the remarks shook even the author
October 13, 2020
It was from the book review section of the Sankei Shimbun the other day.
Anti-Japanese' abnormal situation
By Cynthia Lee (Fusosha Publishing Co., Ltd., ¥880+ tax)
It is for the "ship" called Korea to move forward.
If they want the test kits, Japan should first say, 'Sorry, I'm Japanese.'
Amid the coronavirus disaster, the Japanese side said (in the first place, no such thing has been mentioned), 'but if South Korea is going to support Japan with test kits, they need to evaluate Japan's performance first.'
In response to the remarks, the reports on Korean news channels shook even the author, who has been writing a blog about Korea for a long time.
It's an aberration.
It was the starting point for the title of this book, The Anti-Japanese Abnormal Situation.
The book is divided into two main sections.
The book's first half is about "anti-Japanese" under the new coronavirus quarantine in South Korea.
The basis is the same as before, but the reality is that it looks like an eccentric "anti-Japanese festival."
The book's second half is about South Korea and China's similarities, the host corona that South Korea dreams of, and the North Korean problem.
The author states that these matters are not disparate but point in one direction.
She said that for the "ship" called South Korea to move forward, the "anti-Japanese" wind must be blowing.
In the recent general election held in South Korea, the ruling party's official campaign posters depicted Hideki Tojo and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as evil.
And 100,000 people wrote in agreement with the "I oppose support for Japan" on the public petition page of the presidential office in two days, which is sure to make many readers wonder how much they hate Japan.
(Yoko Yamaguchi, Editor-in-Chief, Books & Mooks 2, Fusosha Publishing Bureau)
2023/12/23 in Kyoto
