The former “Aojiru Prince” sparks a flood of reactions after saying, regarding Aespas appearance at Kohaku Uta Gassen "NHK should never again claim to stand for anti-war and peace."
On the 22nd he further posted: "Japanese people are being semi-forced to pay money to a public broadcaster that features foreigners calling the atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud ‘cute.’ I’m absolutely opposed to this. It tramples on the dignity of the Japanese people.”
In another follow-up post he wrote "I have traveled around the world, so I understand that racism is wrong. However, I believe it respecting a country culture is most the important thing. If Japan’s public broadcaster, regardless of the intention, accept the atomic bomb - a heavy part of our Japan’s past, then we are over. If aespa are to appear on Kohaku Uta Gassen then I don’t want NHK to ever claim to stand for Anti-war and peace.”
A variety of opinions have been expressed in response to this series of posts
(Japanese people are being semi-forced to pay money to a public broadcaster that features foreigners calling the atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud ‘cute.’ I’m absolutely opposed to this. It tramples on the dignity of the Japanese people)
(I have traveled around the world, so I understand that racism is wrong. However, I believe it respecting a country culture is most the important thing.
If Japan’s public broadcaster, regardless of the intention, accept the atomic bomb - a heavy part of our Japan’s past, then we are over. If aespa are to appear on Kohaku Uta Gassen then I don’t want NHK to ever claim to stand for Anti-war and peace)
(Eh, are they really putting Aespa on Kohaku? I’m really against it.
Is there there really any reason to put on a person on Japans public broadcaster who treats the atomic bomb as a joke? She hurt the feeling and dignity of Japanese people. In the first place I think it would be better to give opportunities to Japanese singers.)
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2. Say it louder
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3. What is the former Aojiru Prince?
(Misaki Yuta, a entrepreneur turned influencer, getting famous from selling the drink Aojiru and referred to himself as Aojiru prince)
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Korean groups aren’t needed on Japans Kohaku
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5. So Japanese people get excluded for the smallest things but not foreigners, how is that okay
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6. He fixes one controversy by throwing another one into the fire
(Misaki Yuta had a tax evasion controversy in 2019, before rebranding as a influencer)
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7. I rarely agree with this person but this time I do
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8. What kind of person is he? Does he really have this much influence?
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9. Making a joke out of the atomic bomb is inhumane. I’m against their appearance too.
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10. If they’re gonna blacklist Shinoda Mariko they should ban this group too
(In 2022 she was accused of having affair and cheating on her husband)
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11. Well if they feature a person like him they would be hypocrites
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13. Bandwagon outrage for his own marketing
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14. The ones doing such online lynching are the same aren’t they! We seriously don’t need such articles about someone this shady.
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15. They’re cute
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15. I do agree with what he is saying, but this person saying, I don’t know.
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16. Why are license fees payed by Japanese people showing us Koreans who make a joke of the atomic bomb. This is the worst.
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17. Doesn’t the song they will perform also have some anti Japanese sentiment?
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18. Even if we ordinarily people get 140,000 signatures collected, they still put on Korean groups, so Aojiru Prince speak louder
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22. Sure to watch it is our choice, but we are paying the license fee so I want them to listen to the public
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23. I feel bad for the Japanese member
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24. NHK is already under Chinese and Korean control
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29. Chinese and Korean people also died in the atomic bomb so I don’t understand why anyone would treat it as a joke.
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30. It did get quite a big controversy, will they not withdraw?
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31. I’m not a Army and honestly last years i haven’t liked BTS but when the atomic bomb T-shirt incident happened they at least dealt with it. So why are they stubborn to say it’s not problem this time. Is it because it’s another agency?
(Jimin of BTS were photographed with a pic that included a atomic bomb)
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