Anti-Semitic Book At Lawsons

[jim katta]

[dimwit]

Every three or four years you get another festering of anti-sematic books such as The Jewish Plot to Control the World by Motohisa Yamakage or The Expert Way to Read the Jewish Protocols by Kinji Yajima.

What I am more interested is who is behind these kind of books and why. Dave Goodman's book Jews in the Japanese Mind is a good read for those interested in the issue.

As for comparing Sambo and this, I think they worlds apart in terms of both intent and the time in which they are written.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I don't think many people think Japan should ban any of these books. But that doesn't mean that anyone is obligated to publish them or carry them. I've always found anti Semitism in Japan interesting. I wonder what the source of it is.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

The source is established anti semitism that they imported from America, this also applies to Black racism.

[Samurai_Jerk]

The source is established anti semitism that they imported from America, this also applies to Black racism.

Neo, fuck off.

[kamome]

The source is established anti semitism that they imported from America, this also applies to Black racism.

I think this is true, but it's also established anti-Semitism from Europe. I read once that anti-Semitism was initially planted in the Japanese mind by Shakespeare's charicature of a Jew in the Merchant of Venice. Japan was also allied with Nazi Germany, and I'm sure some of that ideology spilled over to Japan.

[cstaylor]

Japan was also allied with Nazi Germany, and I'm sure some of that ideology spilled over to Japan.

Couldn't you just chalk it all up to xenophobia, and in the case of books like these, xenophobia against successful outsiders?

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

The source is established anti semitism that they imported from America, this also applies to Black racism.

I think this is true, but it's also established anti-Semitism from Europe. I read once that anti-Semitism was initially planted in the Japanese mind by Shakespeare's charicature of a Jew in the Merchant of Venice.

The only Shakespeares play I seriously liked.

Wow Samurai_Jerk you stumped me with that comment, my whole view of world order has changed.

Japanese are like children, the believe anything the media throws at them, especialy American media. Racism is compounded by american media, with TV shows such as cops where the white man triumphs over the blacks. This allows white trash to have pride over black people in the exact situation as then perpetuating the hatred that the media thrives off of.

Why do you think Japanese people will come up to random foreigners and start saying stuff like "whats up my nigger" irrespective if the person is black or white. Japanese really dont have a fucking notion on any dynamics of racism in America... Not to blame them but most americans dont see it either, that is why America is still one of the most institutionalised racist countrys in existance.

Another question, why is there almost no coverage of other interacial hatred in american media. Other "people of colour" dont fucking get on either.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Japan was also allied with Nazi Germany, and I'm sure some of that ideology spilled over to Japan.

Couldn't you just chalk it all up to xenophobia, and in the case of books like these, xenophobia against successful outsiders?

No because xenophobia would and should be equal between all foreigners. But its not the case. Japan has imported its "racism" ( slightly different to the discrimination that japanese basicaly view everybody including their own disabled or wayward people).

Japanese are not inovative in anything really, they borrow a hell of a lot including racism.

Its the same in research, researchers in japan just read other people research and reformat it into their way of thinking. Then often compound the falsehoods by basicaly making stupid assumptions.

And they are terrible in checking if their sources are actualy reliable. I know I am making a lot of generalisations... But most still stand.

[cstaylor]

No because xenophobia would and should be equal between all foreigners. But its not the case. Japan has imported its "racism" ( slightly different to the discrimination that japanese basicaly view everybody including their own disabled or wayward people).

I should have been a little clearer. I was talking about anti-semitism in general, not just the Japanese version.

[cstaylor]

I agree that the Japanese imported the word "racism", but are you seriously stating that the Japanese views on other asians is imported as well?

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

I agree that the Japanese imported the word "racism", but are you seriously stating that the Japanese views on other asians is imported as well?

No Anti-black, Anti semitism. As thoes issues dont really exist in Asia.

Although there is the exception to a bad view on dark skin, something similar to viewing red necks as being dumb.

[cstaylor]

Although there is the exception to a bad view on dark skin, something similar to viewing red necks as being dumb.

So what do you call some conservative Japanese views on mixed blood children?

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Although there is the exception to a bad view on dark skin, something similar to viewing red necks as being dumb.

So what do you call some conservative Japanese views on mixed blood children?

Its not really the issue, what is, is why Japanese view whites better than blacks and why they accept anti semitism.

I frankly dont give a shit about anti semitism myself, both sides of the arguement lie people with extreme views that will never compromise.

