The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
The U.S. Hates Japan
To begin with, the U.S. hates Japan.
Since Perry's arrival, the U.S. has shown no favoritism toward Japan.
To put it bluntly, the U.S. has a racist mindset and hates Japan from the bottom up.
Yet, the correspondents who are supposed to report this never report the ill will toward Japan.
They never report on anything awkward for the U.S., such as the bullshit above legal practices.
They silently take the U.S. side and cover their wounds.
It is the same for diplomats in the Foreign Ministry to the right.
I know you probably don't understand this, so I will share my experience as a correspondent in Los Angeles.
I arrived in Los Angeles in 1992.
I was surprised by the coverage of Japan in the U.S. newspapers, especially in the "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times," which are respected by Japanese correspondents as if they were gods.
For example, when I read the article "North Korea is starving," the word "Korea" was followed by the phrase "once ruled as a colony by Japan" as if it were a pillow word.
Even the description of Southeast Asia includes the phrase, "Japan once invaded and ruthlessly ruled this region."
It was the notation at the time of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
If it were true, it would be complete nonsense.
It seems to be a way of undermining Japan and blocking its right to speak out.
I was so angry that I called the "New York Times" editorial writer at the editorial office.
The lady at the reception refused to take my call and said, "Leave a message."
So, Japan did not colonize Korea, a country with nothing to exploit, and spent 20% of its national budget every year to develop the country's infrastructure. It was Japan that built 5,000 schools on that peninsula. I told him to study history and that it was different from the Philippines, where the U.S. killed a million people and ruled as a colony.
I also asked him, if possible, to use the fact that the U.S. tricked the Philippines into becoming a colony by saying, "The U.S. will give you independence," and then killed all 100,000 islanders in Leyte and Samar as a pillow talk the next time he mentions the Philippines.
The "New York Times" did not use a pillow word for the Philippines after that.
After the war, the U.S. took the liberty of devaluing the yen to one-hundred-eightieths of the yen.
When Japan's economy still grew, it unilaterally devalued the yen from 360 yen to 120 yen to the dollar.
Any normal country would have fallen for this.
When Japan succeeded in semiconductors, they would pull them out of Japan, tamper with tariffs, and do all kinds of crazy things.
Such recklessness was actually the same for U.S. citizens.
In 1994, a book titled "Western Career Women's Perspectives on Japanese Sexuality" (written by Kristalin Brannen and Tracy Wyllen and published by Soshisha) was published, and a party was held in the suburbs of San Francisco to commemorate its publication.
Brannen said, "Japanese people ask me something in the form of a question.
Do you have a husband? Do you have children?" It is insulting to ask ......, and the Japanese are not afraid to sek (la).
But Japanese people are not good at English.
Good adults go to some stupid English conversation school and then go to do business with the U.S.
When they need to talk to someone over a coffee break, they are too quick to ask questions such as, "Where do you live? When you have to speak with someone during a coffee break, it is natural to ask a question like, "Where do you live?
Americans do not have that kind of consideration.
Brannen dismisses Japanese people who are perplexed in this way, saying, "Japanese people do not have an international sensibility.
What is an international mindset?" She said it is knowledge of the global community and the ability to speak English.
She said that English-speaking Americans are born cosmopolitans, while Japanese are not cosmopolitans because they cannot even speak English.
There is such hubris.
They need to learn that it takes effort to understand the other country's language to be a cosmopolitan.
If Brannen is going to write a book about the Japanese, it would make sense for him to learn a little Japanese.
Such international hicks are Americans.
This article continues.
The U.S. Hates Japan
To begin with, the U.S. hates Japan.
Since Perry's arrival, the U.S. has shown no favoritism toward Japan.
To put it bluntly, the U.S. has a racist mindset and hates Japan from the bottom up.
Yet, the correspondents who are supposed to report this never report the ill will toward Japan.
They never report on anything awkward for the U.S., such as the bullshit above legal practices.
They silently take the U.S. side and cover their wounds.
It is the same for diplomats in the Foreign Ministry to the right.
I know you probably don't understand this, so I will share my experience as a correspondent in Los Angeles.
I arrived in Los Angeles in 1992.
I was surprised by the coverage of Japan in the U.S. newspapers, especially in the "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times," which are respected by Japanese correspondents as if they were gods.
For example, when I read the article "North Korea is starving," the word "Korea" was followed by the phrase "once ruled as a colony by Japan" as if it were a pillow word.
Even the description of Southeast Asia includes the phrase, "Japan once invaded and ruthlessly ruled this region."
It was the notation at the time of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
If it were true, it would be complete nonsense.
It seems to be a way of undermining Japan and blocking its right to speak out.
I was so angry that I called the "New York Times" editorial writer at the editorial office.
The lady at the reception refused to take my call and said, "Leave a message."
So, Japan did not colonize Korea, a country with nothing to exploit, and spent 20% of its national budget every year to develop the country's infrastructure. It was Japan that built 5,000 schools on that peninsula. I told him to study history and that it was different from the Philippines, where the U.S. killed a million people and ruled as a colony.
I also asked him, if possible, to use the fact that the U.S. tricked the Philippines into becoming a colony by saying, "The U.S. will give you independence," and then killed all 100,000 islanders in Leyte and Samar as a pillow talk the next time he mentions the Philippines.
The "New York Times" did not use a pillow word for the Philippines after that.
After the war, the U.S. took the liberty of devaluing the yen to one-hundred-eightieths of the yen.
When Japan's economy still grew, it unilaterally devalued the yen from 360 yen to 120 yen to the dollar.
Any normal country would have fallen for this.
When Japan succeeded in semiconductors, they would pull them out of Japan, tamper with tariffs, and do all kinds of crazy things.
Such recklessness was actually the same for U.S. citizens.
In 1994, a book titled "Western Career Women's Perspectives on Japanese Sexuality" (written by Kristalin Brannen and Tracy Wyllen and published by Soshisha) was published, and a party was held in the suburbs of San Francisco to commemorate its publication.
Brannen said, "Japanese people ask me something in the form of a question.
Do you have a husband? Do you have children?" It is insulting to ask ......, and the Japanese are not afraid to sek (la).
But Japanese people are not good at English.
Good adults go to some stupid English conversation school and then go to do business with the U.S.
When they need to talk to someone over a coffee break, they are too quick to ask questions such as, "Where do you live? When you have to speak with someone during a coffee break, it is natural to ask a question like, "Where do you live?
Americans do not have that kind of consideration.
Brannen dismisses Japanese people who are perplexed in this way, saying, "Japanese people do not have an international sensibility.
What is an international mindset?" She said it is knowledge of the global community and the ability to speak English.
She said that English-speaking Americans are born cosmopolitans, while Japanese are not cosmopolitans because they cannot even speak English.
There is such hubris.
They need to learn that it takes effort to understand the other country's language to be a cosmopolitan.
If Brannen is going to write a book about the Japanese, it would make sense for him to learn a little Japanese.
Such international hicks are Americans.
This article continues.
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