{"id":13061,"date":"2015-02-11T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:00:59","slug":"sankei-columnist-sono-ayako-advocates-separation-of-nj-residential-zones-by-race-in-japan-cites-apartheid-south-africa-as-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13061","title":{"rendered":"Sankei columnist Sono Ayako advocates separation of NJ residential zones by race in Japan, cites Apartheid South Africa as example (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0Here’s another one for the Debito.org archives. \u00a0Sono Ayako, famous conservative novelist<\/a>, has just had a ponderous opinion piece published in the reactionary right-wing<\/a> Sankei Shinbun<\/a> daily newspaper. \u00a0This is the same newspaper that last decade serialized\u00a0professional bigot Ishihara Shintaro’s<\/a> “Nihon Yo” columns<\/a> (which, among other things, saw Chinese as criminal <\/a>due to\u00a0their “ethnic DNA” (minzokuteki DNA<\/em>))<\/a>. \u00a0This is what the Sankei is\u00a0getting up to now: \u00a0Publishing opinion pieces advocating Japan institute an Apartheid system for foreign residents, separating\u00a0their living areas\u00a0by races. \u00a0Seriously:<\/p>\n

SONO: \u00a0“I have come to believe, after\u00a020-30 years knowing\u00a0about the actual situation in Republic of\u00a0South Africa, that when it comes to residential\u00a0zones, the Whites, Asians, and Blacks should be separated and live in different areas [in Japan].” \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She describes how Black Africans have come to despoil the areas (particularly infrastructurally) that were reserved for Whites in the RSA, and feels that “immigrants” (imin<\/em>) would do the same thing to Japan. \u00a0And there’s lots more to mine from a\u00a0remarkable capsule of bigotry and ethnic overgeneralizations that only cantankerous eldsters,\u00a0who live in intellectual sound chambers because they are too old to be criticized properly anymore<\/a>,\u00a0can spew. \u00a0Huffpost Japan and original article below, followed by one more quick comment:<\/p>\n

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\nThe Huffington Post Japan, courtesy of SH
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\nRest of article at<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.jp\/2015\/02\/10\/sankei_n_6657606.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0While I hope (and I stress: \u00a0hope) that nobody is going to take seriously\u00a0the rants of a octogenarian\u00a0who has clearly\u00a0lost touch with the modern world, it is distressing to see that this was not consigned to the regular netto-uyoku<\/em> far-right internet denizens who regularly preach intolerance and spew xenophobic bile as a matter of reflex<\/a>. \u00a0Shame on you, Sankei, for adding credibility to this article by publishing it. \u00a0Let’s hope (and I stress again: \u00a0hope) that it is not a bellwether of public policy to come<\/a>. \u00a0Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

PS: More on Sono Ayako’s hypocritically misogynistic (yes!) rantings here in a separate article in the Japan Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PPS:\u00a0 This article just made it into The Japan Times, with more details on how Sono was appointed to a PM Abe panel on education reform<\/a>\u00a0in 2013, demonstrating how deep the rot goes.<\/p>\n

UPDATE FEB 13: \u00a0A protest letter in Japanese and English from the Africa-Japan Forum hits the media. \u00a0Self-explanatory. \u00a0Let’s see if this results in a retraction of the article.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE FEB 14: \u00a0South African Ambassador to Japan protests Sono Ayako’s pro-Apartheid column \uff1c\u7523\u7d4c\u65b0\u805e\uff1e\u66fd\u91ce\u6c0f\u30b3\u30e9\u30e0\u3001\u5357\u30a2\u5927\u4f7f\u3082\u6297\u8b70\u6587\u3000\u4eba\u7a2e\u9694\u96e2\u8a31\u5bb9\uff08\u6bce\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\uff09 – Yahoo!\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9 http:\/\/headlines.yahoo.co.jp\/hl?a=20150214-00000077-mai-soci<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Courtesy of the Mainichi Shinbun and MS. \u00a0http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/graph\/2015\/02\/14\/20150214k0000e040192000c\/001.html<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE FEB 20: Gaijin Handlers intervene to rein in Japan-Studies intelligentsia by portraying Sono as somehow culturally-misunderstood:<\/strong><\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13061#comment-831044<\/a><\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another one for the Debito.org archives. Sono Ayako, famous conservative novelist, has just had a ponderous opinion piece published in the reactionary right-wing Sankei Shinbun daily newspaper. This is the same newspaper that last decade serialized professional bigot Ishihara Shintaro’s “Nihon Yo” columns (which, among other things, saw Chinese as criminal due to their “ethnic DNA” (minzokuteki DNA)). This is what the Sankei is getting up to now: Publishing opinion pieces advocating Japan institute an Apartheid system for foreign residents, separating their living areas by races. Seriously:<\/p>\n

SONO: “I have come to believe, after 20-30 years knowing about the actual situation in the Republic of South Africa, that when it comes to residential zones, the Whites, Asians, and Blacks should be separated and live in different areas [in Japan].” <\/p>\n

She describes how Black Africans have come to despoil the areas (particularly infrastructurally) that were reserved for Whites in the RSA, and feels that “immigrants” (imin) would do the same thing to Japan. And there’s lots more to mine from a remarkable capsule of bigotry and ethnic overgeneralizations that only cantankerous eldsters, who live in intellectual sound chambers because they are too old to be criticized properly anymore, can spew. Huffpost Japan and original article follows:<\/p>\n

COMMENT: While I hope (and I stress: hope) that nobody is going to take seriously the rants of a octogenarian who has clearly lost touch with the modern world, it is distressing to see that this was not consigned to the regular netto-uyoku far-right internet denizens who regularly preach intolerance and spew xenophobic bile as a matter of reflex. Shame on you, Sankei, for adding credibility to this article by publishing it. Let’s hope (and I stress again: hope) that it is not a bellwether of public policy to come.<\/p>\n

UPDATE FEB 13: A protest letter in Japanese and English from the Africa-Japan Forum hits the media, demanding a retraction and an apology. Enclosed.<\/p>\n

UPDATE FEB 14: South African Ambassador to Japan protests Sono Ayako’s pro-Apartheid column
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