Yes the holocost was wrong, but jews are hella greedy. I dont believe the holocost just happened because hitler didnt like the colour of their hair. Wars are actualty fought over tangable assets, at that time diamonds(jews controled), I dont like that fact that any criticism shows towards jews is automaticaly branded as antisematic.

[Ketou]

I have no idea about the contents of the book but, who the f*ck translated the title? "Yudaya No Seikousha" A successful Jew? Or, A Successful Jewish Person Teaches the Method for Becoming Fabulously Rich?? Is it racist or just stereotypical? Or did some dick translate it to make it sound racist?

Kokujin no seikousha ga oshieru rap de okanemochi ni naru michi

"A successful black person" or "A successful colored boy"? Nigger maybe?
I of course wrote this as an example not as an attempt to offend!!

Osutora-riajin no siekousha

A successful Australian would be happily translated by Charles as A successful smelly beer swilling heathen!

One must surely ask first, is the translation correct? And second, is there the intention of prejudice?

[Samurai_Jerk]

I have no idea about the contents of the book but, who the f*ck translated the title? "Yudaya No Seikousha" A successful Jew? Or, A Successful Jewish Person Teaches the Method for Becoming Fabulously Rich?? Is it racist or just stereotypical? Or did some dick translate it to make it sound racist?

I don't know that the title of this book is anti-semitic in and of itself (thought it would seem to play on a stereotype). "Jew" is not a pejorative term. I wonder what's objectional about the content and what's meant by "fraud". Is the writer not really Jewish?

Neo, you seem to have an obsession with American racism and love to bring it up all the time as if the US where the most racist place on Earth. Yeah, I'd agree with you that a lot of racism towards blacks in Japan is the result of exposure to American media. But anti-Semitism is as old as Western civilization. So fuck off.

[kamome]

"Jew" is not an anti-Semitic term, any more than "black" is racist or "Gay" is homophobic. "Yudayajin" could be translated equally as "Jew" or "Jewish person". That alone is not offensive, but the title of the book plays on a stereotype (Jews as wealthy) that has been used to justify anti-Semitic rhetoric for centuries.

I think the argument should be whether a group of people would reasonably be offended by the content or title of a book. I don't know what the content of this book is, but to even think that someone should have more knowledge than others on the subject of wealth creation by merely being Jewish, would be patently false and offensive to most Jews whether or not the notion rises to the level of bigotry.

It's the same as saying that a black person has more knowledge of basketball simply by being black. I think Jim Katta would agree that if a book came out in Japan entitled, "A black guy tells the secrets of playing professional basketball" it would be offensive whether or not it is actually racist.

In the end, emphasizing the status of the person, rather than the person himself/herself, is offensive because it overgeneralizes and ignores individual differences. "A black guy tells the secrets of basketball" sounds offensive, but "Michael Jordan tells his secrets of playing professional basketball" probably would not be offensive to anyone. "A successful Jew talks about getting wealthy" sounds offensive, but "Michael Eisner (Disney CEO and a Jew) talks about how he got wealthy" doesn't sound so bad.

[katakori]

Neo, you are officially a troll.

Yes the holocost was wrong, but

I am not racist, but... I am not homophobic, but...

jews are hella greedy.

you sound like Cartman. go on and you might reach David Brent.

I dont believe the holocost just happened because hitler didnt like the colour of their hair.

i suggest you buy a book sometime and read it. actually, any book. that would be a start.

Wars are actualty fought over tangable assets

actually, even a magazine would do for now.

at that time diamonds (jews controled)

yep. antisemitism started then. he killed gypsies and comunists because they had a shitload of diamonds too. and don't forget the media and the show business.

I dont like that fact that any criticism shows towards jews is automaticaly branded as antisematic.

you are right. and American are all eating hamburgers all the time, while German are all nazis, Italians speak with a funny accent and eat spaghetti while having sex, Black are lazy of course, and Asian work hard and are hypocrites.

[L S]

[Samurai_Jerk]

Neo, you are officially a troll.

Yes the holocost was wrong, but

I am not racist, but... I am not homophobic, but...

jews are hella greedy.

you sound like Cartman. go on and you might reach David Brent.

I dont believe the holocost just happened because hitler didnt like the colour of their hair.

i suggest you buy a book sometime and read it. actually, any book. that would be a start.

Wars are actualty fought over tangable assets

actually, even a magazine would do for now.

at that time diamonds (jews controled)

yep. antisemitism started then. he killed gypsies and comunists because they had a shitload of diamonds too. and don't forget the media and the show business.

