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I wouldn't be surprised if this decision REKTS Prime Minister Abe's reputation. Boycotting by not buying things made in Japan and by Japanese companies is understandable, but it is having a negative impact. For example, people working in those stores are probably losing hourly pay. Boycotting Japanese made products and Japanese company products is a very immature way of expressing disappointment with Japan. I've heard that some cities in Japan have basically become a ghost town because Korean tourism is ruining cities and livelihoods in Japan. At the same time (again), people in Korea that have jobs in these companies/stores are negatively impacting those people. The thing people need to realize and accept is that this is not a problem caused by Japanese companies and people. It's a problem caused by the Japanese government; a lot to do with Prime Minister Abe. Koreans reacting like this is very immature and through mob mentality, people feel weird if they were to buy or even think about buying any Japan made thing or something from a Japanese company even if he/she wants to. This is just flat out mob mentality out work here. I really think that South Korea and Japan should be more open minded and respectful towards one another. They shouldn't behave in this manner. It's only going to negatively impact both nations, both nation's economy, and people from both sides are going to hold a grudge towards one another when they should be more understanding and respectful. South Korea and Japan need to learn to co-exist with each other and not retaliate, protest, etc like they have been. Japan needs to officially & formally apologize towards the sex slaves during the war. Japan needs to stop with the whole arguing over Dokdo (Korean)/Takeshima (Japan)/ Liancourt Rocks arguing. One thing that I think Japan should do is ditch Prime Minister Abe and replace him with someone that is more willing to do what needs to be done so South Korea and Japan's relation can be in a more meaningful and helpful relation.
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@cortexauth4094 Thanks. Even though I am a Korean-American (born & raised in the US), my parents unfortunately seem to be under the same opinion in this matter and feel that this boycott of all Japan made products and products made in Japan is a good thing. Yes I can understand the reason why this protest and boycott thing is going on. But this is not a Japanese company or people of Japan issue. It is an issue with the Japanese government and it always has been. The Japanese government is the ones that refuse to apologize and make reprimands. All they've done so far is say that it was unfortunate that during the war, soldiers took it upon themselves to use Korean women as comfort women . That part I am upset about. However, the problem really is that the Japanese government is trying to shove aside accountability by just mentioning how apparently it was unfortunate and they've been delaying actually doing any reprimands in (what I presume) is an effort to wait for these comfort women to pass away from age and or disease. I know that's really messed up if that is true, but why else would the Japanese government be so aloof with trying to resolve this issue? The thing with the Dokdo (Korean) and Takeshima (Japanese) debate of ownership of the island is about historical truths. Heck, even China (I think it was) mentioned how that land is historically Korea's. Hell even North Korea thinks so as well. Japan is trying to claim those lands because of their shrinking land (from the ocean) and to have ownership of the waters surrounding those islands. Japan has been proven to change history textbooks and teach a very skewed history to their kids, and those kid will grow up leaning a false history that has been altered by (you guessed it) the Japanese government. My point is that going after Japanese companies definitely has a noticeable effect on the Japanese economy and therefore the idea (I think) is that the people of Japan would express their anger towards the Japanese government for doing these things. It's all very (again) mob-mentality-like and people who work in retail stores (for example) or companies of these Japanese companies are being negatively impacted; including the Korean branches of stores and companies where people are likely being fired from their jobs because they can't afford to keep them on payroll, insurance, etc.
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@cortexauth4094 Yes Japan has apologized, but they haven't made reprimands. The best they've done is said that (for example) the comfort women situation was unfortunate ; as if they were pretending to apologize while not taking responsibility to even make reprimands.
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