11/20/2005

Ugly Images of Asian Rivals Become Best Sellers in Japan
NY Times, TOKYO:….the book states that “there is nothing at all in Korean culture to be proud of.” In another comic book, “Introduction to China,” which portrays the Chinese as a depraved people obsessed with cannibalism, a woman of Japanese origin says: “Take the China of today, its principles, thought, literature, art, science, institutions. There’s nothing attractive.” The two comic books, portraying Chinese and Koreans as base peoples and advocating confrontation with them, have become runaway best sellers in Japan in the last four months.…more…

The young Japanese woman in the comic above is saying, “It’s not an exaggeration to say that Japan built the South Korea of today!”—”Hating the Korean Wave“.
Actually, it’s not an exaggeration to say that everything that is ugly about South Korea of today came from Japan, hee, hee. It’s fun in a pathatically sad way to watch Japan to continue to shoot itself in the foot nearly every week in respect to its asian neighbors. And it’s grand comedy to watch China and Korean waste energy whining about the past.