I dont like that fact that any criticism shows towards jews is automaticaly branded as antisematic.

you are right. and American are all eating hamburgers all the time, while German are all nazis, Italians speak with a funny accent and eat spaghetti while having sex, Black are lazy of course, and Asian work hard and are hypocrites.

Kind of reminds me of the white Australian exchange student that was studying at the high school I worked at in Japan. One day she said, "I'm not a racist, but black guys give me the creeps." But I guess I can't blame her for her ignorance. I'm sure her attitude was developed from exposure to the American mass media.

[torasan]

The Wiesenthal Center urges Lawson's to pull antisemitic book
The Simon Wiesenthal Center today urged the Tokyo-based Lawson's chain of stores to remove from their shelves copies of "Yudaya No Seikousha Ga Oshieru Ookanemochi Ni Naru Hito No Houteishiki" (A Successful Jew Teaches the Method for Becoming Fabulously Rich), a book labeled by the Jewish community in Japan as a fraud.

Well, this book is not really antisemitic. Japanese love to read business books about how to be successful, like Rich Dad, Poor Dad, etc, from Dale Carnegie to George Soros, and this book, no matter who wrote it, is just another trendy book to tell J-readers how they can become successful like the apparently successful Jewish bloke who wrote the book. Even if a Japanese ghostwriter wrote the book, it's not antisemitic to show Japanese readers that Jews can be successful. Many Jews have been successful in this world, and of course, not all of them are fabulously rich, but isn't it nice to dream?

I think Simon is off on this one. Chase the real antisemites, not this stuff.

[Big Booger]

I don't buy the imported racism BS.. sorry. Many Japanese hate Koreans and Chinese, as well as other southeast Asians... I suppose they imported that hatred as well??? Lots of racism going on towards those people in Japan.. I suppose western society is responsible for influencing Japan just like we did for Blacks.. and Jews...

[Socratesabroad]

The source is established anti semitism that they imported from America, this also applies to Black racism.

Ummm, I'll be a little more polite than SJ, but I am curious: is Japan's 'racism: made in America' a fact/interpretation you've read or simply you alone know intuitively?

I say this because I'm curious about the history of Japanese racism towards blacks and have found few sources in English or Japanese that go into greater historical depth. Since I had trouble finding info, I was just wondering where you got yours from.

[GuyJean]

"A black guy tells the secrets of basketball" sounds offensive, but "Michael Jordan tells his secrets of playing professional basketball" probably would not be offensive to anyone.

So I should be offended by the book 'An Irish-American tells the secrets of drinking a lot', but not by "A strapping young Irish-American tells us how to drink a lot and get laid".. ]"A successful Jew talks about getting wealthy" sounds offensive, but "Michael Eisner (Disney CEO and a Jew) talks about how he got wealthy" doesn't sound so bad.[/quote] How bout' "Michael Eisner talks about how he got wealthy then fired"?..

GJ

[kamome]

[quote="GuyJean"]So I should be offended by the book 'An Irish-American tells the secrets of drinking a lot', but not by "A strapping young Irish-American tells us how to drink a lot and get laid".. ]

A book called "An Irish-American guy tells us how to get laid" wouldn't have as much credibility as this book: "Wilt Chamberlain tells us how he got laid 10,000 times".

...unless the author was a dude named GuyJean...

[dimwit]

An interesting account from a Japanese Professor of English:

So much for my own story; now let me talk about how Jews are seen
generally in Japan. There are a few Jewish people in Japan in comparison
with in European countries and the United States. Ordinary Japanese
people cannot tell Jews from other peoples by name nor by physical
appearance. No Jewish people are refused an apartment room for rent
because of their race or religion (some Japanese are anti-Chinese, or
anti-Korean, and they *do* refuse Chinese and Korean scholarship students).
But some big bookstores have a corner of *Jewish Problem*, and there are
selling well many Anti-semitic paperbacks at low prices on the shelves.
They are generally of triviality, I mean not deserving serious consideration.
Let me take examples. A book finds similarities between Jews and
Japanese where there is none. And it warns readers that they(=Japanese)
should take care of not falling into a lonely position in the international
scene as Jews were, are, and will be discriminated from others in....crazy
book! Another asserts that the world politics and economy are controlled
by the rich Jews in Wall Street behind the pretended administration in
Washington. They are putting successfully into practice the lessons
of *Protocols of Zion*(!). Newspapers never tell the truth. Their owners
or chief sponsors are also Jews, indeed they are identical or cooperative
with the world conquest projectors.....extra-terrestrial crazy book! It
is a patchwork of shallowly retold tales of Nesta Webster and other
conspiracy theories.

"Antisemitism in Japan"

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