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‘Send Princess Kako As A Comfort Woman’ Says Korean Article
May 21st, 2015 @ 03:54 am › Beth
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A small Korean “online newspaper” known as the Daily Journal went viral in Japan this week after an article berating Japan for a variety of issues from the Comfort Women to whaling. The article further claimed that earthquakes were a form of divine punishment. While this was not well-received, let’s not forget that good old Ishihara Shintaro, former mayor of Tokyo, was the first to suggest that the gods were not on Japan’s side.
But what really provoked netizens was the suggestion that Japan should send Princess Kako, who is now a twenty-year old university student, as a Comfort Woman. Cue unabashed Korea bashing.
But as one thoughtful Yahoo! commenter points out, netizens need to be careful not to conflate the opinion of one man on a small website in search of Internet traffic with the opinions of an entire nation…
From JCAST.com:
Princess Kako “Has To Become A Comfort Woman”: Korean Online Newspaper Makes Another Preposterous Remark
A Korean online newspaper has caused a stir after posting unthinkable remarks about Japan in a column. The writer of this column is a man who faced severe criticism even back in 2012, when he claimed that “Following this earthquake, Japan will face further divine punishment”, and in this new column he claims that Princess Kako, the second daughter of Prince Akishino, “should be sent to be a comfort woman”.
It is difficult to understand the reasoning behind the author’s claims, even after reading the article, and on the whole it is illogical, but it seems there are those who see the article as having “overstepped the line” as regards criticisms toward Japan.
Author’s Opinion Is That “Japan’s Extinction Will Be Divine Punishment”
The column was uploaded to the online newspaper “Daily Journal” on May 15, under the name of editor Cheon Chae-hak, with the title “As Dolphin Prophecy Shows, There Will Be No Tokyo Olympics In Japan In 2020”. According to the about section on the company’s website, the “Daily Journal” was founded in 2012, and is based in Seoul and in Kwangyang, in the south-west of South Cheolla.
According to the column, the writer is of the opinion that “Japan’s extinction will be divine punishment”. He points to the mass stranding and consequent deaths of dolphins and whales prior to the Tohoku Earthquake and the New Zealand Earthquake, and compares this with the mass stranding of 160 dolphins that happened off the coast of Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 10, 2015, claiming that “The dolphins foretell of a massive earthquake heading for Japan”.
Does The Author Mean To Link The Whaling Problem To The Issue Over The Comfort Women?
Immediately after mentioning the dolphins, the argument switches to the so-called issue of forced military prostitution, with the author claiming that Japanese people acknowledge the former Comfort Women as “prostitutes, and women who experienced the war”. Therefore, he says “The divine punishment will be applicable to the whole of Japan”. What’s more, he advocates this. It’s not really clear what the author’s intention is here, but it appears that he means to link the whaling problem to the issue over the Comfort Women.
Immediately following this statement, for some reason he then makes reference to Princess Kako. Here too, it is difficult to understand the gist of his argument; there is virtually no logic as to why he says “they should send her [Princess Kako] as a Comfort Woman”.
Given the opportunity, there’s nothing for it but to send Princess Kako of the Japanese Imperial Household as a Comfort Woman”.
In the final part of the column, the author says “We need an earthquake of magnitude 10 to sink the Japanese archipelago”, and wishes for the annihilation of Japan, and makes his own personal prediction that in 2020, when the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held, “Japan will have already disappeared from the face of the earth”.
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‘Send Princess Kako As A Comfort Woman’ Says Korean Article
May 21st, 2015 @ 03:54 am › Beth
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A small Korean “online newspaper” known as the Daily Journal went viral in Japan this week after an article berating Japan for a variety of issues from the Comfort Women to whaling. The article further claimed that earthquakes were a form of divine punishment. While this was not well-received, let’s not forget that good old Ishihara Shintaro, former mayor of Tokyo, was the first to suggest that the gods were not on Japan’s side.
But what really provoked netizens was the suggestion that Japan should send Princess Kako, who is now a twenty-year old university student, as a Comfort Woman. Cue unabashed Korea bashing.
But as one thoughtful Yahoo! commenter points out, netizens need to be careful not to conflate the opinion of one man on a small website in search of Internet traffic with the opinions of an entire nation…
From JCAST.com:
Princess Kako “Has To Become A Comfort Woman”: Korean Online Newspaper Makes Another Preposterous Remark
A Korean online newspaper has caused a stir after posting unthinkable remarks about Japan in a column. The writer of this column is a man who faced severe criticism even back in 2012, when he claimed that “Following this earthquake, Japan will face further divine punishment”, and in this new column he claims that Princess Kako, the second daughter of Prince Akishino, “should be sent to be a comfort woman”.
It is difficult to understand the reasoning behind the author’s claims, even after reading the article, and on the whole it is illogical, but it seems there are those who see the article as having “overstepped the line” as regards criticisms toward Japan.
Author’s Opinion Is That “Japan’s Extinction Will Be Divine Punishment”
The column was uploaded to the online newspaper “Daily Journal” on May 15, under the name of editor Cheon Chae-hak, with the title “As Dolphin Prophecy Shows, There Will Be No Tokyo Olympics In Japan In 2020”. According to the about section on the company’s website, the “Daily Journal” was founded in 2012, and is based in Seoul and in Kwangyang, in the south-west of South Cheolla.
According to the column, the writer is of the opinion that “Japan’s extinction will be divine punishment”. He points to the mass stranding and consequent deaths of dolphins and whales prior to the Tohoku Earthquake and the New Zealand Earthquake, and compares this with the mass stranding of 160 dolphins that happened off the coast of Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 10, 2015, claiming that “The dolphins foretell of a massive earthquake heading for Japan”.
Does The Author Mean To Link The Whaling Problem To The Issue Over The Comfort Women?
Immediately after mentioning the dolphins, the argument switches to the so-called issue of forced military prostitution, with the author claiming that Japanese people acknowledge the former Comfort Women as “prostitutes, and women who experienced the war”. Therefore, he says “The divine punishment will be applicable to the whole of Japan”. What’s more, he advocates this. It’s not really clear what the author’s intention is here, but it appears that he means to link the whaling problem to the issue over the Comfort Women.
Immediately following this statement, for some reason he then makes reference to Princess Kako. Here too, it is difficult to understand the gist of his argument; there is virtually no logic as to why he says “they should send her [Princess Kako] as a Comfort Woman”.
Given the opportunity, there’s nothing for it but to send Princess Kako of the Japanese Imperial Household as a Comfort Woman”.
In the final part of the column, the author says “We need an earthquake of magnitude 10 to sink the Japanese archipelago”, and wishes for the annihilation of Japan, and makes his own personal prediction that in 2020, when the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held, “Japan will have already disappeared from the face of the earth”.
Comments from Yahoo! Japan:
