‘Most Ridiculous Anti-Hallyu Movements in Japan’
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We should all go easy on the Japanese. They’ve had a rough year, two Lost Decades, and earthquake tremors that aren’t going away. Also let’s not forget — we’re talking about a country with a history of venting their post-quake frustrations on Koreans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake#Post-quake_massacre_of_Koreans_and_other_ethnic_minorities
I say we all take a step back and let things be.
“I say we all take a step back and let things be.”
Nah, I say we should be as petty and puerile as possible.
Oh wait, that’s what you did!
I thought you’re in your 50s.
Anyway, anti-KARA demonstration was organized in Osaka on April 27, 28 (2012). Through tweeters and 2ch, the Japanese right-wingers declared that they would recruit at least 3,000 anti-Hallyu Japanese. The result could be seen at:
http://edupower.tistory.com/5675
@2
It’s petty and puerile to organize demonstrations against Korean entertainers just because you can’t hold down a day job and have nothing better to do with your life.
Hmmm… eating Aoi Sora? I wouldn’t blame him, she’s pretty hot.
Amen.
Slim! hehehe.
“Aoi Sora” – is that some sort of sushi?
What we gonna do about Q?
@8 alert the continuum.
The only legitimate grip is the Shin Ramyun commercial. CF should have done better research as to what is a ramyun eating faux pas in Japan.
The point not to miss (or miss again, Liz), not least because the original post took great pains to point this out repeatedly, is how small, unrepresentative and meaningless this band of K-Wave haters is. They are smaller or at least no bigger, for example, than the groups in South Korea who protest over North Korean atrocities or human rights conditions. Really fringe stuff.
Meanwhile, K-pop groups are setting records in sales in Japan, the original home of manufactured idol groups that put out records before they learn to sing, and becoming household names there. That is the real story.
@# 5 & 6 No kidding!
http://www.google.com/search?q=Aoi+Sora&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=LXQ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsl&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=3AG0T-jyFaK3iwLhjNnyAQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CEoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=917
slim…i’m in disbelief ! Admit it: you’re starting to like k-pop
Nah. K-Indie rock I’m fine with and would certainly frequent if I lived in Seoul.
To the bubblegum, boy, girl, faux R&B or hip-hop stuff at the center of this non-dispute with Japanese nutters, I apply my “short and curly” rule: If you have pubic hair, you are too old for that music and need to grow up and move on. The industry itself gets this, and is wisely pitching it to tweeners in the US.
slim @#11,
I wouldn’t call them “meaningless”.
This is the same ilk of extreme, right-wing, nationalistic Japanese who spread lies about “comfort women” and claim that Dokdo is Japanese.
Their influence is growing in Japan.
(esp. since Japan is going through hard times these days.)
Because of their growing influence, they’re continuously falsifying history in Japanese school textbooks.. Young Japanese are not being taught properly about Japan’s past crimes and mistakes. This is the most troubling and insidious aspect of the right-wingers’ agenda.
It’s much simpler for me: 125-130 bpm, simple, catchy, dopamine-releasin’ music is what i like. No matter if it’s punk, metal, electro, dubstep, rock, dance etc.
Kepp it simple, keep it fast, keep it catchy.
K-pop is very good at this game.
Oh did i mention i love the flashy, hallucinated videos ?
Other than that you’re right about Japanese nutters: they’re very few and very harmless…let them be, they’re a joke in their own country anyway
I know a Korean person is likely to have a different sensitivity about this but i highly doubt the far right will ever have an impact in Japan. Japan is old and getting older, and grandpas don’t do revolutions.
Also i have to say i’ve never met a more apolitical lot than the Japanese.
I’d be really surprised to see any kind of serious exretemist threat coming out of there
slim (#8) wrote
Who would be the “we”?
@slim,
Is it wrong for an adult to have some guilty pleasure songs on our mp3 players?
Here’s mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2EQm6WPMHs
Sorry, couldn’t find the Korean version.
For me personally, I am more enamored with Koo Hara’s pure athletic ability. Not what you (may be) think[ing] guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgWUoq_S9E
@18 Ever heard of the “editorial we”?
@19 My rules apply to my listening tastes. Everyone has guilty pleasures. Those KARA girls are way hotter than their J-Pop counterparts.
My readership would not say Mr. slim be one of the contributors to the Hole. What would you be?
I love seeing her run!
Eatin’ ain’t cheatin’, said the 42nd president of the US.
Japanese right wing elites have an association named 일본회의(日本會義). The members include Abe Shinzo and Aso Taro (former Prime ministers), Ishiba Shigeru (LDP), Ishihara Shintaro (Governor of Tokyo), Miyoshi Toru (Chief Justice of Supreme Court). Japanese economic and academic leaders are also known to be members of the society.
More reading: 신도·이나다·사토 의원 3인, 그들 뒤엔 극우 점조직 ‘일본회의’ 있다.
Documentary about the society: 극우 점조직 ‘일본회의’는 무엇을 노리는가
1. http://youtu.be/3fLFX0jxZ7E
2. http://youtu.be/B84Izn_6wzk
3. http://youtu.be/Q36Zmje1NAM
4. http://youtu.be/Iz-drKbAd-k
Eatin’ ain’t cheatin’: the legacy of the 42nd president of the United States.
Japanese right wing elites have an association named 일본회의(日本會義). The members include Abe Shinzo and Aso Taro (former Prime ministers), Ishiba Shigeru (LDP), Ishihara Shintaro (Governor of Tokyo), Miyoshi Toru (Chief Justice of Supreme Court). Japanese economic and academic leaders are also known to be members of the society.
More reading: 신도·이나다·사토 의원 3인, 그들 뒤엔 극우 점조직 ‘일본회의’ 있다.
Documentary about the society: 극우 점조직 ‘일본회의’는 무엇을 노리는가:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLFX0jxZ7E&feature=youtu.be
They did a survey back in the early Zeroes of young Japanese men and found less than 50% would even defend the country if directly invaded. These are not a people who get excited over nationalistic casues.
#12: Nice breasticles on that one. Plenty of lung volume for a proper signing career.
I hear you Wedge, but an American couple once doing research on the Nanjing Massacre in Japan had the same initial take you that you did. However, once (politely) told by the Japanese radio station that they couldn’t have a talk show about said event because of crazy right wing protests they came to a modified conclusion. Although Japan appears to have a apathetic populace, once someone takes power and gives that populace purpose and direction, they tend to get behind it with a focus and force that very few, if any, other nation can match.
They lose only because they tend to pick fights with countries that have more population and resources than they do.
@22 “Q”
“My readership…”
You really mean “readership” or you mean “leadership”? You know, sometimes you guys confuse “r” with “l”. Just asking.
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