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There are people who appear as if God chose them. These are people who look to be sent by God for missions. These people come into this world suddenly as a thunder runs high in the sky. They disappear as soon as they complete their mission. It looks as if their God called them back. History tends to find these people in difficult changing periods.

Shinsaku Takasugi is his name. It was the middle of 19th century, Japan was in the period of change from Samurai Government to modern democracy. Shinsaku was born in feudal domain of Choshu (Yamaguchi Prefecture, now) in 1839. His parent was from ordinary Samurai class family. His parent and teachers gave him an opportunity to study Japanese sward art and politics. He studied in Edo (Tokyo, now) and North East region of Japan. He visited China also in 1862, whereas he observed colonialism in China.

He became an ardent patriot, thinking how to save Japan from being a colony of advanced countries of American and Europe. Shogun Government opened Japan as requested by USA, United Kingdom, France, and Holland. Under Shogun Government, Japan concluded treaties with these countries under unequal terms and conditions. Shinsaku's feudal domain of Choshu was anti-Shogun Government. They fought against England and utterly destroyed. When Shogun Government attacked Choshu domain, Choshu did not have enough armies to fight against Shogun force.

Shinsaku formed a squadron to save his homeland, Choshu domain. In forming his squadron, he hired not only lower class Samurai people, but also young generation of farmers, merchants, and craftsmen, who are ambitious to fight for their homeland. This was Japanese first army consisted of both Samurai and non-Samurai people. They called it "Kihei-Tai".

Even in the end of Edo era, Japan was a class society. Samurai was still sitting on the top of the society. Farmers, craftsmen, and merchants needed to knee down and give their ways to Samurai when a Samurai came their way.

It is intriguing that one of Samurai, Shinsaku Takasugi, opened the door of equality for other class people than Samurai. Kihei-Tai was not private army. It was part of formal army of Choshu domain. Formation of Kihei-Tai, equal opportunity army, was not just Shinsaku's experiment. Choshu clan must have had an unusually flexible concept about social classes. It must have been the most updated idea and practice.

Kihei-Tai was not just a disorderly crowd. Shinsaku trained them in the way Samurai army trained their warriors. Fighting against Shogun army, they played a crucial role for Shogun decision makers to determine their army is not enough to fight effectively against the emerging power of the new government.

Legends show that Shinsaku did not wear armor in battles. He wore regular clothes in battlefields. He wore short hair to show that his life is dedicated for modern Japan. Right before the revolution is over in 1867, he died from tuberculosis in the same year. It was almost like his God called him back at his mission completed.

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How to Speak Japanese Fast

If you want to know how to speak Japanese fast then read on.

I'm going to show the exact trick I have used to become fluent in Japanese. Using the below method you will be able to pick up Japanese in a third of the time it usually takes. So, let's get started.

First let's examine the issues with the conventional method of learning Japanese.

The problem with conventional methods of Japanese learning are that they are slow. Learning Japanese can be hard at first because the language uses a completely different structure to that of English. That said, most courses usually teach you loads and loads of grammar. They figure that learning lots of grammar will make you understand the language more easily.

The problem with this approach is, there is too much emphasis on something you can't use. There is no point learning truckloads of Japanese grammar if you don't know enough words to use it.

The solution is to forget about grammar at first. Grammar can be picked up easily through normal communication. To be able to communicate well you need some vocabulary. This is where my method comes in.

Learning Japanese words quickly requires a simple three step process. Here it is:

1. Pick a Japanese word you want to learn

2. Link it to something you know in English

3. Think about the linked word for 10 seconds

Simple as that!

Using this method you can learn hundreds of Japanese words in a day that you'll never forget. Think of how important this could be for communication and at exam time.

Let's do an example together:

1. We want to memorize the word for "buy". The Japanese word for buy is "kau" (pronounced "cow").

2. Link it: "kau" sounds like "cow". Imagine a cow buying groceries in a supermarket

3. Close your eyes and think about this link for 10 seconds: Imagine a cow buying groceries in a supermarket

That's it! 10 seconds and now you'll never forget the Japanese word for buy is kau.

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Whatever happen to Midori Ito (late 1980s and early 1990's Japanese Figure Skater)?

The reason why I'm asking this is because Shizuka Arakawa a current Olympic Champion (also Japanese as well), also won Worlds (2004), 3rd Japanese Lady to do so, 2nd one was Yuka Sato, and the 1st one was Midori Ito. Just turned professional this past May. Midori could have won 1992 Olympics, but she didn't fair well with it, she won the silver medal beyond Kristi Yamaguchi (Japanese American) whom won the even and Nancy Kerrigan got the bronze at those games. Well, Midori lit the Olympic Caldon, spl at 1998 Nagano Games in Japan and Shizuka represted Japan, but didn't fair well, she ended up in 13th place.
Did Midori do any commenting at this past Olympics when Shizuka won the 1st gold medal in Figure Skating for Japan in any of the events? If not what did Midori instead of it?

Pretty sure she got pregnant and now heads the yakuza in Kyoto.

Ex-NKorean spy who blew up jetliner visits Japan
A former North Korean spy who blew up a South Korean jetliner more than 20 years ago arrived in Japan on Tuesday to meet the families of Japanese kidnapped by the reclusive regime to train its agents, including one she says coached her on Japanese culture.

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