Why This Topic Landed in Japan

A China-origin cyberattack on critical institutions ties directly into Japan's perennial complaint that it "has no anti-espionage law." Layered onto that came a symbolic small incident — Chinese netizens' censorship-reflex reaction to nothing more than a broadcast number, "64" — so the "threat" and the "absurdity" ended up discussed side by side. The two together turned an abstract security worry into something concrete and shareable.

Key Reaction Themes

  • Security and an anti-espionage law — "Just pass an anti-espionage law already," and frustration at how defenseless Japan is.
  • Doubt over the SDF's USB infection — Suspicion that there is an insider spy.
  • Eye-rolling at the '64' raid — Mostly mockery of China's oversensitivity and censorship apparatus.

What Japanese Netizens Are Saying

Note: some comments in this topic contained overt slurs against China; those were excluded individually. The remaining comments are quoted verbatim.

China-linked 'Tick' group's cyberattacks on Mitsubishi Electric, JAXA and more

Reactions to China-linked 'Tick' targeting some 200 sites including Mitsubishi Electric and JAXA, and to a suspected SDF USB-malware infection.

Sources: Kangnam Times, 2ch

Comments:

  • "They should just build a separate network off the internet for critical information."
  • "The West was just foolish to trust Chinese nationals and let them roam freely inside the country."
  • "Hurry up and pass an anti-espionage law."
  • "Incompetent as ever."
  • "The SDF says it's 'unclear' how a spyware-laden USB slipped past their security and got used — but obviously there's a spy on the inside."
  • "'Why not second place?' — this disaster is where that led. Japan can no longer stop foreign IT spies on its own."
  • "Against an opponent whose whole style is 'it's faster to just steal the crops, the industrial goods, and the information,' how long do we stay unguarded?"
  • "'Nearly' laid bare? Hasn't it already been done long ago?"
  • "Seriously, why is this country so defenseless against China? At least show a little caution."

Voice actor Hina Yomiya's radio account raided over "64"

Reactions to the show's official account being raided by Chinese fans simply because it was the "64th" episode (evoking the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown).

Comments:

  • "Apparently the show's off-shot posts stopped updating after this…"
  • "The reason it got raided: the '64' in this image apparently touched a nerve with Chinese fans."
  • "It was just the 64th broadcast — poor thing."
  • "I wondered why, and it's 6.4? Aren't they way too fragile?"
  • "So those guys are weak to the number 64, huh."
  • "People actually verified that Chinese games are built so the digits '64' never show up in the stats — genuinely hilarious."
  • "'64' works way too well."
  • "Don't make Hina sad."
  • "Just delete 6 and 4 from the Chinese language."
  • "It's the same as us reacting to '78'."