以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
独日ステレオタイプ
木佐
ほかにも70年安保崩れでドイツに来た日本人女性がいました。
彼らが在独韓国人団体とつながり、反日活動を続けてきたのです。
山岡
日本を批判するのは個人の自由ですが、人の集まる場所で横断幕を広げ、声高に「日本は悪い国だ」と叫ぶ。なぜ、日本人がそんなパフォーマンスを外国にまで行ってするのか、理解に苦しみます。
木佐
一言で言えば、反日日本人がいる日本と、反独ドイツ人がいないドイツの違いが大きい。
前著の『「反日」という病』(幻冬舎)で反日日本人の精神性を分析しています。
日本では東京裁判史観が根強く残っています。この東京裁判を通じて、国際社会から日本は戦犯国であると断罪された。
でも、日本人の中には、その犯罪行為をしたのは、旧日本軍であり、我々は反省し、いい日本人であるとして、自己愛を強めることになった。
その自己愛が歪み極端化したのが、反日日本人の正体ではないでしょうか。
「性奴隷」という言葉を慰安婦にあてはめた戸塚悦朗弁護士や、慰安婦の原告探しを韓国などで行った高木健一弁護士がその典型例でしょう。
山岡
福島瑞穂議員も同類でしょう。
木佐
彼らだけではなく、日本の知識層の多くは反日的な言動をしないと、"反省なき日本人"という扱いを受けました。
こういうことを主張する人々は、過去を反省しない日本は悪、過去を反省しているドイツは正義という典型的な「独日ステレオタイプ」に陥ったのです。
そして、そういった言論を率先して誘導してきたのが、朝日新聞だった。
その戦後の成果が、今回のベルリン慰安婦像設置に”結実゛したとも言えます。
山岡
木佐さんの新著では、具体的な名前として、池上彰氏や舛添要一氏、石破茂氏、永井清彦氏(国際政治学者)、赤坂真理氏(作家)、石田勇治氏(東大教授。ドイツの近現代史研究の第一人者)をあげておられます。
この稿続く。
以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
独日ステレオタイプ
木佐
ほかにも70年安保崩れでドイツに来た日本人女性がいました。
彼らが在独韓国人団体とつながり、反日活動を続けてきたのです。
山岡
日本を批判するのは個人の自由ですが、人の集まる場所で横断幕を広げ、声高に「日本は悪い国だ」と叫ぶ。なぜ、日本人がそんなパフォーマンスを外国にまで行ってするのか、理解に苦しみます。
木佐
一言で言えば、反日日本人がいる日本と、反独ドイツ人がいないドイツの違いが大きい。
前著の『「反日」という病』(幻冬舎)で反日日本人の精神性を分析しています。
日本では東京裁判史観が根強く残っています。この東京裁判を通じて、国際社会から日本は戦犯国であると断罪された。
でも、日本人の中には、その犯罪行為をしたのは、旧日本軍であり、我々は反省し、いい日本人であるとして、自己愛を強めることになった。
その自己愛が歪み極端化したのが、反日日本人の正体ではないでしょうか。
「性奴隷」という言葉を慰安婦にあてはめた戸塚悦朗弁護士や、慰安婦の原告探しを韓国などで行った高木健一弁護士がその典型例でしょう。
山岡
福島瑞穂議員も同類でしょう。
木佐
彼らだけではなく、日本の知識層の多くは反日的な言動をしないと、"反省なき日本人"という扱いを受けました。
こういうことを主張する人々は、過去を反省しない日本は悪、過去を反省しているドイツは正義という典型的な「独日ステレオタイプ」に陥ったのです。
そして、そういった言論を率先して誘導してきたのが、朝日新聞だった。
その戦後の成果が、今回のベルリン慰安婦像設置に”結実゛したとも言えます。
山岡
木佐さんの新著では、具体的な名前として、池上彰氏や舛添要一氏、石破茂氏、永井清彦氏(国際政治学者)、赤坂真理氏(作家)、石田勇治氏(東大教授。ドイツの近現代史研究の第一人者)をあげておられます。
この稿続く。
以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
在独日本人の暗躍
山岡
もう一つ重要な点を見過ごしてはいけません。
ドイツ人がなぜ慰安婦問題に気づいたかということです。
