let the Japs have it. They'll end up installing garbage cans and sweeping hygiene into the streets.
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