Retech

Well it seems you're controlling some of the protestors, so I controlled a small portion of government response.

Japan accepts Australia's hand of friendship, and encourages a peaceful dialogue. It sends Australia a bonsai garden which resembles a cowbow, with the inscrition "Real Cowbows are only found in Australia." Japan also offers a team of scientists and 10 billion dollars. Meanwhile, Thai officials allow the protest/convention thing to continue, as it isn't blocking major roads, which is illegal. They even stop by with a small force of armed police to protect them from pro-Japanese supporters.

Japan requests to the UN that all radio stations in the areas are banned from having the show, so that all the transmissions are weak signals. Otherwise the signal is unjammed.

Hey, remember that I don't deal in gold? All gold is free for purchase by everyone (even if I embargo them) at market prices, or you could offer another deal if you'd like. All proceeds go to South African development. Besides, is anyone else willing to invest billions of their surplus to helping South Africa? In other news, the "Japanese" economy has grown a remarkable 20% in the past year, to 9 trillion GDP. This was not true GDP growth however, as the Philippines and Yemen joined the republic. The rest of the growth was mainly as a result of the algae boom, resulting in massive decrease in unemployment in Yemen to 10%. Stock markets rallied and foreign investments poured in as Honda-Toyota was granted total monopoly in Japan, the Slavic Republic, and Germany-France. However, many investors worry that much of the growth was driven by government spending. It is expected that the Japanese economy shall shrink next year, unless real GDP growth increases dramatically to fill the hole left by the government. Indonesian infrastructure has been taken out of the government budget, to be funded by taxes on algae. Japan begins several new projects today, one of which is somewhat of a continuation of an old project: Project Coccoon (Squeaky Clean): 10 Billion <Ongoing Project Monarch Butterfly: 50 Billion <Ongoing Government intervention in the Yen: 10 Billion <This year Project Pupa: 10 Billion <Ongoing Government infrastructure project in Yemen: 10 Billion Project

No problem, to each their own. :) Japan sends Brazil a bonsai-garden that looks mysteriously like a soccer ball. The bonsai-garden is left on a ship floating off the coast of Brazil, so they can decide if they bring it in or not. On closer inspection, the inside is definitely hollow and can't contain an explosive (if that's what you were thinking). Japan sends India a bonsai-garden that looks mysteriously like a cow, in an effort to mend relations. It is left on an unarmed ship floating off the coast of India. The inside is definitely hollow, and cannot contain an explosive. Japan says sorry about the Radio Free Asia incident and asks if there is some sort of compromise they can work out.

But I was going to send a cross that represents...well the alpine cross of Switzerland. :( Japan leaves a bonsai-garden shaped like the Swiss cross and leaves it in Brittany, so that Switzerland can see it and can take it in if they want. Japan is careful not to step onto Swiss property, so that they don't get arrested for sedition.

Japan begins shipping the United States a giant bonsai-garden which has been made to look like two football players crashing into each other. The garden is formed of rocks with moss, and a truly tranquil tree which represents peace, even though the depiction of the football players is pretty violent. The gesture is to help usher in more cooperative relations, and many other nations are expected to receive gifts as well.