彼らが独自で調べて、見つけ出したわけではありません。
現地にいる日本人の暗躍が大きかった。
木佐
ネタ元はそこです。
山岡
古くは作家で活動家の小田実氏もその一人です。
小田氏は1986年、ドイツで「独日平和フォーラム」を設立、この団体が一つの核となって、反日情報を拡散させたのです。
ちなみに先述のシャグン氏も、この団体にかかわっています。
木佐
スウェーデンのストックホルムに取材で行った際、長年、在住している日本人と会話する機会がありました。その人曰く、北欧やドイツに日本の左派系崩れが多く流れ込んだとのこと。
70年安保闘争で活動し挫折した新左翼は、日本を見限り、欧州に移住した。
1974年、小田氏はベルリンに行っていますから、証言と平仄(ひょうそく)が合う。
東欧諸国は共産主義国でしたし、ベルリンも東西に分裂していましたから、政治活動をしやすかったのでしょう。
山岡
小田氏とともに「独日平和フォーラム」の共同創設者である梶村太一郎氏も、ドイツで反日思想を流布している一人です。
木佐
梶村氏は、朝日新聞の代理人として記者会見に出ようとしたことがあります。
まわりの日本人特派員は、梶村氏のことを誰も知らなかった。
後年、この梶村氏は朝日の戦後70年企画で、ベルリン在住の日本人という立場で取材に応じ長々と自説を語っていました。さらに『週刊金曜日』にも寄稿していた。
彼の奥さん(梶村道子氏)はベルリン女の会という日本を批判する団体の慰安婦問題のリーダー格でもあったのです。
山岡
筋金入りです。
梶村氏は、2014年、フリージャーナリストの岩上安身氏のインタビューに答えて、以下のように発言しています。
「今になって、従軍慰安婦を否定するような言論を日本政府が発すると、世界に対する日本の信用が没落する。あり得ない」
「私はオランダの公文書館に出向いて、強制連行されたオランダ女性たちのバタビア裁判に関する資料を入手した。それを読めば、強制連行・従軍慰安婦を否定することなどできない」
「従軍慰安婦は、日本軍の一つのシステムとして存在していた。中曽根(康弘)元首相が関与した資料がある。生き証人なのだから証人喚問して、事実を証明してもらえばいい」
当時においても戦争犯罪だった事件と、一般的な慰安婦制度を混同しています。
中曽根氏は主計将校として、兵士による強姦を防ぎ性病の蔓延を予防するため、慰安所設置に関わった。
そういう「関与」です。ドイツとはまるで違う。
この稿続く。
以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
在独日本人の暗躍
山岡
もう一つ重要な点を見過ごしてはいけません。
ドイツ人がなぜ慰安婦問題に気づいたかということです。
彼らが独自で調べて、見つけ出したわけではありません。
現地にいる日本人の暗躍が大きかった。
木佐
ネタ元はそこです。
山岡
古くは作家で活動家の小田実氏もその一人です。
小田氏は1986年、ドイツで「独日平和フォーラム」を設立、この団体が一つの核となって、反日情報を拡散させたのです。
ちなみに先述のシャグン氏も、この団体にかかわっています。
木佐
スウェーデンのストックホルムに取材で行った際、長年、在住している日本人と会話する機会がありました。その人曰く、北欧やドイツに日本の左派系崩れが多く流れ込んだとのこと。
70年安保闘争で活動し挫折した新左翼は、日本を見限り、欧州に移住した。
1974年、小田氏はベルリンに行っていますから、証言と平仄(ひょうそく)が合う。
東欧諸国は共産主義国でしたし、ベルリンも東西に分裂していましたから、政治活動をしやすかったのでしょう。
山岡
小田氏とともに「独日平和フォーラム」の共同創設者である梶村太一郎氏も、ドイツで反日思想を流布している一人です。
木佐
梶村氏は、朝日新聞の代理人として記者会見に出ようとしたことがあります。
まわりの日本人特派員は、梶村氏のことを誰も知らなかった。
後年、この梶村氏は朝日の戦後70年企画で、ベルリン在住の日本人という立場で取材に応じ長々と自説を語っていました。さらに『週刊金曜日』にも寄稿していた。
彼の奥さん(梶村道子氏)はベルリン女の会という日本を批判する団体の慰安婦問題のリーダー格でもあったのです。
