9/03/2014

Anti-Japanism but not Anti-Semitism: Defacing “The Diary of a Young Girl” at public libraries across Tokyo


Some suggest that defacement of about 300 books (The Diary of a Young Girl and other related books) seem almost impossible at libraries across Tokyo where quietness is required unless someone inside is involved. 
Defacing of the particular books seems to be very systematic, possibly indicating involvement of a well-organized group and/or some international plot to impair the image of Japan by intentionally relating Japan to the Nazism although Japan has consistently condemned the Nazi’s racial discrimination against the Jewish people before, during and after WWII. 
In fact, Mr. Tojo Hideki who was falsely accused of war crimes against humanity at the Tokyo Trials Incident from May 3, 1946 to November 12, 1948 was a humanitarian who had saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazi holocaust by turning down the Nazi’s demand to hand over Jews stranded in and around Manchuria now occupied by China and who had given them “free passage” to anywhere they desired, under the Japanese Government policy of “racial equality, which Japan had vehemently tried to realize since the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. 
Chiefly due to the anti-Japan propaganda extensively and intensively carried out by U.S. who had no choice but to justify its brutal acts committed against the Japanese race before, during, and after the Greater East Asia War, not many people in the world have been exposed to one of the most important historical events related to "human rights". Japan courageously stood up against the white-ruled international community of the early 20th century and submitted an epoch-making proposal on “Racial Equality”. 
However, Japan’s proposal was sadly and dismayingly rejected by the 28th U.S. president Thomas Wilson serving as Chairman despite the fact that the Japanese proposal received a majority vote.
In the recent years, South Korea has employed every possible means to fabricate a story that Japan had been as brutal as the Nazi Germany during 35 years Japan-Korea annexation despite every historical evidence denying such a Korean claim as being non-sense. South Korea is just an area created for U.S. to pursue anti-Japan policy on August 15, 1948, so as to further strengthen the infamous brainwashing operation under “War Guilt Information Program” executed by SCAP headed by MacArthur during the brutal occupation of Japan. Therefore, many regard it as “grave distortion” of historical facts and dismiss it just as a huge political manipulation.
Koreans, despite the fact that they have long and largely benefited from Japan, insult Japan this way.  Koreans, acting like victims (who in fact had long desired that two states Japan and Korea would be merged into one Empire although Prince Ito Hirobumi, a four-time Prime Minister of Japan and the former Resident-General of Korea strongly objected. Prince Ito was assassinated by a Korean terrorist named An Jung-geun a year before Japan-Korea annexation was amicably executed in 1910.), claim for various benefits they in fact find no reason to.
A man aged in his 30s who repeatedly defaced hundreds of Anne Frank-related books was recently arrested, however, released for the reason that he had been insane at the time of crimes although he, who has 3 previous criminal records of the similar crimes, admitted his premeditated defacing.  An assumption established among netizens is that he was either actually insane when he committed them or a foreign operative in Japan, whose duty is to internationally pursue “Anti-Japanism” by means of exploiting “Anti-Semitism”.   

Note: Japanism or Japonism was first coined in France in 19th century, to express  a trait or characteristic distinctive of the Japanese or of their civilization or art, and  to which different meanings and connotations such as Japanese nationalism have been later added by those who wish to view Japan as a threat to their economies, etc.



A case cited below is the case many believe quite similar in nature to the above case

Destruction of books at Nishi-Funabashi Public Library,

107 books (written by members of Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform) were destroyed by librarians not in accordance with discarding criteria set for the public library by the city of Funabashi but based on their own political thinking during the period of August 10, 2001 to August 26, 2001.
On July 14, 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that destruction of 107 books infringed the authors’ moral rights, thereby ordering five female librarians to compensate for the damage caused by their illegal act. This particular case is also related to deprivation of the authors’ rights in connection to the public library, freedom of expression, and denial of the users’ right to know.
In an area of Funabashi city, Chiba Prefecture, some concentration of Korean population is seen along with branch office of South Korean Organization.

Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture Japan

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