Japan puts a massive 1% of GDP into space exploration. The goal is to have a colony on Mars, though the time is unspecified (I don't really know how long everyone wants to be purely on Earth and not on the nearby Solar System, which is why I am not stating a time completion date). Meanwhile, construction has almost concluded on phase one of defences. What everyone can see if they sail a boat past is a low lying bump that extends across Indonesia, beginnings in Thailand, and down the Japanese coast. You can also visibly see a bump ontop of that bump, which seems to be capable of raising upwards. There seems to be some barbed wire around it, and you can tell that it would be able to put up very fierce resistance against an amphibious assualt, and will be able to take down several ships in the event of an attack. Construction has begun on phase two, especially concentrated in the areas near one of the passages through the islands. ----------------------- Japan has concluded its ground offensive and temporarily has driven off the rebels, losing 2,500 soldiers, with thousands of rebels confirmed dead. Many more are expected to be killed as a result of the naval bombardment. A new coalition government has been formed, formed of some of the old government, Japanese officials, and some rebels who joined the Yemenese side. This coalition government is temporary, and will be replaced by a permanent government soon. The Yemenese government has been reformed and a permanent head of state has been chosen. Former Minister of Agriculture, Sei Shonagan has been chosen as Prime Minister of Yemen. With a little (or a lot) of tugging from Japan, Yemen has joined as the fifth republic in the Japanese-Pacific Constitutional Republics. Stock markets rallied in Yemen, soaring 15% at the news. Meanwhile, with the addictive drug Khat being destroyed, the water crisis is over and Yemen can begin planting food crops again. Meanwhile, algae farms are being set up on the coast to bring millions of jobs to Yemen, reducing their unemployment dramatically. In South Africa, Japanese funds have been used to build temporary tent cities, which were often much better than the slums which they came from. They received access to clean water and adequate food rations. Safety was also high, with joint Japanese-South African police patrols working wonders. It is expected that these tent cities will be replaced by real homes within the next year. Meanwhile, algae farming has been introduced to give the poor a place to work. Algae refining, a much more valuable and complicated endeavor, is only done in Japanese-Pacific Constitutional Republics countries, which gives an incentive to join, for it provides high-paying jobs. In Indonesia, a new train network has been constructed with the money, with underground tunnels between islands. This train network goes into Japan and close to Russia, where negotiations are ongoing to connect the railroad. In Singapore, new docks are being constructed to accomadate greater trade capabilities. In Japan, consolidation of the islands received from Russia is moving smoothly. Many Japanese citizens who were forced out of their homes in world war 2 are returning, with the government working on infrastructure there as well. Plans are to construct several more destroyers and another battleship, as well as increase the anti-aircraft ability of the SAM artillery in the defences, hoping to shoot down more than half any given number of planes flying over at one time.

I don't think I control Taiwan, unless someone gave it to me. :unsure:

You're still controlling them as if it were you. So for example: Ninjas recently attacked RFA stations across the world today, destroying them all. Japan apoligizes for such atrocities, and sends out more ninjas to catch those ninjas. Anti-Japan is anti-stability in many of the places that it is broadcasting it in, since essentially the government is Japan.

Ok, there's Sere. Here's basically the argument. Japan jams the radio signal for Radio Free Asia in Thailand and all its countries, citing the government thinks it will cause unrest. Radio Free Asia sues Japan and asks UN to do something. Japan: -Meddling into internal affairs is wrong -No right to promote instability -Free media not guarenteed in UN -Human Decleration is non-binding -India is using a proxy, much like Germany used the Nazis India/RFA: -Educates, not using propaganda -Jamming is Against UN Declaration of Human Rights (Free speech part) Question is what the UN does ---------

The Japanese soldiers were there to keep the press out, which do not have permits to enter the area. It wasn't to stop the RFA protestors. Anyways, Japan ignores the protestors because they are people that appear to be private but are under control of the Indian government. Japan notes the Nazis which burned down CERN, and also proceeds to ignore them because it is a non-government organization. (Translation, I am ignoring your protestors because it begins the proxies again.) ---- I have not Rocco. I never said all the Thai people supported it. -------- EDIT: The human rights declaration thing is non-binding, and the binding form does not include freedom of press. Yay! So the UN would not be allowed to intervene. :thumbsup:

It never joined me. The process will take 30 days, which I think is plenty of time. Besides, Thailand is in a compromising (arguably) situation at the moment, and Japan is the only country that it could turn to. And I just stated that as long as the countries agree, then they don't care that you're citing the UN, as they see the RFA as meddling in their internal affairs, which is an even larger violation of the UN regulations. ------ Japanese soldiers limit press coverage of the event and it goes mostly unnoticed by everyone except the local people.

Indonesia, check. (Already part of Japan) Singapore, check. (Part of Japan, basically) Thailand, check. (We're protecting them. You can't protect them, you would be attacked by China if you came, so I'm the only one) So those nations ask for it to be turned off. (You could argue about Thailand, but the others are auto-done)

Japan replies that all nations affected by this propaganda wish that the propaganda be turned off, in the efforts of national stability and poverty relief, especially in the case of Thailand, which was very unstable in the past 10 years. Japan notes that many countries practice radio jamming at the present time, and are not subject to sanctions, so they refuse to stop. Of course, such jamming does not affect countries that do not want to be affected.

Errr, I thought orbital weapons were banned?

Japan points out that Indonesia is part of Japan, and as such plays a part in contributing for national defence. Malaysia is not part of India, and therefore has no responsibility to India. Japan also points out that it is actually playing an active role in South-East Asia, and has helped over fifty million people escape poverty. India has not done such a thing, since Malaysia doesn't even have 50 million people.

