Why This Topic Landed in Japan

There is strong rejection of the "Japan = militarism" label imposed from outside, and the fact that the critics were a coup regime and authoritarian states amplified the "who are you to talk?" backlash. The insult video involving animal abuse also drew revulsion as an ethical issue and spread in tandem with anti-China sentiment. The backdrop of lawmaker Seki Hei being targeted by China was also discussed as "proof of how much of a threat he must be."

Key Reaction Themes

  • "Who are you to talk?" — Mockery of the contradiction of a military regime born from a coup lecturing about "opposing militarism."
  • "Puppet / boilerplate" reading — A cool view that the joint statement is "just China wedging in its usual stock phrase" and Myanmar "doing as China says."
  • Revulsion at animal abuse — Condemnation of the dog-tying insult video as "brutal" and "exposing their own lack of civility."

What Japanese Netizens Are Saying

Myanmar-China Joint Statement: "Japan, Stop Your Militarism"

Myanmar's pro-junta government, in a joint statement with China, "opposed militarism"—reportedly aimed at Japan.

Sources: Yahoo! news, 2ch

Comments:

  • "Says the military regime, lol."
  • "Is that something a military regime that staged a coup gets to say?"
  • "They're just doing what the CCP tells them, aren't they?"
  • "China should pick who it issues joint statements with."
  • "Japan has no military, so it literally can't do militarism, you know."
  • "The ones hurling abuse at Japan are, every single time, authoritarian states. I wonder how this gets treated in future history classes."
  • "Japan doesn't even hold military parades or fight in conflicts—what are they even looking at to conclude it's 'militarism'?"
  • "They must be saying 'I won't forgive the governments of China and Myanmar.'"
  • "It's just China wedging its usual 'boilerplate' into the joint statement with Myanmar—it's only 'China asserts this' (and that assertion hasn't caught on internationally)."
  • "How much did this military regime get paid?"

Video of a Chinese Man Tying Up a Dog to Insult Lawmaker Seki Hei

A video spread in China of a dog tied to a frame with an insult to lawmaker Seki Hei, prompting revulsion at the animal abuse.

Source: 2ch

Comments:

  • "These are people who think of (a dog) as nothing more than food or a toy."
  • "The dog is pitiful—are they brutes?"
  • "This sensibility is exactly what a Chinese person is; they don't understand what you must not do."
  • "If they'd done it to their own body it might have earned sympathy, but they only have the brains to make enemies with public self-degradation."
  • "Are they trying to cement the impression that 'this is what Chinese people are'?"
  • "The type to expose their own lack of civility."
  • "Seeing the dog's expression—stuff like this makes me feel mercy is utterly wasted on today's Chinese."
  • "And they think they 'won' with this."
  • "The dog is just plain pitiable."
  • "Uh… does this actually solve anything?"