That was copied in The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang) (laughs).

The following is a continuation of the exclusive interview between Masayuki Takayama and Miki Otaka that published on April 24 in a monthly magazine that all Japanese must-read, titled "More Frightening than the Corona, People Affected by the Chinese (China) Virus."
Publicity Strategies by Las Casas Books
Otaka: The propaganda war is waged by replacing black with white and white with black.
Takayama: When the Spanish came to the New World, they mistreated men as slaves and eventually killed them. They also killed pregnant women and babies and used virgins as comforters. For example, in Mexico today, 10% of the population is Caucasian, 60% of the population is mixed-race children born to virgins, and the rest are the Mayas and other natives who escaped into the forest.
Otaka: That mixed blood is called "Mestizo," isn't it? China has done the same thing to Uyghur.
Takayama: Yes, that's right. It is a kind of ethnic culling. When the Jews entered the land of Canaan, they did the same thing to the Midianites. They killed all the men, and the women were a gift from Yahweh to the soldiers, and Moses said they could do what they wanted.
Otaka: The Spaniards also followed that approach.
Takayama: Las Casas reported this ethnic culling of the Spaniards exaggeratedly and exaggeratedly. He said that they tied people with their hands and feet tied to straw and set them on fire and burned them. They took a baby that an Indian woman was holding, cut off its limbs with a knife, and gave it to hungry hounds. A similar story has been handed down to the second feudal lord of the Hizen Shimabara clan, Matsukura Katsuie, who set fire to the cots of peasants who had failed to pay tribute.
Otaka: Matsukura was beheaded due to the brunt of the tyranny.
Takayama: There is no doubt that it was a corrupt government, but this kind of cruelty was transmitted to the Netherlands in the Las Casas book. 
I think they mixed the story of Las Casas with the unfortunate stories of Japan that drove Christianity out of the country. It's somewhat surprising that the story of Las Casas was passed on to the Far East. It started when the Spaniards, who took back the Iberian peninsula at the Reconquista, turned to the Jews, who were rich by collaborating with Islam. The Spaniards burned the wealthy Jews at stake with the Inquisition from one end and took their property. The Dominican Inquisitor Torquemada burned 8,000 of them at stake.
So many Jews fled to Amsterdam, Holland. Amsterdam, at that time, was a mecca for letterpress printing. They translated Las Casas' book there into many languages, and it became a best seller. They were rebuked around the world as "Spaniards are brutal people who should be spat upon."
Otaka: So it was a propaganda strategy of the European countries?
Takayama: They even made etchings depicting the brutal methods of execution and used them as illustrations.
Otaka: That was copied in The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang) (laughs).
Takayama: Exactly. It's natural to feel depressed when the viciousness of your own people is publicized. The West continued this kind of massive propaganda strategy for 300 or 400 years, which led to the decline of Spain. So it is still lethargic and a shadow of its former glory. At the moment, the coronavirus has left the country exhausted, and it has fallen into a state where people say that if you go there, you will find only pickpockets.
Otaka: Even Princess Maria Teresa died from the coronavirus.
Takayama: The great and glorious empire has fallen so low because it lost the propaganda war that used the Las Casas report.
Otaka: Even the United States is slaughtering Native Americans.
Takayama: It's true. There were about 13 million of them at the time, but in the end, only 300,000 remained. It was a genocide even more significant than Hitler's. But when it comes to atrocities against the indigenous people, they are remembered as "Spain," "Cortes," and "Pizarro.
Otaka: that great source is Las Casas!
Takayama: In the U.S. as well, at the end of the 19th century, English translations, color prints, and even copperplate engravings were sold in the U.S. The Spanish language became a horrible country, and newspapers reported that Cuba was doing the same thing, leading to the declaration of the Spanish-American War. Spain became a terrible country, and newspapers wrote about the same thing happening in Cuba, leading to the disclosure of war against Spain. Politics, journalism, and the press scrambled to bring Spain to heel, resulting in the U.S. possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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