山岡
筋金入りです。
梶村氏は、2014年、フリージャーナリストの岩上安身氏のインタビューに答えて、以下のように発言しています。
「今になって、従軍慰安婦を否定するような言論を日本政府が発すると、世界に対する日本の信用が没落する。あり得ない」
「私はオランダの公文書館に出向いて、強制連行されたオランダ女性たちのバタビア裁判に関する資料を入手した。それを読めば、強制連行・従軍慰安婦を否定することなどできない」
「従軍慰安婦は、日本軍の一つのシステムとして存在していた。中曽根(康弘)元首相が関与した資料がある。生き証人なのだから証人喚問して、事実を証明してもらえばいい」
当時においても戦争犯罪だった事件と、一般的な慰安婦制度を混同しています。
中曽根氏は主計将校として、兵士による強姦を防ぎ性病の蔓延を予防するため、慰安所設置に関わった。
そういう「関与」です。ドイツとはまるで違う。
この稿続く。
以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
在独日本人の暗躍
山岡
もう一つ重要な点を見過ごしてはいけません。
ドイツ人がなぜ慰安婦問題に気づいたかということです。
彼らが独自で調べて、見つけ出したわけではありません。
現地にいる日本人の暗躍が大きかった。
木佐
ネタ元はそこです。
山岡
古くは作家で活動家の小田実氏もその一人です。
小田氏は1986年、ドイツで「独日平和フォーラム」を設立、この団体が一つの核となって、反日情報を拡散させたのです。
ちなみに先述のシャグン氏も、この団体にかかわっています。
木佐
スウェーデンのストックホルムに取材で行った際、長年、在住している日本人と会話する機会がありました。その人曰く、北欧やドイツに日本の左派系崩れが多く流れ込んだとのこと。
70年安保闘争で活動し挫折した新左翼は、日本を見限り、欧州に移住した。
1974年、小田氏はベルリンに行っていますから、証言と平仄(ひょうそく)が合う。
東欧諸国は共産主義国でしたし、ベルリンも東西に分裂していましたから、政治活動をしやすかったのでしょう。
山岡
小田氏とともに「独日平和フォーラム」の共同創設者である梶村太一郎氏も、ドイツで反日思想を流布している一人です。
木佐
梶村氏は、朝日新聞の代理人として記者会見に出ようとしたことがあります。
まわりの日本人特派員は、梶村氏のことを誰も知らなかった。
後年、この梶村氏は朝日の戦後70年企画で、ベルリン在住の日本人という立場で取材に応じ長々と自説を語っていました。さらに『週刊金曜日』にも寄稿していた。
彼の奥さん(梶村道子氏)はベルリン女の会という日本を批判する団体の慰安婦問題のリーダー格でもあったのです。
山岡
筋金入りです。
梶村氏は、2014年、フリージャーナリストの岩上安身氏のインタビューに答えて、以下のように発言しています。
「今になって、従軍慰安婦を否定するような言論を日本政府が発すると、世界に対する日本の信用が没落する。あり得ない」
「私はオランダの公文書館に出向いて、強制連行されたオランダ女性たちのバタビア裁判に関する資料を入手した。それを読めば、強制連行・従軍慰安婦を否定することなどできない」
「従軍慰安婦は、日本軍の一つのシステムとして存在していた。中曽根(康弘)元首相が関与した資料がある。生き証人なのだから証人喚問して、事実を証明してもらえばいい」
当時においても戦争犯罪だった事件と、一般的な慰安婦制度を混同しています。
中曽根氏は主計将校として、兵士による強姦を防ぎ性病の蔓延を予防するため、慰安所設置に関わった。
そういう「関与」です。ドイツとはまるで違う。
この稿続く。
以下は本日発売された月刊誌WiLLに、慰安婦問題、日本叩きに走るドイツの下心、と題して掲載されているジャーナリスト木佐芳男と情報戦略アナリスト山岡鉄秀の対談特集からである。
毎月言及する事だが、月刊誌WiLL、Hanada、正論は日本国民のみならず、世界中の人たちが必読の本物の論文が満載されている。
本論文は、その事を見事に証明している。
まだニューズウィーク日本語版を定期購読していた頃、ドイツの世論調査で約半数のドイツ人が反日思想を持っているという信じがたい記事を読んで以来、
