In the late 1970s, when Park Chung-hee was still in power, most Korean cabinet ministers spoke fluent Japanese and knew much about Japan.
December 14, 2020
I learned about Miyazaki Masahiro, who, it is no exaggeration to say, has been a living Umesao Tadao since August six years ago.
In other words, I didn't know about him during the long period I subscribed to the Asahi Shimbun.
There is a world of difference between the people I got to know after August six years ago and the so-called intellectuals who were the Asahi Shimbun's patrons and whom I had been forced to see more than I could bear before.
The stupidity and lack of knowledge of the people who were the Asahi Shimbun's patrons (the majority of whom were so-called scholars) is beyond description.
The biased reporting of the Asahi Shimbun had also reached its peak.
Subscribers of the following works by Miyazaki Masahiro must have been stunned that the Japanese mass media had not reported the truth, especially about events related to China.
There are too many examples to mention.
In other words, his books are full of facts.
That's to be expected of a book.
I want to extract some facts from the vast amount of facts and let the Japanese people and people worldwide know about them.
p159~p161
▼South Korean Crisis, Asian Currency Crisis 2.0
Japan needs to change its diplomatic stance fundamentally, and if we can take advantage of the coronavirus, it is the perfect opportunity.
How long will Japan continue to associate with South Korea, an anti-Japanese country led by a strange president who finds the legitimacy of his dynasty in a totalitarian dictatorship and admires North Korea?
Since the end of the war, Japan has never been able to take a firm diplomatic stance, so to put it simply, it has been looked down upon.
The inescapable differences between Koreans and Japanese and the enormous differences in their cultures are shocking.
Koreans are lively and vocal about their anti-Japanese, derogatory, and hatred towards Japan, but on the other hand, they love Japan and make a lot of trips to Japan.
Many Japanese people have noticed that Koreans have a split personality.
I used to travel to Korea frequently from half a century to a quarter century ago.
I often took overnight trips for work.
In the late 1970s, when Park Chung-hee was still in power, most Korean cabinet members spoke fluent Japanese and knew much about Japan.
The prime minister was Kim Jong-pil, and almost all of the cabinet members at the time spoke perfect Japanese.
I was very well received when I was there with Fujishima Taisuke.
In 1987, before the so-called "Palpal Olympics," I had the opportunity to go to Seoul several times for interviews and international conferences.
There was an almost pro-Japanese atmosphere.
President Chun Doo-hwan and President Roh Tae-woo spoke in Japanese regarding important matters.
Kim Dae-Jung defected to Japan, and Lee Myung-bak lived in Japan.
The last presidents who could not speak Japanese were Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye.
Yes, many people in Korea admired Japan at that time.
Lee Do-hyung, who passed away in April, was a gentleman who knew Japan and presided over a conservative magazine (Korean Forum) that was like a Korean version of "Young Men." He called for a symposium in which Kosaka Masataka and I were speakers.
The celebration party that followed was so successful that the three of them - Kim Dae-jung, Kim Young-sam, and Chung Ju-yung, the founder of Hyundai - were all in attendance.
These three were competing for the presidential election at the time.
The fact that all three of them gathered at a party for a conservative magazine may give you an idea of the influence that conservative media had in Korea.
It was in the late 1980s.
The World Journalists Conference was held in Seoul, and the author and others were invited from Japan.
Prominent among the attendees were the brains behind the Reagan administration.
In other words, the mood was pro-American, not anti-American.
Many scholars and journalists from South Korea attended, and the venue was filled with a harmonious atmosphere of friendship between Japan, South Korea, and the US.
Where on earth has the atmosphere of those days disappeared?
That's right, for South Korean commentators back then, "patriotism" meant "anti-communism."
But now, South Korean patriotism means "anti-Japanese," and they no longer speak ill of the totalitarian state of North Korea.
Japan-South Korea relations have entered an unprecedentedly frozen period, especially since the emergence of the pro-North Korean president Moon Jae-in.
Moreover, Moon Jae-in's ruling party won the general election in April.
