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[Albion] The greatest Brighton-Japanese interaction of all time?



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Han Solo

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Looking at Brighton-Japanese relations through British and Swedish newspaper archives, not a lot has been going on.

These appears to be the two most important interactions between these worlds:

1. TODAY in 1982 there was a whale catching committe (IWO) meeting in Brighton where Japan said they were going to do everything they could to keep fishing whales. People were protesting outside hotel Metropole. In the end some sort of agreement was reached to stop fishing wales at the end of the 1985/86 season.
2. Two years earlier, in 1980, it seems there was another discussion on the same subject. Japan, Russia, Korea, Chile and Canada all said no to the worldwide ban the UK, US and a few other nation wanted.

And thats it.

If you're as disinterested in whales as I am, this means today - unless someone can find something more powerful - will be a historical day for everyone in Japan and/or Brighton.
 








Herr Tubthumper

Herr Tubthumper

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The Fatherland


Psychobilly freakout

Psychobilly freakout

HellBilly
Feb 23, 2009
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Brighton factually.....
ConfusedGloryHunter said:
Rugby
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Is the correct answer, I was lucky enough to be down in that corner when they went over the line....
Absolutely loved it, I went nuts, it was a personal victory for me, sticking it to all those horrible South African site managers I have come across over the years....

Take that.
 




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Han Solo

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Psychobilly freakout said:
Is the correct answer, I was lucky enough to be down in that corner when they went over the line....
Absolutely loved it, I went nuts, it was a personal victory for me, sticking it to all those horrible South African site managers I have come across over the years....

Take that.
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I assume the game was played in Brighton?

Well, could be it then. Though suspect both sperm whales and Mitoma would disagree.
 










MattBackHome

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Jul 7, 2003
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James Drummond (who was a Commissar-General after Waterloo) lived in Brighton in the mid-1800s where he was said to have the most extensive library of books about Japan in existence. He'd lived there for 6 or 7 years when he was younger.

Proper Shogun vibes, IMO.
 






hans kraay fan club

hans kraay fan club

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Han Solo said:
I assume the game was played in Brighton?
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Famously, yes.

There were big groups of Japanese tourists taking the Amex stadium tour, long before Kaoru Mitoma arrived - just to visit the spot where this happened.
 


SweatyMexican

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Mar 31, 2013
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hans kraay fan club said:
Famously, yes.

There were big groups of Japanese tourists taking the Amex stadium tour, long before Kaoru Mitoma arrived - just to visit the spot where this happened.
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Tony planned out the prior Rugby win to perfection. He really is playing a level above the rest of us.
 


Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
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hans kraay fan club said:
Famously, yes.

There were big groups of Japanese tourists taking the Amex stadium tour, long before Kaoru Mitoma arrived - just to visit the spot where this happened.
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Two items on their agenda for Sussex.
The above tour of the Amex, and the other crowding the 12/12X buses to visit the Cuckmere Valley/Seven Sisters and Beachy Head.
 






Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Psychobilly freakout said:
Is the correct answer, I was lucky enough to be down in that corner when they went over the line....
Absolutely loved it, I went nuts, it was a personal victory for me, sticking it to all those horrible South African site managers I have come across over the years....

Take that.
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Same. What a wonderful sense of euphoria when Japan nicked that win right at the death. And the total makeover of the Amex was like entering a parallel universe. I swear I was the only person in the capacity crowd wearing the stripes. Still got a copy of the Argus from that glorious day 😊

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nwgull

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Han Solo said:
I assume the game was played in Brighton?

Well, could be it then. Though suspect both sperm whales and Mitoma would disagree.
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Yes, there was a even a feature-length film made about it in 2019. The title left no room for ambiguity abuot the venue; it was called 'The Brighton Miracle'.

I believe they are yet to make a film or Netflix series about a couple of whaling conferences in the early 80s.
 




ConfusedGloryHunter

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nwgull said:
Yes, there was a even a feature-length film made about it in 2019. The title left no room for ambiguity abuot the venue; it was called 'The Brighton Miracle'.

I believe they are yet to make a film or Netflix series about a couple of whaling conferences in the early 80s.
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Relax the OP was clearly fishing...
 


Psychobilly freakout

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HellBilly
Feb 23, 2009
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Brighton factually.....
nwgull said:
I believe they are yet to make a film or Netflix series about a couple of whaling conferences in the early 80s.
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The only close reference I can see regarding Brighton in the 80s and whaling was this....
The moment he threw away the election. :lolol:

 


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