{"id":11234,"date":"2013-03-04T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11234"},"modified":"2013-04-14T19:44:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T05:44:52","slug":"feb-9-2013-tokyo-shin-ohkubo-anti-korean-demonstrators-good-or-bad-kill-all-koreans-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11234","title":{"rendered":"Feb 9 2013 Tokyo Shin-Ohkubo Anti-Korean demonstrator slogans: &#8220;Good or Bad, Kill All Koreans&#8221; etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books etc. by ARUDOU Debito (click on icon):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" alt=\"\\&quot; 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US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0It was only a matter of time. \u00a0Debito.org has reported on anti-NJ demonstrations in the past (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6509\">start here<\/a>). \u00a0And after the Takeshima\/Dokdo Islands dispute, public displays of xenophobic hatred by Japan&#8217;s strengthening Right Wing has been increasingly directed towards Zainichi Koreans in their Tokyo neighborhoods (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10659\">see here<\/a>, last September).<\/p>\n<p>Now comes the next step: \u00a0Public demonstrations advocating violence and death, marching through an ethnic Korean neighborhood in Tokyo for maximum effect and impact. \u00a0They are happening. \u00a0Check out these photos of demonstrator signs, taken February 9, 2013, courtesy of a human rights lawyer and used with permission:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/antikoreandemosShinOhkubo020913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11235\" alt=\"antikoreandemosShinOhkubo020913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/antikoreandemosShinOhkubo020913.jpg\" width=\"636\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/antikoreandemosShinOhkubo020913.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/antikoreandemosShinOhkubo020913-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere is a video of that demonstration, taken in Shin-Ohkubo along Meiji Doori and Ohkubo-Doori on February 9, 2013:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1afIUCOtmMQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAlso: <a href=\"http:\/\/matome.naver.jp\/odai\/2136038266418742101\">http:\/\/matome.naver.jp\/odai\/2136038266418742101<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This information has come to me as part of a campaign to inform the International Olympic Committee about Japan&#8217;s discriminatory practices towards its ethnic minorities, in violation of the IOC Charter. \u00a0I will have that report up tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMENT<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>KOREANS: HANG YOURSELVES, DRINK POISON, LEAP TO YOUR DEATHS.&#8221; &#8220;GOOD OR BAD, KILL ALL KOREANS<\/em>.&#8221; \u00a0At this rate, it is only a matter of time before these threats of violence become real. \u00a0Still holding out hope that &#8220;Japan is a peaceful, nonviolent society&#8221; and is therefore somehow exceptional? \u00a0Heed this warning: \u00a0People are people anywhere you go, and when encouraged in this way to resort to violence, eventually there will be blood. \u00a0Time to wake up and recognize what is happening in Japan before it is too late. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE: \u00a0This incident is causing debate in the lower-brow domestic press. \u00a0Nikkan Sports, April 15, 2013, courtesy of MS (click on image to expand in browser).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikkansports041513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11369\" alt=\"nikkansports041513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikkansports041513-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikkansports041513-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikkansports041513-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikkansports041513.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was only a matter of time.  Debito.org has reported on anti-NJ demonstrations in the past (start here).  And after the Takeshima\/Dokdo Islands dispute, public displays of xenophobic hatred by Japan&#8217;s strengthening Right Wing has been increasingly directed towards Zainichi Koreans in their Tokyo neighborhoods (see here).<\/p>\n<p>Now comes the next step:  Public demonstrations advocating violence and death, marching through an ethnic Korean neighborhood in Tokyo for maximum effect and impact.  They are happening.  Check out these photos of demonstrator signs, taken February 9, 2013, courtesy of a human rights lawyer and used with permission.  Here is a video of that demonstration, taken in Shin-Okubo along Meiji Doori and Ohkubo-Doori on February 9, 2013:<\/p>\n<p>COMMENT: &#8220;KOREANS: HANG YOURSELVES, DRINK POISON, LEAP TO YOUR DEATHS.&#8221; &#8220;GOOD OR BAD, KILL ALL KOREANS.&#8221;  At this rate, it is only a matter of time before these threats of violence become real.  Still holding out hope that &#8220;Japan is a peaceful, nonviolent society&#8221; and is therefore somehow exceptional?  Heed this warning:  People are people anywhere you go, and when encouraged in this way to resort to violence, eventually there will be blood.  Time to wake up and recognize what is happening in Japan before it is too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,52,5,12,13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exclusionism","category-hate-speech","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-media","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}