Originally published on February 12, 2020. This essay criticizes the hypocrisy of Hollywood and the U.S. Academy after a Korean film won Best Picture, as well as South Korean cultural propaganda and VANK’s Tokyo Olympics radiation poster campaign. It discusses South Korea’s anti-Japanese education, reputational attacks on Fukushima, radiation levels in Seoul, and wastewater from Korean nuclear power plants, exposing the deception behind anti-Japanese propaganda.

February 12, 2020
The U.S. Academy does not even understand that genuine scholarship or art cannot exist in South Korea, which has continued Nazism under the name of anti-Japanese education for 75 years after the war.
A Korean film that merely plagiarized an American B movie won Best Picture at the Academy Awards… ah, I thought, so that was it after all.
The other day, an article appeared online with the title “100 Beauties Chosen by Hollywood.”
Thinking, “Hmm,” I clicked on it, and the faces of Korean plastic-surgery entertainers appeared one after another.
At the same time as I thought, “What is this?” I also thought, “Ah, I see, Korea has now begun propaganda even in places like this.”
I became convinced that they had begun making large donations to Hollywood.
Then came the Academy Award for Best Picture mentioned at the beginning.
In American society, where the defects of capitalist society are covered by donations, the amount of donations influences results in everything.
It is no exaggeration to say that the presidential election now in full swing cannot exist without donations.
The U.S. Academy Association does not even understand that genuine scholarship or art cannot exist in South Korea, which has continued Nazism under the name of anti-Japanese education for 75 years after the war.
South Korea, which cannot win a Nobel Prize even if it stands on its head, applied propaganda to the Academy Association and won an Academy Award.
South Korea is foolish, but the foolishness of the Academy Association, dominated by pseudo-moralism and pseudo-political correctness, has also reached its limit.
South Korea Brings Shame upon Itself before the World with “Fabricated” Tokyo Olympics Radiation Posters… Seoul’s Radiation Level Is Three Times That of Tokyo
As the Tokyo Olympic year arrives, South Korea’s actions inflaming reputational damage against Japan are escalating.
Anti-Japanese acts that defy common sense, such as the creation of Olympic posters evoking radioactive contamination, are stirring controversy.
The poster in question features the Tokyo Olympic emblem, the words “TOKYO2020,” and the Hinomaru, and is designed with a person in a white protective suit running while holding a green torch that appears to evoke radiation.
It is said that the poster was created by VANK（Voluntary Agency Network of Korea）, a private organization that calls itself South Korea’s cyber diplomatic mission.
On Tospo Web, writer Osamu Tajima, who is knowledgeable about Korean affairs, commented about the organization that it is “a cyberterrorist group that could be called the headquarters of the Japan Discount movement.”
He also said, “Although it claims to be a private organization, in reality the South Korean government invests public money in it, and it is clear that this radiation Olympics campaign is also national policy.”
According to various reports, the poster was pasted on the afternoon of January 6 on the fence of the planned construction site of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea in Seoul, and has now been removed.
In addition, VANK seems to have continued persistent anti-Japanese campaigns in the past, such as posting videos on YouTube claiming that the Rising Sun Flag is a “war criminal flag,” and demanding that textbooks and maps in various countries that use “Sea of Japan” alone change the notation to “East Sea.”
House of Councillors member Masahisa Sato openly expressed anger over the poster mocking the Tokyo Olympics.
He posted on Twitter what appears to be the actually displayed poster and spoke forcefully, saying, “Why is the South Korean government, which calls for improved relations, leaving such rude posters displayed and distributed unchecked?
Is its position that because it is a private organization, it knows nothing?”
Fierce criticism has also erupted online, with reactions such as “malicious fabrication,” “By making such posters, it is South Korea that is exposing itself to shame before the world,” and “There is no need for them to force themselves to participate in the Olympics in the first place.”
There are also conspicuous voices saying, “The Japanese government should protest this as a diplomatic issue” and “I hope the Japanese government takes firm measures.
This is not an act that can be forgiven.”
South Korea’s attitude of inflaming reputational damage against Japan has been criticized many times before.
At the International Atomic Energy Agency（IAEA）General Conference last September, South Korea referred to the treated water at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, saying that “fear and anxiety are spreading throughout the world.”
In response to the South Korean side’s remarks, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference that it was “extremely regrettable, as it could cause unfounded reputational damage to our country.”
Not long after the IAEA General Conference, the Japan Economic Invasion Countermeasures Special Committee of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party of Korea then released a “radioactive contamination map.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga again expressed concern at a press conference, saying that “movements that encourage unfounded reputational damage are being watched with concern.”
In addition, Sanspo.com pointed out that the map may have been fabricated.
In creating the map, it is said that figures from the website “Everyone’s Data Site” were used as the basis, but the site itself told Sankei Sports in an interview, “We publish data on our website and have also published a book, but it is completely different from the figures used by the Korean side,” and “They may have used data convenient to themselves.”
At present, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes radiation levels for Tokyo, Fukushima City and Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture, and Seoul on the website of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea.
Checking the latest data as of 12:00 on January 17, the air dose rates for each city are as follows（unit: microsieverts per hour）.
・Fukushima City　0.130
・Iwaki City　0.059
・Tokyo　0.037
・Seoul　0.121
The figure for Seoul is more than three times that of Tokyo and is almost equal to that of Fukushima City.
Nevertheless, after the nuclear accident, South Korea has continued import restrictions on Japanese food products.
At the Japan–South Korea summit meeting held in China on December 24 of last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly stated that “the amount of radioactive substances contained in the discharged water from Fukushima Daiichi is less than one hundredth of that in wastewater from South Korean nuclear power plants” and that “scientifically calm discussions should be held,” but President Moon Jae-in was unable to refute him.
The Olympics poster issue has dealt an additional blow to the already frozen Japan–South Korea relationship.
Is the restoration of relations still a distant prospect?