私がドイツを批判し続け、「ドイツに学べ」、等と言って来た所謂文化人達、その中で、私が直に紙面で目にした梅原猛、山崎正和の両名に対しては、以来、これ以上ない軽蔑の論を書いて来た事は御存知の通りである。
私のドイツに対する批判が100%正しかった事を、最澄が定義した国宝でもある木佐芳男と山岡鉄秀は完璧に証明している。
日本国民は最寄りの書店に購読に向かわなければならない。
世界中の人達には、出来るだけ、私が知らせる。
在独日本人の暗躍
山岡
もう一つ重要な点を見過ごしてはいけません。
ドイツ人がなぜ慰安婦問題に気づいたかということです。
彼らが独自で調べて、見つけ出したわけではありません。
現地にいる日本人の暗躍が大きかった。
木佐
ネタ元はそこです。
山岡
古くは作家で活動家の小田実氏もその一人です。
小田氏は1986年、ドイツで「独日平和フォーラム」を設立、この団体が一つの核となって、反日情報を拡散させたのです。
ちなみに先述のシャグン氏も、この団体にかかわっています。
木佐
スウェーデンのストックホルムに取材で行った際、長年、在住している日本人と会話する機会がありました。その人曰く、北欧やドイツに日本の左派系崩れが多く流れ込んだとのこと。
70年安保闘争で活動し挫折した新左翼は、日本を見限り、欧州に移住した。
1974年、小田氏はベルリンに行っていますから、証言と平仄(ひょうそく)が合う。
東欧諸国は共産主義国でしたし、ベルリンも東西に分裂していましたから、政治活動をしやすかったのでしょう。
山岡
小田氏とともに「独日平和フォーラム」の共同創設者である梶村太一郎氏も、ドイツで反日思想を流布している一人です。
木佐
梶村氏は、朝日新聞の代理人として記者会見に出ようとしたことがあります。
まわりの日本人特派員は、梶村氏のことを誰も知らなかった。
後年、この梶村氏は朝日の戦後70年企画で、ベルリン在住の日本人という立場で取材に応じ長々と自説を語っていました。さらに『週刊金曜日』にも寄稿していた。
彼の奥さん(梶村道子氏)はベルリン女の会という日本を批判する団体の慰安婦問題のリーダー格でもあったのです。
山岡
筋金入りです。
梶村氏は、2014年、フリージャーナリストの岩上安身氏のインタビューに答えて、以下のように発言しています。
「今になって、従軍慰安婦を否定するような言論を日本政府が発すると、世界に対する日本の信用が没落する。あり得ない」
「私はオランダの公文書館に出向いて、強制連行されたオランダ女性たちのバタビア裁判に関する資料を入手した。それを読めば、強制連行・従軍慰安婦を否定することなどできない」
「従軍慰安婦は、日本軍の一つのシステムとして存在していた。中曽根(康弘)元首相が関与した資料がある。生き証人なのだから証人喚問して、事実を証明してもらえばいい」
当時においても戦争犯罪だった事件と、一般的な慰安婦制度を混同しています。
中曽根氏は主計将校として、兵士による強姦を防ぎ性病の蔓延を予防するため、慰安所設置に関わった。
そういう「関与」です。ドイツとはまるで違う。
この稿続く。
政府、特にメルケル首相をメディアがほとんど批判しないのは、ドイツの特性の一つ…
日本の人権問題を糾弾するなら、中国のモンゴル・チべット・ウイグルの人権問題も同じく糾弾するのかといえば
中国の周辺民族の弾圧は、ナチス以上の残虐さ…メルケル首相は、公式に中国を批判することはありません
I can't help but be amazed at why he lays bare his disgust for Japan
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to
ドイツ人は歴史に学んだと言えればよかった。だが、憎悪が広がる中、そう語ることはできない
つまり、慰安婦像設置の裏には、ドイツ人の歪んだ心理が秘められているわけですね。
behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
An Inconvenient Truth
Kisa
There is a severe error in Mr. Szagun's assertion.
