This piece is structured in continuity with chapters posted on April 9 and April 6, 2019.
Through Kiyomi Tsujimoto’s remarks calling for the abolition of the imperial system, the anti-Japan ideology discussed in connection with Mizuho Fukushima, and the background of Diet member Shinkun Haku and the issue of local voting rights for resident Koreans, it critically examines the structure of postwar Japanese leftist discourse and political activism involving resident Koreans.
It also reconsiders the historical significance of the imperial household, the value of imperial diplomacy, and the true nature of anti-imperial and anti-state rhetoric that has penetrated Japanese society.

2019-04-19
Diet member Haku, after serving as head of the Japan branch of the Chosun Ilbo, ran in 2004 for the House of Councillors on the proportional representation slate endorsed by what was then the Democratic Party.

The chapter I posted on 2019-04-09 under the title,
Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Mizuho Fukushima embody the anti-Japan ideology typical of resident Koreans in Japan,
has ranked 11th in Bhutan in the official hashtag rankings.

And the chapter I posted on 2019-04-06 under the title,
But doesn’t that sort of thing connect directly to the unpleasantness of the Emperor and that family.
Will the imperial system disappear, I wonder,
has ranked 9th in Bhutan in the official hashtag rankings.

The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.

● Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto argues for the abolition of the imperial system.
In her book Kiyomi Surude!! Shinjinrui ga Fune wo Dasu! (Daisan Shokan), Kiyomi Tsujimoto directs the following hate speech toward His Majesty the Emperor, the symbol of the Japanese nation.
Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Mizuho Fukushima embody the anti-Japan ideology typical of resident Koreans in Japan.

“Don’t you feel a physiological aversion?
I mean people like that, or rather that kind of system, that kind of family — I don’t even want to breathe the same air near them.”

“They are always trying to impose life lessons and morality.
But that sort of thing connects directly to the unpleasantness of the Emperor and that family, doesn’t it.
Will the imperial system disappear, I wonder.”

“As for the Constitution, I am now called a ‘defender of the Constitution,’ but to tell the truth, I think Articles 1 through 8 are unnecessary.
I have always said the imperial system should be abolished.
Abolish the imperial system, have a woman become prime minister, abolish the security framework — with these three things Japan can turn the helm in a major way.”

“Within the normalization of diplomatic relations with North Korea, which should be prioritized over solving the abduction issue, postwar compensation will surely arise.
Japan once colonized the Korean Peninsula and even took away its language, yet it has given North Korea no compensation at all, so that is only natural.
Unless that issue is addressed as a set, it is not fair simply to keep saying, ‘Return the nine, return the ten!’”

Shin Sugok, a third-generation resident Korean in Japan who supports Tsujimoto and advocates Okinawan independence, said of herself in one reference:
“Is it really that easy to be attacked simply because one is Korean, and also because one is a woman?
Kiyomi Tsujimoto is the same.
Mizuho Fukushima is the same.”
In other words, she stated that Tsujimoto Kiyomi and others too are attacked easily because they are Korean and female.

▼ In Kichijōji, turmoil broke out over a demonstration by a certain group calling for the abolition of the imperial system.
On the 3rd, the “June 3 Committee to Demonstrate That the Imperial System Is Unnecessary,” whose main base is the left-wing group “Coordinating Committee for the Anti-Imperial System Movement” (Hantenren), held a “The Anti-Imperial-System Demonstration Returns” around JR Kichijōji Station in Musashino City, Tokyo, and in addition to the more than one hundred people mobilized by Hantenren, the streets were thrown into confusion by several hundred riot police, security personnel, public-security officials, and members of right-wing groups protesting the demonstration.

Is this group a resident South Korean organization?
Countries that have a royal house are respected as countries with history, and imperial diplomacy helps friendship between nations.
Princess Mako also went to Bhutan and deepened friendship with the king and others, thereby increasing the number of pro-Japan countries.
Many Koreans, out of jealousy, say they do not like the fact that Japan has an Emperor.
There are many historic royal houses in Europe, but even those have histories of only a few hundred years, whereas there is no other royal house in the world that has continued for 2,600 years, and this gives Japan authority as the world’s oldest royal house.
This is also an element that is recognized even by Europeans, who care about the status of royal houses and aristocracy.

● Democratic Party lawmaker Shinkun Haku aims for local suffrage for resident South Koreans in Japan.
The 214th Press and Citizen Seminar sponsored by the Korean Residents Union Central Headquarters was held on the 26th at the Korean Central Hall in Minato Ward, Tokyo, where Democratic Party Diet member Shinkun Haku gave a lecture on the proper form of Japan–Korea friendship and goodwill.
Diet member Haku, after serving as head of the Japan branch of the Chosun Ilbo, ran in 2004 for the House of Councillors on the proportional representation slate endorsed by what was then the Democratic Party.