{"id":9625,"date":"2011-11-15T01:32:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9625"},"modified":"2020-03-01T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T23:15:28","slug":"debito-org-dejima-award-to-japan-rugby-football-union-blaming-j-losses-on-too-many-foreign-players-including-naturalized-former-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9625","title":{"rendered":"Debito.org Dejima Award to Japan Rugby Football Union, blaming J losses on “too many foreign players”, including naturalized former NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi Blog. \u00a0Allow me to present a very rare and coveted award (this is only the fifth one in Debito.org’s history<\/a>) that Debito.org only gives out to egregious racists and offenders of the sensibilities. \u00a0To people who are basically beyond any sort of appeal to logic or reason regarding treating other humans as equal and dignified human beings: \u00a0A Dejima Award<\/a>. \u00a0And once again (this is the third time) it goes to that ever-encouraged admixture of bastion nationalism and Team-Japan-ism: \u00a0A Japanese sports league. \u00a0One that blames Japan’s apparently poor showing in rugby on the foreigners (apparently even those “foreigners” who are naturalized Japanese citizens). Read the article, then I’ll comment further:<\/p>\n

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RUGBY UNION
\nKirwan under fire for using too many foreign-born players
\nJAPAN TODAY, SPORTS OCT. 30, 2011, Courtesy of Yokohama John
\n http:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/category\/sports\/view\/kirwan-under-fire-for-using-too-many-foreign-born-players<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

TOKYO \u2014\u00a0All Blacks legend John Kirwan, due to quit as Japan coach after the Brave Blossoms\u2019 disappointment at the rugby World Cup, came under fire Saturday for his use of foreign-born players.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The criticism came at a board meeting of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) which reviewed the World Cup in New Zealand, the union\u2019s chairman Tatsuzo Yabe said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Japan finished bottom of Pool A with three defeats\u2014by eventual World Cup winners New Zealand, runners-up France and Tonga\u2014and a draw with Canada.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about how our scrum went or how our breakdown went. We also talked about our mental side,\u201d Yabe said. \u201cSome argued that we had too many foreigners.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kirwan picked a record 10 foreign-born players, half of whom have obtained Japanese nationality, for his World Cup squad. The previous highest was seven, also selected by Kirwan for the 2007 World Cup in France.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He used seven of them in the starting line-up against Canada in an effort to break Japan\u2019s World Cup winless streak, which dates back to their 52-8 victory over Zimbabwe 20 years ago. In 2007, Japan also drew with Canada.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kirwan has insisted Japan must use foreigners to improve their results before 2019 when they host the World Cup.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRugby is a world sport, we accept everyone. It\u2019s not political,\u201d he said before the New Zealand tournament.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the 46-year-old said he would not seek a new contract with Japan when his current five-year deal expires in December.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Former Australia coach Eddie Jones, who led the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup final, which they lost to England, has been mentioned by some JRFU executives as a candidate to replace Kirwan, according to media reports.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Jones now coaches Japan Top-14 side Suntory Sungoliath.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yabe said no specific name was named at the board meeting as Kirwan\u2019s successor but they had set up a committee to choose the new coach and staff, hopefully by the end of this year.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe noted the good things JK (Kirwan) has done. But the results are what matter,\u201d he said. \u201cJK said he would keep watching Japanese rugby beyond December. We will appreciate that.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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COMMENT<\/strong>: One comment from the Japan Today site that resonated with me in its succinct truthiness: “They needed a reason that they didn’t reach their highly unlikely expectations for the World Cup. Stating that their sights were set too high wouldn’t work, and neither would saying they just weren’t good enough. But blaming it about people who are not “pure” Japanese in the team… there’s an excuse all the people high up in the hierarchies can agree with.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Just so. But in any case, savor just how stoneheaded this is. Like a fine wine, the flavor of this incident of clear and public racist scapegoating keeps unfolding on the tongue and in the mind, leading to a lingering despair for the future social dynamic of Japanese society. \u00a0No doubt for many people this will become SITYS cannon fodder for justifying a negative disposition towards Japan, and an understanding why it’s in decline. Not for me. I just give the Japan Rugby Football Union a golden razzie in the form of The Debito.org Dejima Award. And create a permanent record for others to set their mental compasses by. Arudou Debito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allow me to present a very rare and coveted award (this is only the fifth one in Debito.org’s history) that Debito.org only gives out to egregious racists and offenders of the sensibilities: To people who are basically beyond any sort of appeal to logic or reason regarding treating other humans as equal and dignified human beings. A Dejima Award. And once again (this is the third time) it goes to that ever-encouraged admixture of bastion nationalism and Team-Japan-ism: A Japanese sports league. One that blames Japan’s apparently poor showing in rugby on the foreigners (apparently even those “foreigners” who are naturalized Japanese citizens).<\/p>\n

Japan Today: All Blacks legend John Kirwan, due to quit as Japan coach after the Brave Blossoms\u2019 disappointment at the rugby World Cup, came under fire Saturday for his use of foreign-born players. The criticism came at a board meeting of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) which reviewed the World Cup in New Zealand, the union\u2019s chairman Tatsuzo Yabe said…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about how our scrum went or how our breakdown went. We also talked about our mental side,\u201d Yabe said. \u201cSome argued that we had too many foreigners.\u201d Kirwan picked a record 10 foreign-born players, half of whom have obtained Japanese nationality, for his World Cup squad. The previous highest was seven, also selected by Kirwan for the 2007 World Cup in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,30,26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-dejima-awards","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9625","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=9625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15958,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9625\/revisions\/15958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}