That is, Germany has not cleared up its past at all.
Even on the issue of comfort women, Germany refers to comfort women as "forced prostitution.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the Nazis arrested prostitution, homosexuals, beggars, alcoholics, etc., as "unsocial" behavior that was not in line with the social order.
In addition to professional prostitutes, some women were arrested on other charges and were subjected to prostitution in concentration camps.
Besides, not only the Nazi SS officers in charge of the camps but also men who were inmates and supervised other inmates at the will of the SS, as well as inmates who performed well in forced labor, were allowed to prostitute themselves as a "bonus.
The human rights of the women who were forced to be prostitutes were wholly ignored.
Furthermore, another historical fact that the Wehrmacht, which was separate from the Nazi organization during the Hitler era, forcibly took women from other countries and turned them into sex slaves.
These two are described as "forced prostitution.
Yamaoka
In the Japanese military case, there was no forced recruitment, as is known from various records. Moreover, we know that most of the comfort women were Japanese women.
Kisa
However, today's Germans know very little about these facts of the past and do not even try to verify them.
Yamaoka
The viciousness of forced prostitution in Germany cannot be compared to the comfort women system in Japan.
In Japan's case, there was the concept of a contract, as a paper by Professor Ramseyer of Harvard University makes clear.
Moreover, the content of the contract took into account the interests of both parties.
In Germany's case, however, as Mr. Kisa mentioned, the prostitutes were forced into prostitution without their consent.
Besides, it made the crime of rape in the occupied territories a crime of intimidation (a crime for which no prosecution can be filed without a complaint).
In other words, sex crimes in the area were virtually tolerated.
Kisa
If we insinuate such inconvenient facts about Germany, all the reckoning acts for the war that Germany has done after the war will collapse.
I once asked a woman activist why forced prostitution had not become a social and political issue in Germany.
Her answer was, "In Germany, it is impossible.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Szagun's document that I mentioned earlier, there is a statement that "Germany also did terrible things in Eastern Europe.
In response to this, he argues that Germany is remorseful, but Japan is not.
That perception is only one side of the story.
Kisa
In the case of Germany, all the blame has been placed on Hitler and the Nazis.
In particular, because of the Holocaust issue, Germany was condemned by the international community at once. If it brought up "Hitler" and "the Nazis" as scapegoats and apologized, it perceived that Germany had reflected on its war responsibility.
Yamaoka
It was only a form of remorse.
Kisa
But it is also true that this approach was reaching its limits.
On January 23, 2020, a memorial ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which was attended by German President Steinmeier, who gave the following speech: "The perpetrators were Germans. The perpetrators were the Germans. The worst crime in human history, the industrial mass murder of six million Jews, was committed by our people.
"I wish we could say that the Germans have learned from history, but we can't say that in the face of spreading hatred.
In short, the German head of state's speech effectively put an end to the German people's psychological deception to scapegoat the Nazis.
He said that no one could be held responsible for the war crimes of the Germans.
But Germany alone could not carry that burden.
They looked to the east to see if anyone could help, and they found Japan.
So, they used the Japanese comfort women issue as a shield and a new scapegoat for their sins.
Yamaoka.
In other words, behind the installation of the comfort women statues lies the German people's distorted psychology.
Japanese people's view of Germany up to now was that Germans, in general, were excellent and pro-Japanese and that they were a country with which Japan, with its thriving heavy industry, had a fundamental connection.
But if you read Kisa's book, you will see that all of this is an illusion.
Kisa
There is an unfortunate reality there.
Yamaoka
Germany is also a country with great contradictions.
If you denounce the human rights problem in Japan, will you also condemn the human rights problem in China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Uyghur?
Why don't they criticize anything?
Germany lives in the automobile industry. The primary customer of the automobile industry is the Chinese market.
So, the logic is that they do not criticize China.
Such deceptive thinking does not cause any pangs of conscience.
Surprisingly, when Chancellor Merkel visited Japan, she said at an informal dinner, "Sales of VW (Volkswagen) are more important than human rights issues.
