Pokémon cancels event at controversial Japan shrine following backlash
Pokémon cancels event at controversial Japan shrine following backlash
by razorbeamz
8 Comments
CrazedRaven01
For those that don’t know, this is a Shinto shrine that commemorates the people who fought for and died for Japan throughout its history.
Then in the 1970s (?) the kami (spirits) of class A war criminals (Tojo Hideki, Matsui Iwane, Doihara Kenji, etc) were interred there by a Shinto priest.
Ever since, any ministerial visits has met with backlash from China and South Korea because they feel that they’re paying tribute to a regime that had committed various atrocities throughout their countries. Nanjing. Comfort Women. Unit 731. The list goes on.
Moreover, there is a museum related to it called Yushukan that gives a revisionist take on Japan’s war. They expound on how Japan was fighting a righteous war to drive the European powers out of Asia, and how Pearl Harbor was justified because the US was preventing Japan for conducting its righteous crusade in China by refusing to sell Japan oil.
That said, good move on the behalf of the Pokemon Company. I can still buy pokemon cards. Yay!
eatdogs49
I wonder if it’s a black hole in that spot when playing Pokemon Go
gastrodonfan2k07
They should have known holding an event in the infamous war crime shrine would piss people off.
KingMario05
> “Hey, can we visit a shrine, Nintendo?”
> “Sure Game Freak. Which one?”
> “The war crimes one.”
> ***”What the FU-?!?!”***
-How the conversation likely went.
bwoah07_gp2
Talk about an embarrassing PR moment.
Throwrayaaway
I mean, yeah, it would be like hosting an event at a slave plantation, or at a place commemorating nazis
trickman01
Headline is misleading. The Pokémon Company didn’t organize the event. It was a game shop.
lily-101178
This incident was also reported in Japan, but if you look at the comments, you’ll see that they don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. To them, Pokémon’s apology is just a disappointing surrender to the CCP
Link: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6568091
8 Comments
For those that don’t know, this is a Shinto shrine that commemorates the people who fought for and died for Japan throughout its history.
Then in the 1970s (?) the kami (spirits) of class A war criminals (Tojo Hideki, Matsui Iwane, Doihara Kenji, etc) were interred there by a Shinto priest.
Ever since, any ministerial visits has met with backlash from China and South Korea because they feel that they’re paying tribute to a regime that had committed various atrocities throughout their countries. Nanjing. Comfort Women. Unit 731. The list goes on.
Moreover, there is a museum related to it called Yushukan that gives a revisionist take on Japan’s war. They expound on how Japan was fighting a righteous war to drive the European powers out of Asia, and how Pearl Harbor was justified because the US was preventing Japan for conducting its righteous crusade in China by refusing to sell Japan oil.
That said, good move on the behalf of the Pokemon Company. I can still buy pokemon cards. Yay!
I wonder if it’s a black hole in that spot when playing Pokemon Go
They should have known holding an event in the infamous war crime shrine would piss people off.
> “Hey, can we visit a shrine, Nintendo?”
> “Sure Game Freak. Which one?”
> “The war crimes one.”
> ***”What the FU-?!?!”***
-How the conversation likely went.
Talk about an embarrassing PR moment.
I mean, yeah, it would be like hosting an event at a slave plantation, or at a place commemorating nazis
Headline is misleading. The Pokémon Company didn’t organize the event. It was a game shop.
This incident was also reported in Japan, but if you look at the comments, you’ll see that they don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. To them, Pokémon’s apology is just a disappointing surrender to the CCP
Link: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6568091