Sailors fold the Japanese naval ensign after a flag lowering ceremony on the deck of Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga anchored near Jakarta Port ahead of its departure for naval drills in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The Guardian: Japan pulls out of naval drills over demands it remove 'rising sun' flag
Host nation South Korea ordered Tokyo to drop ensign linked to colonial rule and militaristic past.
Japan has withdrawn from an international fleet review this week after rejecting demands that its warship take part without its “rising sun” flag ensign – regarded by many Koreans as a symbol of Japanese militarism and colonial rule.
South Korea – the host nation – had asked all 14 countries sending vessels to the five-day event, which begins on Thursday at a naval base on the island of Jeju, to ensure they display only their national flags and the flag of South Korea.
The rule – in effect a demand for Japan to remove the kyokujitsuki flag from a destroyer due to take part in the exercise – was introduced amid simmering bilateral disputes over Japan’s use of Korean sex slaves during the second world war and ownership of a group of islets called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.
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8 comments:
Interesting how people who were once victimized never forget, nor should they.
Different people bro.
Less than 1% of those living in 1945 are living now.
Maybe some people like the North Korean system or the old European system. If your parents or grandparents do something, then you are guilty, too.
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Oh wait, those people would be liberals.
Liberals apparently believe in sippenhaft just like Kim Jong Un.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Sad thinking, Bob. They really should forget.
Most Koreans alive now didn't suffer anything under the Japanese, being born post '45. Almost no Japanese alive today have ever done anything to harm a Korean, let alone committed war crimes against them.
Your way, Bob, is endless hate.
Animosity can be a tool to whip out like a cudgel to beat people into submission.
My spouse was giving a ride to a Japanese student that they had met at the local community college. There was no animosity. I had bought a DVD on the 'Battle for China' at Walmart. One of my kids saw it and the kindergartner brought up during the ride. I heard about it.
My spouse said the older generation harboured bitterness, but not their generation.
Years later I brought home a small Japanese Rising Sun flag about the size of a index card. My spouse told me to ditch it or ditch them.
People bring up old conflicts up to gain psychological advantage in current social interactions.
South Korea is dead without Japanese support during a war. No Japanese bases, no American troops, ships or jets. Holding a grudge for 73 years is stupid and very childish when there are much hotter pots on the burner.
Yes and even in America regarding the Civil War.
That flag should be every bit more terrifying than the nazi flag, not sure why they got a brake on that one.
Some years ago a JMSDF DDG (173) flew the Rising Sun as it crossed the Arizona Memorial.
Wasn't kkeen on that at all.
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