Japan: Nazi-Like Costumes Cause Backlash
Posted: November 8, 2016 Filed under: Asia, Health and Social Issues, Japan | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Antisemitism, Apartheid, Costume, Halloween, Japan, Nazism, Yasushi Akimoto Leave a comment
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Keyakizaka 46 girls group provoked an international backlash over their use of Halloween costumes looking like Nazi military uniforms in an event in Yokohama on Oct. 22.
The U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitism movements, issued a statement on Monday demanding an apology from Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., which the group belongs to, and its producer, Yasushi Akimoto.
The center called the costumes, including black cloaks and uniform caps with eagle emblems, “inappropriate and deeply offensive.”
A statement of apology is now displayed on the girl group’s official website, vowing never to use the costumes again
Source: The Japan News
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