Published on October 17, 2019.
This article lists the vast amount of Japanese ODA and infrastructure assistance provided to South Korea after the war, and criticizes the South Korean government for failing to inform its people of these facts.
It also criticizes Japanese politicians and major media outlets, especially the Asahi Shimbun, for not informing the Japanese people.
The article examines the hidden history behind slogans such as Japan–South Korea friendship and future-oriented relations, and condemns South Korea’s continued ingratitude toward Japan.

October 17, 2019.
This is a chapter originally sent out on August 13, 2019, under the title:
If these astronomical sums of aid to China and South Korea had been devoted to strengthening Japan’s national land, not a single Japanese citizen would have had to die in disasters.
At the same time, I am republishing the chapter sent out on August 14, 2019, under the title:
I am also astonished by the ingratitude of Koreans, who continue to repay this much kindness with hostility.
This is the chapter sent out on August 13, 2019, under the title:
If these astronomical sums of aid to China and South Korea had been devoted to strengthening Japan’s national land, not a single Japanese citizen would have had to die in disasters.
The chapter sent out on November 3, 2018, under the title,
The South Korean government, exactly like the Chinese government, has not informed its people of this obvious fact at all, so almost all of its citizens must be completely unaware of it,
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I am reposting the chapter sent out on July 25, 2018.
The South Korean government, exactly like the Chinese government, has not informed its people of this obvious fact at all, so almost all of its citizens must be completely unaware of it.
Above all, even I, a Japanese citizen, knew absolutely nothing about it until I discovered this article on the Internet, so the vast majority of Japanese people must not have known it either.
In such a situation, how on earth could politicians and the mass media, led by the Asahi Shimbun, have continued to talk about Japan–China friendship and future-oriented Japan–South Korea relations?
Because I subscribed to and carefully read the Asahi Shimbun for a very long time until August four years ago, I can state this categorically:
I never once read this article in the pages of the Asahi, nor did I ever see it on NHK, let alone on the commercial broadcasters that are its subsidiaries.
What I did see, to the point of disgust, was only the theory that Japan was evil and that the Japanese military was evil.
When seeing this fact, one should not merely be astonished.
There must be countless Japanese who would want to throw the words of Jiro Yamaguchi, one of their representative players, “I will cut them down,” precisely at the stupidity of the Japanese politicians who continued to provide such vast amounts of aid, and at the Asahi Shimbun and others, the so-called human-rights lawyers, and the so-called scholars who drove them in that direction.
At the same time, I am astonished by the ingratitude of Koreans, who continue to repay this much kindness with hostility.
Recently, when I sent out the words of a great man produced by Okinawa in the Meiji era, I believe that the great predecessor Iha pointed out “ingratitude” as one of the defects of Okinawans.
The people of Okinawa should make absolutely sure that they never become human beings on the same level as the Koreans described below.
After all, Okinawa has continued to receive the largest amount of local allocation tax among Japan’s 47 prefectures.
If these astronomical sums of aid to China and South Korea had been devoted to strengthening Japan’s national land, not a single Japanese citizen would have had to die in disasters.
The people of Okinawa should once sit in deep thought and realize that the same thing can be said of them as well.
ODA from Japan to South Korea.
※This excludes the 500 million dollars paid by Japan to South Korea under the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The following is the continuation of the previous chapter.
ODA from Japan to South Korea.
“Aid project” — “Date” — “Amount of aid”
Korean railway equipment improvement project　1966-06-08　3.96 billion yen.
Korean Han River railway bridge restoration project　1966-06-17　360 million yen.
Korean construction machinery improvement project　1966-07-20　2.34 billion yen.
Korean irrigation reclamation and dredging project　1966-07-20　1.188 billion yen.
Korean shipping promotion project　1966-07-27　3.243 billion yen.
Korean small and medium-sized enterprises and machinery industry development project　1966-07-27　5.4 billion yen.
Korean railway equipment improvement project（2）　1967-03-23　3.365 billion yen.
Korean transport and cargo-handling machinery improvement project　1967-06-27　935 million yen.
