On: Apple loses patent claim against Samsung in Tokyo court

[epo]

Really? Is this because the same things were being tried in both courts? Or because the Japanese are racist? Or perhaps because the Japanese don't particularly like (or benefit from the success of) Apple?

If anything, your comment is nonsense.

[option_greek → epo]

The GP comment makes sense. There is a long standing resentment between Korea and Japan stemming from WWII excesses of Japanese army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule)

[mcpie → option_greek]

Not to mention they're competitors in most areas of trade... especially IT.

[metaleks → epo]

No, his comment really isn't nonsense. Japan and South Korea have an incredibly poor relationship.

[snogglethorpe → metaleks]

> Japan and South Korea have an incredibly poor relationship

That's a overly simplistic. The relationship between Japan and Korea is very complicated. They have a long history together, and a lot of culture in common.

There are certain issues over which there is conflict, and certain classes of people within each country that beat the nationalist drums harder than average, but there's also a lot of mutual admiration, especially among the young. The antagonism won't die down anytime soon, but I'd say the trend is definitely downwards.