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This is a picture of a very angry man outside Namba station in the centre of Osaka. Armed with a loud-speaker and deep lungs he proceeded to scream for about 45 minutes outside the main entrance of Namba station. He is a far right-wing (loony?) with a considerable anger towards Chinese in particular and Americans.

First lets examine his attire. The ill-fitting purple jacket, tie, white gloves and ginger(?) hair tint. This picture (unfortunately?) hides his near-waist length pony tail. This man has worse dress sense than I do.

I was waiting for Reiko and listened to him/was in the way of his tirade. I picked out some words (American/Chinese/hate/hate/hate) There was a small crowd watching and listening to him. After a while I realised that they may actually agree with him and with each Amerikajin he screamed out this made me - the only Western bloke there - more and more worried.

There`s the same sort of feeling to the Chinese here as the English have for the Welsh or Germans. Most Japanese are angry that China doesn`t thank them for the billions in aid and loans sent each year. The Chinese and most other Asian countries are upset that the PM visits a Shrine to honour the bodies of Japan`s war dead including around 14 Class A War Criminals as well as authorising right wing school textbooks which gloss over Japan`s war history and territorial disputes over small but strategically placed islands/rocks. It`s an interesting place Asia.