wiki wrote:Traditionally the name was Iōtō. Prior to the 1946 spelling reform, a historical spelling was used resulting in (approximately) Iwōtō (modern Iōtō). An alternative name Iwōjima (modern Iōjima), where jima is alternative reading for tō (島, tō?), also appeared in nautical atlases. This Iwōjima reading became mainstream when the American forces arrived during World War II. Former residents protested this name. The Geographical Survey Institute, under the control of the Japan Coast Guard, debated the issue and formally announced[2] on June 18, 2007, that the official name of the island would be restored to the pre-war name Iōtō.[
Better yet, because the Japanese language is so descriptive, perhaps it could be named "the Island where the people of Yamato put up a futile defense against those who would destroy the evils of our Empire and erect freedom and justice".
If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
Werner wrote:Better yet, because the Japanese language is so descriptive, perhaps it could be named "the Island where the people of Yamato put up a futile defense against those who would destroy the evils of our Empire and erect freedom and justice".
That doesn't even deserve any kind of ellaborated reply....
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Werner wrote:Ought to be named Island H. M. Smith, USMC.
Better yet, because the Japanese language is so descriptive, perhaps it could be named "the Island where the people of Yamato put up a futile defense against those who would destroy the evils of our Empire and erect freedom and justice".
I am certain it will only be a few years after they rename the island that their history books will insist the battle never occurred. This is a people who ought to be enshrining and studying their war loss, not renaming and forgetting it.
Auschwitz? Lovely ski village, eh?
If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
Iwo and it's neighbors are all to be changed into sulphur springs health spas.
How appropriate.
If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
No doubt all the buildings, signs, restaurants, etc. will have a particular mascot so you know you're at the spa represented by "Hello Kitty" or "Pika-Chu".
If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
First of all...there's hardly any comparison between Iwo Jima and Auschwitz. The first one was a battlefield where both sides had losses and Japan was defeated. The second one was a concentration/killing camp.
Second, it was the local population in Iwo Jima that demanded for Iwo Jima to retain the original name Iwoto again.
Third, Iwo Jima was part of Japan home soil until 1945 being under US administration until 1968 when it was handled back to Japan again. It is since then Japanese soil and they can do whatever they want, within the legal limits, to the island...including changing its name. Many countries did or do that...I don't see why Japan shouldn't do it.
Forth, regarding China's attitude. So moral they have that perhaps they should consider changing the name of Tianamenn Square and as far as I can tell Mao and the Communist Party have plenty of shrines dedicated to them...even being the Communisme the political regime that killed more people in all the 20th Century.
"Build few and build fast,
Each one better than the last"
John Fisher
What????
I thought the only things native to Iwo Jima were "Gigan" , "Megalon" and the "Mole People"...
What do they care the name of the Island is... So far, lucky for them Godzilla hasn't found out...
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