As for Takayama Masayuki, in the indicating of me to be the one and the only journalist in the world after the war, as for his reader, all should agree.
The Norwegian, too, will take pride seriously if there is such a journalist in Norway, too.
However, it is only pretended-moralist that, unfortunately, in Japan, Norway or all over the world, exists.
They don't dig into not verifying the truth of the things not to study really.
Therefore, abysmal evil and plausible always spreads to the world and doesn't become peaceful.
He continues to write a special column in the Weekly Shincho.
As I mentioned earlier, I subscribe to Weekly Shincho every week to read his column.
The following is his stunning article published in this issue released today.
I devote this English translation to Mr. Takayama Masayuki with respect to him.
Dolce & Gabbana is right
Braathens Airlines, one of Norway's main airlines, made TV commercials.
The title is 'Japanese.'
The stewardess served Japanese passengers the dessert confectionery lefse, which is popular in northern Europe.
You can think of thin skin bread with buttercream in between.
Japanese passenger mistook it for a small damp towel and wiped his face.
The cream is stuck in the face.
A sneer spreads to the surrounding passengers.
The same visitor goes aboard Braathens aviation again.
When stewardess hands out a small damp towel, Japanese passengers refuse with 'the stomach is full' gesture.
They are scorning Japanese, who cannot speak English properly, who cannot distinguish between confectionery and a small damp towel.
This CM was greatly popular in Norway, and it was exhibited at the International Advertising Festival CM Division held in Cannes.
The major advertising agency representative of the world including Mr. Tanaka of Dentsu Inc. judged, the guffawing of all to this commercial.
Unanimous, in other words, it gave a gold prize including Tanaka.
Behind the stereotyping of the ethnic group and defaming it, or scorning, there is always insidious discrimination and prejudice.
The Norwegian who made the CM also has white superiority consciousness and yellow person disdain somewhere in the heart.
There was wickedness in laughter.
Tanaka should advise a judge to be around there.
And he should point out that the setting that Japanese people are ignorant to small damp towel is wrong.
Because a small damp towel is an excellent Japanese culture.
When the Norwegian still grabbed food and eaten food and wiped his hands and mouth with a tablecloth, Japan Airlines debuted on international flights first introduced a small damp towel in service.
The world was astonished at that refreshing feeling and introduced any airline competing.
I think it took quite a long time for Braathens Airlines flying the frontier to know a small damp towel.
It was a shock when they touched it for the first time.
That's why they came up with such a commercial.
There is racial discrimination conscious that is difficult to remove.
They are talking about a setting that 'a savage Japanese still does not know small damp towel'.
Norwegians carried the ignorance too far and at the same time carried the contempt for the Japanese too far.
However, Mr. Tanaka did not point out that.
He is one of the returnees.
He could speak English, he was a quasi-white person's consciousness beyond the Japanese people, so he fluttered white men and imitated their behavior.
This story appeared in the Asahi Shimbun.
Under the heading 'Such a Japanese, insult or reality', the article is 'The person concerned in the Japanese arguments that it does ridiculous.'
It was a glance at the time that was a scene, but all the rest were occupied by the opposite viewpoint.
Asahi Shimbun makes a representative of a certain advertising agency say, 'There are many Japanese who take group action abroad or take pictures regardless of circumstances, should be taken as facts that foreigners see.'
Even if it is wrong, even if the Japanese disdain overruns, Asahi Shimbun makes ACC, the All Japan CM broadcasting association tell, 'It is not unusual for CM to take humorous mention of other national characters.'
Stereotyping others people's scorning is 'the tide of the world'.
Asahi Shimbun concludes that it is not angry even if the Japanese are made a fool of.
Italian super-luxury brand, Dolce & Gabbana, shed CM, a Chinese woman eating pizza with chopsticks.
Unlike Braathens Airlines there is no sense of incongruity.
But the Chinese were angry.
When protesting to Stefano Gabbana it was reputed ‘Chinese people are ignorant, smelly and dirty mafia’.
This also nods.
Let the child feces in the middle of Ginza.
In the Chinese residence of Kawaguchi, garbage is discarded from the window.
If three Chinese people enter the restaurant, the inside of the restaurant will be under the guard of JR.
Dolce & Gabbana draws a quiet Chinese person just by smiling can be taken favorably as well.
Asahi Shimbun also without doubt 'Chinese should receive obediently as the fact which is reflected in the eyes of the foreigner', I thought if to say.
But it was completely different.
Holds the shoulder of the Chinese people, ‘Discrimination discriminated far from reality’, organizing a special feature on cultural aspects, full support of 'Raging, it is natural'.
Why do not you look at that warm eye for Japanese people occasionally?