Japan tells the UN that it has contributed to UN operations in the past, and says that if the UN decides to take action against Japan, Japan will not take a major role in international affairs, which means that it won't pay attention to the UN nearly as much as it has. Japan counters that India is simply spreading anti-Japanese propaganda, where Japan is improving the lives of people in Southeast Asia and around the world, as evidenced by its aid in Yemen. (Japan basically will wipe out 40% unemployment) Infrastructure has been built in Indonesia, and billions have been invested in schooling, eventually leading to a new generation of smarter people.

I just realized that what you're referring to is freedom of press. Huzzah! There's always a subclause in the constitution stating "unless it affects the integrity of the empire of Japan." Japan counters that Radio Free Asia is directly sponsered by the Indian Government and is seeking to interfere in the affairs of other nations unwantantly. Japan asks Radio Free Asia to sue in a Japanese court. ------ On a totally unrelated note, Japan and friends increased naval production to twice that of India's, which should be sustainable due to the fact that Japan and friends have a GDP which is 2.5 times that of India. It also continues the construction of the land based naval and air defences, which add the firepower of several large battleships without their weaknesses. The subs from Germany have arrived.

Indonesia had 316,000 troops. It's called mobilising? ------------------ You can jam the receivers of that stations with even more powerful transmissions at the same frequency. That's what the Soviet Union did. Since my stations are closer than yours, they would naturally need less of a signal. Japan notes that many countries do that around the world, and that free speech is not an internationally guarenteed right. RFA would have to sue in a Japanese court, which does guarentee freedom of speech.

That reminds me (why haven't I thought of this before), Japan uses antennae based in its territory to jam Radio Free Asia in the nearby area, except for Malaysia (since that is already decided). The decision was decided between the Japanese-Pacific Constitutional Republic and the King of Thailand, as a precondition to Japanese aid and protection. ------ Japan has 800,000 troops now (I trained another 650,000), Indonesia has a million, and the rest add up to about 200,000.

Hooray! The great civil war (well, more of regional militant conflict) is finally over. Just to be clear, two million regular troops and quadruple the navy, at the very least. (In this case, Indonesia+South Korea+Singapore+Japan+Thailand, since Thailand is the one being invaded). ----------------- Japanese soldiers have easily swept through the northern part of the country, but are encountering difficulties in the south. There, Al-Qaeda militants are fiercly resisting, the Japanese high command telling Japanese troops to hang back for naval support. A Japanese battleship begins firing on the positions. So far 57 Japanese soldiers are confirmed dead, 49 from a single squad which was ambushed in the beginning.

I swear if you blow up Mount Fuji... :eek: ---------------------------- Japanese State owned Yara Algae Incorporated has recently moved some operations to Thailand. All algae is shipped to Japan as by regulations, then converted into oil before being exported to the wider market. Meanwhile, Thailand joins the JFTA because more than half of exports are to JFTA nations, especially Japan and Singapore. ----------------------------- I have about 2 million soldiers and quadruple the navy. I think I would win, since it would be a naval fight. Besides, China would just attack you because you're not supposed to have Indian troops in the area.

Okay, say you're the tough guy at school and you promise to defend this group of wimps if they give you a dollar a day. Now another tough guy comes into school and says that you have to get the hell out, because he doesn't like you there. Then you run away. Do you think the wimps will think that you're any good? Noooooo Besides, the king of Thailand is smart, he knows that India can't protect him and they can't protect themselves, so where do they turn? Do you actually want that to happen? There can be a revolt if you want. --------- Icu, you better not be blowing anything up!

The intervention of Yemen has begun, with the support of 50,000 Japanese soldiers and 25,000 civilian contractors begin unloaded in Yemen over a several day period. The military is to sweep to the north and South to root out militant groups from the area, while the civilian contractors begin unloading their algae planting supplies, for the Yemenese people. Oil companies have been told to take a hike, as Yemen has little oil. The proceeds from the algae will primarily go to the government and its people, with it being imported to Japan, for reimportation. So far the capital region (which isn't really plagued with civil war) has been secured with no casualties. The sweep up north is expected to cost more lives. This intervention has been authorized by the UN, so it is not breaching international law. --------- You better just be looking Icu. <_<