[Wikipedia(英)] 君が代は従軍慰安婦に謝罪する歌

英語版Wikipediaの「君が代」ですが、すごいことになってます。

君が代の本文の説明はこれだけなのですが

　
Kimi ga Yo (君が代, Kimi ga Yo?) (often translated as "Imperial Reign") is Japan's National Anthem, and is also one of the world's shortest national anthems in current use. The lyrics are based on a Waka poem written in the Heian Period, sung to a melody written in the later Meiji Era.

Although Kimi ga Yo has long been Japan's de facto national anthem, it was only legally recognized as such in 1999 with the passing of the Law Concerning the National Flag and Anthem.

その後、日教組がやってる一連の政治運動が延々と書かれています。

Since the end of World War II, there has been criticism of the anthem for its association with militarism and the virtual worship of the emperor as a deity, which some see as incompatible with a democratic society. Similar objections have been raised to Japan's current national flag, and demonstrations are sometimes held against both.

In 1999, the Japanese government passed the Law Concerning the National Flag and Anthem, which designated Kimi ga Yo as the official anthem and the Hinomaru as the national flag.

Schools have seen conflict over both the anthem and the flag, as the Ministry of Education requires that the anthem be sung and that the flag be flown at events at Japanese public schools, and that school teachers respect both (by, for example, standing for the singing of the anthem) or risk losing their jobs.[1][2] Some have protested that such rules violate the Japanese constitution, while the Ministry, for its part, has argued that since schools are government agencies, their employees have an obligation to teach their students how to be good Japanese citizens.

Opponents respond that as Japan is a democratic country, a national anthem praising a monarch is not appropriate and that forced participation in a ceremony involving the singing of an anthem is against the free thought clause in the Japanese Constitution. Supporters of the anthem argue that Kimi ga Yo has been the de-facto national anthem of Japan since the Meiji Era and is an important way to foster patriotism and loyalty to the emperor, which is an important national characteristic of Japan. They also suggest that Kimi ga Yo is comparable to the anthems of other democratic countries, for example the United Kingdom's (another democracy) God Save The Queen.

In 2006 Katsuhisa Fujita, a retired teacher in Tokyo, was threatened with imprisonment, and fined 200,000 yen (about 2,000 dollars), after he was accused of disturbing a graduation ceremony at Itabashi High School by urging the attendees to remain seated during the playing of the anthem.[3]

Since 2003, 401 teachers have been punished for refusing to take part in anthem related events, though Fujita is the only man to have been convicted in relation to it. His case provoked criticism from the Japanese press and teachers.

As a way to avoid that type of punishment, teachers who are opposed to the compulsory singing of the anthem have tried to expand various English-language parody lyrics across Japan and through the internet. The parodies take the Japanese syllables and replace them with English phonetic equivalents (for example, in one of the more popular versions, 'Kimi ga yo wa' becomes 'Kiss me girl, your old one'), allowing those who sing the new version to remain undetected in a crowd. Japanese conservatives deride what they describe as 'sabotage'. There is also a political significance to some of the alternative English lyrics as they can allude to comfort women.[4][5][6][7][8]

On 21 September 2006, the Tokyo District Court ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay compensation to all the teachers who had been subjected to fines and/or punishment under the directive of the Tokyo Board of Education. Junichiro Koizumi commented, "It is a natural idea to treat the national anthem importantly". This was seen as a landmark ruling in Japan upholding the Fundamental Law of Education in Japan.

日本の国歌を説明するページで、延々と素晴らしい信念に基づく活動を書けて、さぞかし、日教組の皆様は気持ちがよろしいのでしょうね。君が代の荘厳さが好きな私にしてみたら、吐き気がするほどムカつきますけどね。

Wikipediaの欠点として、幅広い知識を紹介することにこだわるあまり、記事の優先順位や重要性が考慮されない傾向があります。つまり、枝葉のような出来事でも、情報源があれば、削除をすることは困難な部分があるのです。

こんなWikipediaですけど、Google検索を行うと常に上位に来ますし、孫引きしてるサイトも多いので、困ったものです。