She is not afraid to turn a blind eye to other countries' evils for the sake of her own country's interests.
Kisa
That is the "identity" of the Germans.
China's oppression of its neighboring peoples is even more brutal than that of the Nazis.
However, Chancellor Merkel has never officially criticized China.
The media has also not turned a critical eye to her words and actions.
Yamaoka
If it were Japan, there would be many people calling for the government to take a stand.
Kisa
It is one of Germany's characteristics that the media hardly criticize the government, especially Chancellor Merkel.
It may be one of the reasons for the rise of Hitler.
This article continues.
The following is from a feature article in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's ulterior motive in beating Japan," featuring a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines' WiLL, Hanada, and Sound Argument are full of genuine articles that are a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
This article proves that point beautifully.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an unbelievable article about a German poll showing that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have been saying things like "learn from Germany," among whom I have seen firsthand in the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara, and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, have proven perfectly that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
The Japanese people must head to their nearest bookstore to subscribe.
I will let the rest of the world know as best I can.
Germany's twisted mentality to make Japan the new scapegoat for war crimes
Self-righteous criticism
Yamaoka
The first comfort women statue was erected on public land in Berlin's Mitte district in Germany (September 2020).
Many Japanese may be surprised to know why such a thing happened in Germany.
What is the German view of Japan?
What exactly is the German view of Japan?
It can find the answer to this question in Mr. Kisa's new book, "Anti-Japanese" in Germany" (Wack).
Kisa
Thank you very much.
I want to ask you, Mr. Yamaoka, what was the reaction of the people around you in Strathfield, Australia, in 2015, when a "comfort women" statue was about to be erected on public land?
Yamaoka.
Some were not interested, and those who were sympathetic to Korea.
However, leftist journalists went along with the Korean side and wrote one-sidedly that Japan was to blame.
Among the general public, there was a reaction of "Japanese people are more polite and sincere, living together, so why bring it up now?
Kisa
So there was a certain sense of distance.
Yamaoka
One more thing, some council members favored installing the comfort women statues because they wanted the votes of Chinese and Korean immigrants.
Besides, Jewish Holocaust researchers and Greek genocide researchers, who Chinese and Korean groups mobilized, took the stand at the city's public hearings.
They were talking about the same things that the Chinese and Koreans were claiming.
Kisa
The case of Germany is different.
Before the Berlin incident, a German Nazi researcher, Professor Benjamin Ortmeier, teamed up with a Korean anti-Japanese group and wrote a preface to the catalog of an exhibition called "Girls for Peace.
And when you read the contents, it is almost the same as the anti-Japanese group's propaganda.
Yamaoka
There is no such example even in other countries.
Germans seem to have stopped thinking when it comes to the comfort women issue.
They don't even bother to verify the facts but instead go 100% on emotionalism.
One such person is Andreas Szagun, a local history teacher.
He wrote an article for Moabit Online, the local government's website, in response to the Japanese government's protest against the installation of a comfort women statue in Mitte Ward (October 9, 2020).
The content of the article is so hostile that it is almost pathological.
Here is a partial summary.
"Japan is not fully facing its own history. There is an angry reaction from Japan to the statue of comfort women, but Japan has neither really apologized nor reimbursed," he criticized.
Furthermore, the Japanese emperor and Hitler of Germany are considered to be equivalent. But there is one big difference. It was that the emperor was like a god in Shinto. " he said, thoroughly denouncing Japan.
I can't help but be amazed at why he lays bare his disgust for Japan to such an extent.
Kisa
There's nothing I can do about it.
Yamaoka
Another letter from Mr. Szagun to the mayor of the district is also available, in which he writes, "We are facing our history. It would be more than appropriate if you play your part in ensuring that a country that was then and still is our ally (Japan) does not now treat its neighbor (Korea) as a loser but takes steps toward reconciliation and peace, just as we did.
It is the same old game, but in essence, it is the right thing to do to interfere in Japan's internal affairs and force Japan to wake up to the guilt of the sexual crimes it committed before the war.
It's self-satisfaction and self-reliance that they are right without even looking at the actual history.
This article continues.