Japan and South Korea, long at odds over their wartime history, should be linked by a railway tunnel under the sea symbolising peaceful ties, a group of Japanese lawmakers was reported as saying on Friday.
The cross-party group of parliamentarians is proposing a 128 km tunnel that would be part of a rail link between Karatsu on Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu and Pusan in South Korea via two Japanese islands, Kyodo news agency said.
The tunnel — which would be more than twice as long as the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France — could one day allow passengers to travel by rail from Tokyo to London, Kyodo quoted lawmakers as saying.
“This is a dream-inspiring project,” Kyodo quoted former defence chief Seishiro Eto as telling reporters after a meeting with other interested lawmakers from various parties. “We’d like to promote it as a symbol of peace-building.”
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3794
Anonymous
>Japan and South Korea >Tokyo to London,
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As a Republican, I am against this peace. Sage.
Anónimo
>>695388 Stupid fuck. The korean rail networks link to china who link to russia who link to EUROPE.
It sounds like a good idea though. I would love to see how the rightwingers in both countries are reacting to this.
Anonymous
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>>695388 Through North Korea, to Russia, and west to Europe.
Anonymous
what the hell.. sure theres not alot of seismic activity in that area
Anonymous
>>695401 I wasn't aware there was a single railway connecting one end of asia to the other end of europe.
Anonymous
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Going by ferry is probably cheaper, but I guess making this a symbol of peace would be nice.
Anonymous
This shit will never work.
Anonymous
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FUCK YEAH BRING BACK THE 5TH CENTURY TWIN ALLIANCE
Anonymous
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>>695416 I LOL'D
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ARE HILARIOUS
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE LULZ
Anonymous
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inb4 nationalist right-wingers self-implode in anger and fury.
Anonymous
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"Let's build a walking path into Japan so China can walk here instead of building a navy!"
Anonymous
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>>695429 You've got to remember: neither one of these countries knows how to fucking give up
Anonymous
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If I were a Korean, I would view this as an attempt by Japan to try and conquer us again. lol, no fucking way this is going to happen.
FAGGATRON_3000 !U0FKfqmRjs
>>695401 And just how are you going to get through North Korea?
Anonymous
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>>695375 nice idea but it will be just fantasy until we invent new technology against massive earthwuakes in those areas. Even tunel to Hokkaido is dangerous and leaks like hell.
FAGGATRON_3000 !U0FKfqmRjs
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>>696101 Unlikely, North Korea does whatever it can to seal itself from the outside world. Letting outside people and ideas in would be extremely risky to Kim Jong Il.
Anonymous
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If this tunnel is completed, Japan's peace will deteriorate mortally.
Anonymous
Bitches don't know about my national security and illegal immigrants.
Anonymous
WHY DON'T THEY MAKE IT IN A STRAIGHT LINE
Anonymous
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suddenly a challenger appears
Anonymous
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>>696101 you know... that sounds like it might actually work, if the 'sunshine' involved was large amounts of LSD and members from the political parties on both sides partook, did yoga, and listened to ambient music inside a locked room for a few days.
but uh... any other sunshine will most likely be the perceived 'new' sun being born when the nukes go off, amirite?
Anonymous
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>>696541 so it won't offend the homosexuals
Anonymous
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>>695419 Trans-Siberian Railway, motherfucker. Have you heard of it?
It's rather hilarious seeing the reaction to something as innocuous as a fucking rail tunnel dissolving into ill-conceived hoots of HATE! DEATH! DEATH AND HATE! RAAAARGH!
I'm sure many said the same things about the Chunnel, and that's turned out alright. From my home in Bow I can get a tube train to St Pancras and be in Paris inside 3 hours from when I shut the front door. It's gob-smackingly convenient, and I struggle to think of any conceivable downside to it.
Anonymous
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>>696527 oh lawl u mean that illegal immigrants from taiwan can floot china then?
Anonymous
OH LAWD
Anonymous
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>>128 km tunnelWow, its only 128 KM from Korea mainland to Japan mainland?
Its about 450+ KM for me to drive from my city, to my friends city.... in the same province.
Should be a nice brisk under-water ride though. =)
(Takes about 3 hours for me to drive 400KM)
Anonymous
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>>696926 PERHAPS THE SAME COULD BE ASKED OF ALL TUNNELS.
They close down one of many lanes and just stick whatever's left on the back of a truck and haul it out genious.
Anonymous
>>696926 LOL it's a railway tunnel
Anonymous
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They'd need to make it out of rubber or something so the whole thing doesn't collapse in one of the many earthquakes around there. I'd be terrified of going through it.
Anonymous
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>>697048 And trains never crash, ever, so this person is clearly being irrational.
Anonymous
Anonymous
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kekekekekekekeke
Anonymous
japan and south korea is american asia.
Anonymous
>>697097 What about China?
Anonymous
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>could one day allow passengers to travel by rail from Tokyo to London
Anonymous
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>>697122 lol China is MUCH poorer that either Japan or SK on a per capita basis.
Anonymous
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Why not? That sounds like an exellent idea.
Anonymous
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Probably, many many...Sentry Guns will be needed for the Japan side tunnel entrance.
