[Global Times reporter Xing Xiaojing Chen Yang] China's fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic is gradually achieving results, but Japan, South Korea, Italy and other countries have become increasingly nervous. On Japanese social media, some extreme voices targeting Chinese people in Japan also appeared. Are Chinese offended or discriminated against in Japan? "Global Times" reporters verified this in many ways.
As of the 25th, including 691 confirmed patients on the “Diamond Princess” cruise ship, the number of patients diagnosed with new crown pneumonia in Japan has reached 861. On social media, some Japanese netizens have moved to China, posting remarks such as "Do not Chinese come to Japan", "Chinese return to China", "Chinese people buy masks and other medical supplies at drugstores and hinder the normal life of Japanese people".
"Sorry!" After listening to the story of the Global Times reporter, Mr. Honda, who lives in Tokyo, said, "I apologize!" He said that in Japan, some people also posted online statements that discredit China and related to the new crown pneumonia The epidemic is irrelevant. This type of person is actually the "right-wing of the Internet" and has been lurking on the Internet for a long time, not recently. Mr. Honda said that it is common for Chinese to live in Japan nowadays, and nationality issues are not taken care of at all. My company also has Chinese colleagues, everyone has a good relationship and usually drinks together.
Mr. Ito, who lives in Osaka, said in an interview with the Global Times that he did not see any offense or discrimination against Chinese people in real life. He said that some people did spread bad comments on the Internet, but when a large number of Chinese tourists came to Japan and made a huge contribution to the Japanese economy, these people often shut up. Ito said that the Internet is like this, and there will be various voices, but more criticism is focused on the Japanese government's poor response to the epidemic, and the Japanese people are generally worried that the epidemic will further expand.
The Chinese community living in many places in Japan also told the Global Times reporter that although occasionally discriminatory remarks such as "Chinese returning to the country" can be seen on social networks, they are still very few in the end. They have never been discriminated against or treated unfairly in their daily lives. Moreover, more and more Japanese are doing Chinese business. The last thing they want to see is that there are no Chinese customers patronizing.
Another Japanese public told the Global Times reporter that Japan had a more optimistic attitude towards the new crown pneumonia epidemic. With the increasing number of confirmed diagnoses, it is now showing a tense situation. But even so, they do not think that Chinese people in Japan should be discriminated against because of this, let alone see such situations in real life.
Mr. Honda told the Global Times reporter that just last weekend, he also participated in a seminar on Japan-China relations. The theme was how to promote mutual understanding between the two countries. The meeting invited Japanese and Chinese guests to attend. He said that in the context of better Japan-China relations, the "network right" is increasingly afraid to take the lead.
"Global Times" reporters have recently seen on social media that many Japanese netizens believe that they should not say "hate the Chinese". In the face of a shortage of supplies in Japan, it is precisely the Japanese Chinese who went to Japan spontaneously. Masks are distributed free on the street.
"Global Times" reporter learned on the 25th from the Chinese embassy in Japan that the embassy did not pay attention to the phenomenon that the so-called Chinese compatriots have been offended or discriminated against, and that Japanese mainstream society is relatively friendly to China. Since the outbreak, Japan has taken the initiative to donate protective materials to China, and some touching pictures have also appeared. It can be said that the Japanese government and the people are fully supporting China's fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and have not felt that Japan has a tendency to exclude the Chinese, and there is no such thing at all.
At present, the Japanese government is actively responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. According to the website of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), the Japanese government released the "Basic Policy for New Crown Virus Infectious Diseases" (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") on the 25th. Details. The focus of the "Guidelines" is to require critically ill patients to receive medical treatment, and mild patients to rest at home, while suppressing the spread of infection, while reducing the number of severely ill patients and deaths as much as possible.
Japan ’s Kyodo News reported on the evening of the 25th that 10 employees of the agency who had been in a driver ’s car diagnosed with the new crown pneumonia driver had no fever symptoms after 14 days of self-isolation at home and had all returned to normal work. Earlier, media reports said that one of the 10 suspected employees was a reporter who was responsible for interviewing the Prime Minister's residence and had a close interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.