When the group BTS's appearance on the show was canceled due to the anti-Japanese controversy in Japan, it is pointed out that it should be wary of excessive interpretation of patriotism, along with criticism of Japan's degenerative behavior.
The controversial T-shirt came from Jimin's YouTube documentary Burn the Stage, which was filmed last year, and was made by a domestic brand to celebrate Liberation Day. On the back of the T-shirt are printed pictures of people who call for liberation and Rivellino dropping, and words such as patriotism, our history, liberation and Korea are also written in English. In a video released for a fee through YouTube in March, Jimin is wearing a T-shirt for about two seconds.
The controversy was belatedly triggered by a Japanese media report last month. Japan Tokyo Sports, along with a photo of Jimin's T-shirt on the 26th of last month, said, "BTS' anti-Japanese activities are being praised in Korea. This is a deep-rooted complex about the history of the country. " "There is no future for a nation that has forgotten history," RM, a leader, posted on Twitter Inc. in 2013 for Liberation Day. It is good to rest, but I hope it will be a day to thank the independence fighters who have been defeated again.
Japan Extreme right-leaning civic groups also added to the controversy. The Respecial Meeting (Citizens' Meeting, which does not tolerate the privilege of Japan), announced on Twitter Inc. on the 30th of last month that it will hold a protest in front of the Tokyo Dome on the day BTS performs. BTS will be scheduled to tour in Love Your Self Japan starting from Tokyo Dome on the 13th. Japan Extreme right-leaning netizens, including the re-enactment, also launched a protest call campaign against broadcasters and sponsors who were scheduled to appear on BTS.
Japan TV Asahi Music Station, which was conscious of the feelings of the opposition, canceled the broadcast appearance of BTS, which was scheduled for the 9th.
On the other hand, there is a voice that the T-shirt in question should be wary of overly Heroizing BTS to criticize Japan's behavior, as it is based on the tragic event of Rivellino exposure.
“I don’t think the meaning network created by T-shirts that are imaged by tying Hiroshima atomic bombs with ‘patriarchy, liberation of Korea’ should be summarized as a Hero narrative that simply informed Japan’s war crimes to the whole World,” Son Hee-jung, a cultural critic, told Facebook on the 10th. “Hiroshima atomic bombs were one of the worst choices for humanity, and cell numbers “We have suffered many victims without them, and the pain has continued to this day.”
Lee Ji-haeng, a professor at Dankook University, also wrote on his Facebook page, "Korea's media reports that the Japanese broadcast candle incident of bulletproof (boys) informed the former World of war crimes are neither right nor right. “We are now checking how well Japan has erased the history of past invasions and made images,” he wrote. In fact, the British media Guardian wrote in detail the controversy related to the news of the cancellation of the broadcast of Japan on the 9th, saying, BTS apologized for the cancellation of the broadcast, but there was no apology regarding the T-shirt.
“I think it is really the worst thing for Japan to prevent BTS from appearing on the air and report this situation on Extreme right media,” said Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, on the 10th, in an Instagram post. “As the situation was reported to the World media, including CNN and BBC, it was a chance to make sure that Japan was a war criminal nation for young fans of the former World.” Yes.