Gwangju City water supply project, South Korea　1967-07-11　605 million yen.
Korean intercity telephone expansion project　1967-07-11　360 million yen.
Daejeon City water supply project, South Korea　1967-07-11　590 million yen.
Korean industrial machinery factory expansion project　1967-07-31　1.08 billion yen.
Soyang River Dam construction project, South Korea　1967-08-07　396 million yen.
Korean small and medium-sized enterprises and machinery industry development project　1967-08-07　2.669 billion yen.
Korean expressway construction project　1968-06-26　1.08 billion yen.
Korean intercity telephone expansion project　1968-10-30　648 million yen.
Soyang River Dam construction project, South Korea　1968-12-28　4.698 billion yen.
Korean expressway construction project　1969-04-14　1.8 billion yen.
Korean agriculture, forestry and fisheries promotion project　1969-06-19　892 million yen.
Yeongdong thermal power plant construction project, South Korea　1969-09-01　641 million yen.
Cheongju City water supply project, South Korea　1969-12-04　324 million yen.
Namhae Bridge construction project, South Korea　1969-12-04　788 million yen.
Soyang River Dam construction project, South Korea　1970-02-04　2.701 billion yen.
Korean intercity telephone expansion project　1970-06-25　517 million yen.
Korean integrated steelmaking project　1971-07-16　2.88 billion yen　Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Seoul subway construction and national railway electrification project, South Korea　1972-04-10　27.24 billion yen.
Korean integrated steelmaking project　1972-05-01　10.749 billion yen　Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Korean commodity loan and commodity loans, etc.　1972-09-18　7.7 billion yen　Government of the Republic of Korea.
Korean integrated steelmaking project　1973-01-16　1.087 billion yen　Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Korean communications facility expansion project　1973-04-23　6.2 billion yen.
Han River basin flood forecasting and warning facility project, South Korea　1973-07-20　462 million yen.
Korean commodity loan　1974-05-13　7.7 billion yen　Government of the Republic of Korea.
Pohang integrated steelworks expansion project, South Korea　1974-05-22　12.788 billion yen.
Daecheong multipurpose dam construction project, South Korea　1974-12-26　11.88 billion yen.
Korean comprehensive agricultural development project　1974-12-26　19.44 billion yen.
Pohang integrated steelworks expansion project, South Korea　1975-07-30　225 million yen.
Bukpyeong Port construction project, South Korea　1976-03-31　12.42 billion yen.
Chungbuk Line double-tracking project, South Korea　1976-11-26　4.3 billion yen.
Korean communications facility expansion project　1976-11-26　6.6 billion yen.
Korean agricultural promotion plan　1977-06-10　12.6 billion yen.
Korean ultra-high-voltage transmission line construction project　1977-11-28　4.0 billion yen.
Korean Chung B multipurpose dam construction project　1978-01-20　14.0 billion yen.
Korean agricultural promotion plan　1978-01-31　6.0 billion yen.
Korean medical facility expansion project　1978-12-25　7.0 billion yen.
Korean comprehensive agricultural development project　1978-12-25　14.0 billion yen　Korea Electric Power Corporation.
Korean educational facility expansion project　1980-01-18　10.0 billion yen.
Korean national and public medical and health research institution modernization project　1980-01-18　4.0 billion yen.
Korean urban sewage treatment facility construction project　1980-01-18　5.0 billion yen　Ministry of Construction, Daegu City, Daejeon City, Jeonju City.
Korean educational facility expansion project（basic science field）　1981-02-27　6.0 billion yen.
Korean private regional hospital medical equipment expansion project　1981-02-27　13.0 billion yen.
Korean medical equipment expansion project（Seoul National University Children’s Hospital）　1983-10-11　5.4 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Seoul Tancheon）　1983-10-11　11.5 billion yen.
Korean regional water supply expansion project（Busan, Seoul, Jinju）　1983-10-11　7.8 billion yen.
Hapcheon multipurpose dam construction project, South Korea　1983-10-11　20.4 billion yen.
Seoul water supply facility modernization project, South Korea　1984-08-08　2.9 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Seoul Jungnang）　1984-08-08　16.7 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Busan）　1984-08-08　6.3 billion yen.
