Nasionalis Jepang Demo di `Koreatown` Iri pada K-Pop?
Nationalists Japan Protest in `Koreatown`, Jealous to K-Pop
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Tokyo (B2B) - Entah karena mencemburui serbuan K-Pop, masakan dan produk kecantikan Korea, kelompok kanan Jepang kian sering menggelar demonstrasi anti-Korea, terutama di wilayah yang didiami banyak warga keturunan Korea.
Hari Minggu lalu di Shin-Okubo, tak jauh dari Shinjuku di Tokyo di mana banyak warga keturunan Korea tinggal, ratusan orang anti-Korea menggelar demonstrasi dengan mengacung-acungkan spandak bertuliskan "Balik ke Korea sana!” dan menyebut orang Korea di Jepang sebagai "kecoa".
Untungnya jumlah yang jauh lebih besar warga Jepang yang terkenal liberal mengadakan demonstrasi tandingan melawan kelompok kanan ini.
"Kalian memalukan negeri ini!” “Kalian yang mesti balik ke rumah!” “Balik sana ke Internet tempat asal kalian!” Orang antri di jalan Shin-Okubo untuk melindungi dan memberi dukungan kepada warga keturunan Korea yang tinggal di sini.
Kelompok nasionalis netouyo kian kecewa kepada keputusan pemerintah Jepang. Mereka memposting pesan-pesan kemarahan di Internet. Kelompok ini selalu menganggap kehadiran warga keturunan Korea di Jepang melukai negeri Matahari terbit ini.
Oleh karena itu, para pembela warga keturunan Korea, membalas mengatai kelompok kanan dengan frasa “balik ke Internet sana”, demikian Japan Today.
Tokyo - Despite the enormous popularity of K-Pop, Korean food and beauty products, relations between Japan and South Korea have been strained for quite some time. In recent months, however, rightwing groups have become increasingly vocal, with anti-Korean protests occurring more and more frequently, especially in areas where many Koreans congregate and live.
Last Sunday in Shin-Okubo — just a couple of minutes away from Shinjuku on Tokyo’s Yamanote line and the location of a large Korean ethnic neighborhood — hundreds of anti-Korean protesters marched through the streets carrying signs reading “Go back to Korea!” and labeling Koreans in Japan “cockroaches.”
Thankfully, equally large numbers of liberally-minded Japanese also showed up to protest the protest.
“You are the shame of this country!” “You’re the ones who need to go home!” “Get back to the Internet where you belong!” These were just some of the anti-anti-Korean slogans shouted and written on placards by the people lining the streets of Shin-Okubo amid the protests, hoping to protect and show support for the Koreans living there.
