Quoting a Sankei editorial, this chapter examines the wartime labor dispute, radar-lock incident, Korean political rhetoric toward Japan, and the divergence between media narratives and Japanese public opinion.
A critical reflection on the structure of information conflict and Japan–Korea relations.

2019-01-13
This is because the Japanese people are not pitiful citizens raised under one-party dictatorship like China or under anti-Japanese education akin to Nazism as in Korea.
The following is from yesterday’s Sankei editorial.
Text between asterisks is my commentary.
Within limited space, this is a superb journalistic essay.
I suddenly wondered whether the expression “brazen as a thief” exists in Korea.
Upon checking, I found the term “Jeokbanhajang,” which describes a thief who becomes enraged and raises a whip in reverse accusation.
It came to mind while watching President Moon Jae-in criticize Japan over the wartime labor issue at a press conference on the 10th.
“This is an attempt to shift Korea’s responsibility onto Japan.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga strongly rebutted Moon’s remarks at a press conference on the 11th.
Moon caused the problem himself, yet labeled Japan’s response as “unwise” and demanded that Japan be “humble.”
Philosopher Nietzsche pointed out.
“There are people who throw tantrums and insult others, yet demand that others not take them badly.”
Generally speaking, such people are not the type one would wish as friends or neighbors.
Even regarding the fire-control radar lock-on incident against a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, Korea refused to admit fault and instead demanded an apology from Japan.
Korean media prominently claim that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose approval ratings are falling, is inflaming the issue for domestic opinion.
Such falsehoods from Korean media are also malicious.
Japanese public support for Abe has remained in the 50 percent range despite relentless fake reporting by outlets such as Asahi and NHK, which behave like agents of China and Korea, and despite repeated opinion polls framed with absurd questions about the prime minister’s character.
In reality, the Abe administration continued to win landslide elections, and the Japanese people will never again allow incompetent opposition parties resembling proxy parties of China and Korea to take power.
The majority of Japanese citizens have resolved never again to follow the ideology of newspapers like Asahi that favor Korea.
This is because Japanese citizens are not pitiful people raised under one-party dictatorship or anti-Japanese education, but rather a nation possessing the highest degree of freedom and intellect in the world.
In any case, they seem unable to rest unless they position themselves as victims.
In August 2012, during the Democratic Party administration, then-President Lee Myung-bak ignored Japan’s warnings and landed on Takeshima.
A few days later, he declared.
“Japan’s influence in the international community is no longer what it once was.”
Perhaps he believed there was no need to consider a declining Japan, unlike when it was economically rising and globally admired.
Weak before the strong and strong against the weak.
If such a country is the counterpart, one can only demonstrate strength and become even stronger.