Korean meteorological equipment modernization project　1984-08-08　4.2 billion yen.
Korean National Institute of Health safety research center project　1984-08-08　2.4 billion yen.
Juam multipurpose dam construction project, South Korea　1984-08-08　11.1 billion yen.
Daejeon City water supply expansion project, South Korea, social services　1984-08-08　2.2 billion yen.
Korean urban waste treatment facility construction project　1984-08-08　400 million yen　Daegu City, Seongnam City.
Korean agricultural and fisheries testing and research equipment modernization project　1984-08-08　3.3 billion yen.
Korean medical facility expansion project　1985-12-20　12.3 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Busan Jangnim）　1985-12-20　9.26 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Gwangju）　1985-12-20　7.56 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Chuncheon）　1985-12-20　3.28 billion yen.
Korean chemical research and measurement standards research equipment reinforcement project　1985-12-20　2.7 billion yen.
Korean educational facility expansion project　1985-12-20　15.2 billion yen.
Korean comprehensive marine survey vessel construction project　1985-12-20　4.1 billion yen.
Korean educational facility expansion project　1987-08-18　12.911 billion yen　Ministry of Education, National Science Museum.
Korean small and medium-sized enterprises modernization project　1987-08-18　7.75 billion yen.
Korean agricultural mechanization project　1987-08-18　7.75 billion yen　National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.
Korean waste treatment facility construction project　1987-08-18　5.372 billion yen　Daegu City, Seongnam City.
Korean dairy facility improvement project　1987-08-18　3.875 billion yen　Seoul Milk Cooperative.
Imha multipurpose dam construction project, South Korea　1987-08-18　6.975 billion yen.
Ulsan City urban development project, South Korea（railway sector）　1988-06-22　4.44 billion yen.
Yeongsan River 3-1 district sea dike project, South Korea　1988-06-22　4.44 billion yen.
Korean sewage treatment plant construction project（Jeju and Cheongju）　1988-06-22　4.159 billion yen.
Korean educational facility expansion project　1988-06-22　592.0 billion yen.
Korean research institute facility expansion project　1988-06-22　2.679 billion yen　Korean genetic engineering, machinery, electronic communications, and chemical research institutes.
Korean private university-affiliated hospital facility expansion project　1988-06-22　5.624 billion yen　Ewha Womans University, Chung-Ang University, Hanyang University, Korea University, Dong-A University.
Daejeon water supply expansion project, South Korea　1989-08-22　1.434 billion yen.
Korean small and medium-sized enterprises modernization project　1989-08-22　6.2 billion yen　Kookmin Bank.
Seoul subway construction project, South Korea　1990-10-31　72.0 billion yen.
Korean medical equipment expansion project（Seoul National University Hospital）　1990-10-31　4.32 billion yen.
Korean fisheries and merchant marine school training vessel equipment expansion project　1990-10-31　2.16 billion yen.
Korean small and medium-sized enterprises modernization project　1990-10-31　11.52 billion yen.
Korean meat processing facility expansion project　1990-10-31　1.728 billion yen　Livestock Industry Cooperative Federation.
Korean compound feed factory construction project　1990-10-31　5.414 billion yen　Livestock Industry Cooperative Federation.
Korean dairy facility improvement project　1990-10-31　2.448 billion yen　Livestock Industry Cooperative Federation.
Additional reference material 1.
Cumulative ODA results to South Korea.
Up to 1998.
Grants.
Government loans.
Grant aid.
Technical cooperation.
Total disbursement.
Cumulative total: 233.84　913.72　3,601.54.
The unit is one million dollars.
※This excludes the 500 million dollars paid by Japan to South Korea under the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
※All units and monetary amounts are exactly as they were in 1966, when aid began after the conclusion of the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Converted into present-day value, the total amount reaches the scale of 2 to 3 trillion yen.
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http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/4759/130324-1.html
http://oasis.halfmoon.jp/traveldia2/china01/oda.html
I believe that not only the Korean people, but also the Japanese people, need to know this well.