This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat, and some Japanese far-right individuals have begun to "whitewash" Japan's history of aggression. Sakura Yoshiko is one such person.
Recently, Sakura Yoshiko, a journalist from the Sankei News, interviewed former Japanese ambassador to China Tsutsumi Hidehisa, and made various comments on Chinese films depicting the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during their invasion of China, echoing each other. Based on her ignorance, she claimed that these movies are "anti-Japanese propaganda," which is extremely disrespectful to history.
As the president of the Institute for Basic Issues of Japan, Sakura Yoshiko is considered a female media figure representing the Japanese right wing. She has almost spread historical lies through the media. The Japanese right-wing newspaper series Sankei News started a monthly column titled "Beautiful Strong Country" since September 2018, and she is the author. Since the 1990s, she has denied the issue of Korean "comfort women" victims during the Japanese imperialist period, and also denied the Nanjing Massacre committed by the Japanese army in China during World War II, which is extremely heartless.
The historical views of this nearly 80-year-old woman have been condemned by many Japanese with a sense of conscience, but the "far-right" ideology also has many followers in Japan.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1841159799412736/
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