It is an astonishing change in the consciousness of South Koreans.
To be continued.
December 14, 2020
I learned about Miyazaki Masahiro, who, it is no exaggeration to say, has been a living Umesao Tadao since August six years ago.
In other words, I didn't know about him during the long period I subscribed to the Asahi Shimbun.
There is a world of difference between the people I got to know after August six years ago and the so-called intellectuals who were the Asahi Shimbun's patrons and whom I had been forced to see more than I could bear before.
The stupidity and lack of knowledge of the people who were the Asahi Shimbun's patrons (the majority of whom were so-called scholars) is beyond description.
The biased reporting of the Asahi Shimbun had also reached its peak.
Subscribers of the following works by Miyazaki Masahiro must have been stunned that the Japanese mass media had not reported the truth, especially about events related to China.
There are too many examples to mention.
In other words, his books are full of facts.
That's to be expected of a book.
I want to extract some facts from the vast amount of facts and let the Japanese people and people worldwide know about them.
p159~p161
▼South Korean Crisis, Asian Currency Crisis 2.0
Japan needs to change its diplomatic stance fundamentally, and if we can take advantage of the coronavirus, it is the perfect opportunity.
How long will Japan continue to associate with South Korea, an anti-Japanese country led by a strange president who finds the legitimacy of his dynasty in a totalitarian dictatorship and admires North Korea?
Since the end of the war, Japan has never been able to take a firm diplomatic stance, so to put it simply, it has been looked down upon.
The inescapable differences between Koreans and Japanese and the enormous differences in their cultures are shocking.
Koreans are lively and vocal about their anti-Japanese, derogatory, and hatred towards Japan, but on the other hand, they love Japan and make a lot of trips to Japan.
Many Japanese people have noticed that Koreans have a split personality.
I used to travel to Korea frequently from half a century to a quarter century ago.
I often took overnight trips for work.
In the late 1970s, when Park Chung-hee was still in power, most Korean cabinet members spoke fluent Japanese and knew much about Japan.
The prime minister was Kim Jong-pil, and almost all of the cabinet members at the time spoke perfect Japanese.
I was very well received when I was there with Fujishima Taisuke.
In 1987, before the so-called "Palpal Olympics," I had the opportunity to go to Seoul several times for interviews and international conferences.
There was an almost pro-Japanese atmosphere.
President Chun Doo-hwan and President Roh Tae-woo spoke in Japanese regarding important matters.
Kim Dae-Jung defected to Japan, and Lee Myung-bak lived in Japan.
The last presidents who could not speak Japanese were Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye.
Yes, many people in Korea admired Japan at that time.
Lee Do-hyung, who passed away in April, was a gentleman who knew Japan and presided over a conservative magazine (Korean Forum) that was like a Korean version of "Young Men." He called for a symposium in which Kosaka Masataka and I were speakers.
The celebration party that followed was so successful that the three of them - Kim Dae-jung, Kim Young-sam, and Chung Ju-yung, the founder of Hyundai - were all in attendance.
These three were competing for the presidential election at the time.
The fact that all three of them gathered at a party for a conservative magazine may give you an idea of the influence that conservative media had in Korea.
It was in the late 1980s.
The World Journalists Conference was held in Seoul, and the author and others were invited from Japan.
Prominent among the attendees were the brains behind the Reagan administration.
In other words, the mood was pro-American, not anti-American.
Many scholars and journalists from South Korea attended, and the venue was filled with a harmonious atmosphere of friendship between Japan, South Korea, and the US.
Where on earth has the atmosphere of those days disappeared?
That's right, for South Korean commentators back then, "patriotism" meant "anti-communism."
But now, South Korean patriotism means "anti-Japanese," and they no longer speak ill of the totalitarian state of North Korea.
Japan-South Korea relations have entered an unprecedentedly frozen period, especially since the emergence of the pro-North Korean president Moon Jae-in.
Moreover, Moon Jae-in's ruling party won the general election in April.
It is an astonishing change in the consciousness of South Koreans.
To be continued.