Comments on: Tojo defends Yasukuni on Korean TV

By: equinoXio » » El “legado” del nieto de un criminal de guerra

Sat, 12 May 2007 07:05:51 +0000

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By: ampontan

ampontan — Sat, 12 May 2007 02:52:49 +0000

Bender: “It’s surprising that only Japan gets bashed for nationalism while the level of natonalism going on in other east Asian countries seem much more extreme.”

Amen, brother.

John: I don’t think so. If I knew of one, I would have linked to it. However, you have the gist of it in that summary.

By: John

John — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:15:34 +0000

Great video… but is there one with English subtitles?

Thank you.

By: bender

bender — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:25:51 +0000

I hear many Japanese veterans of WWII are quite critical of Tojo and the Japanese Imperial Army. I think it is pretty fair to say that they are the ones directly responsible for the fall of the Japanese Empire. I wouldn’s say Yuko Tojo represents what the Japanese think about this issue.

That being said, I’m pretty sure that Japan will be bashed if Korean and Taiwanese soldiers were not honored in the shrine. The Far East is riddled with intorelant nationalism/ethno- hatred. It’s surprising that only Japan gets bashed for nationalism while the level of natonalism going on in other east Asian countries seem much more extreme.

By: ampontan

ampontan — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:01:46 +0000

The spam filter is working overtime again, this time catching another legitimate comment from Topcat, who asked me to post the following:
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As you know, Ampontan-san, freedom of speech is guaranteed in Japan. Therefore no one can tell the granddaughter of PM Hideki Tojo NOT to do this or that.

That said ….. what she is doing now (talking about political or historical issue in public, going out to South Korea and debating with a Korean and a Taiwanese on Yasukuni, running for Upper House elections, etc.) disgusts some Japanese; if the term “disgusts” sounds a little too strong, what she is doing makes some Japanese feel unfomfortable.

I myself think that PM Hideki Tojo has been given a wrong image, too, and realize that his granddaughter wants to clear such an image. That said (again), I think she should keep her mouth shut.

There is something “not Japanese” about what she is doing now, which is only my personal impression, though.

Apart from Yuko Tojo’s opinion, I think we (the Japanese) should discuss Yasukuni.
I think that the government must construct a national memorial institution for the war dead. Accepting Yasukuni as a national memorial place is incompatible with the current (not the past) constitutional provisions for the separation of religion and politics.

I realize (not fully, maybe) Korean and Taiwanese families’ antipathy against Yasukuni. There have been several lawsuits between the government and Japanese families of soldiers killed in WWII who were Christians and enshrined at Yasukuni.

BTW, in KBS program, Yuko Tojo says that Ministry of Health and Welfare (that has been merged into Ministry of Health and Welfare and Labor) “decided” who to be enshrined, which is not correct. MHW just kept records of the war dead and passed them to Yasukuni. Who to be enshrined was decided by Yasukuni. Anyway, giving the records to a religious body could cause a dispute today, I suppose.

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yamatodamasii/20060824

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/pandiani/e/227b5ec3f0155088c63bebe17136dfe4

By: Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-05-11 by Graham Webster

Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-05-11 by Graham Webster — Fri, 11 May 2007 07:24:14 +0000

[...] Tojo defends Yasukuni on Korean TV « AMPONTAN No, not former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo; it was his granddaughter Yuko Tojo. [...]

By: rei

rei — Fri, 11 May 2007 07:19:26 +0000

The Taiwanese woman is 高金素梅.Her father is a mainland Chinese.Her protest performance against Yasukuni shrine has been praised by anti Japanese people.But some Taiwanese criticize her for her ignorance of the history.

please read the articles by the Taiwanese.
http://www.sankei.co.jp/seiron/koukoku/2003/0309/ronbun1-1.html
http://www.wufi.org.tw/mail2k3/m030805.htm

By: Tojo appears on Korean TV to defend Yasukuni » Japan Probe

Tojo appears on Korean TV to defend Yasukuni » Japan Probe — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:58:11 +0000

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By: Topcat

Topcat — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:29:40 +0000

As you know, Ampontan-san, freedom of speech is guaranteed in Japan. Therefore no one can tell the granddaughter of PM Hideki Tojo NOT to do this or that.

I myself think that PM Hideki Tojo has been given a wrong image, too, and realize that his granddaughter wants to clear such an image. That said (again), I think she should keep her mouth shut.

There is something “not Japanese” about what she is doing now, which is only my personal impression, though.

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yamatodamasii/20060824

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/pandiani/e/227b5ec3f0155088c63bebe17136dfe4

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Summary of Tojo Yasukuni Debate

Global Voices Online » Japan: Summary of Tojo Yasukuni Debate — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:10:43 +0000

[...] summarized a segment of a South Korean TV program that appeared on August 13, 2006 with Japanese subtitles. The show featured Tojo Yuko, [...]