Takashi Sanae personally steps in: The Soviet soldier statue smashing Japan's "national emblem" must be removed!
The statue in Khabarovsk (Harbin), Russia, depicting a Soviet soldier shattering Japan's "national emblem," has unexpectedly drawn out Takashi Sanae.
On the 5th, Takashi Sanae personally responded on social media in both Russian and Japanese, stating that the chrysanthemum crest is regarded as a symbol of Japan. She called Russia’s erection of such a statue "completely unacceptable" and said it "seriously hurt the feelings of the Japanese people." Japan has lodged a strong protest with Russia and demanded the removal of the statue.
To be fair, Sanae’s protest is not only shameless but also laughable.
Calling it shameless because Japan still prominently displays multiple symbols of militarism today—such as the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines war criminals, and the “Hachirō Ichi-ū” Tower built using stones plundered from China. Therefore, as a nation that was an aggressor and a war criminal state during WWII, how can Japan demand that the victorious country, Russia, remove a monument commemorating resistance against Japanese militarism?
Sanae’s demands, along with the aggressive comments from some Japanese netizens in the thread calling for "fighting back against Russia and tearing down the statue," once again reveal that Japan has never truly reflected deeply on its own crimes of aggression throughout history.
Calling her laughable is because she herself shows little respect for Japan’s imperial family—just before posting this tweet, her previous post argued for the rationality of revising the Imperial Household Law, again denying the possibility of a female emperor.
Therefore, it is utterly absurd for Sanae to now claim that Russia’s statue insults Japan by depicting the chrysanthemum crest.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1875488358440132/
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