Tag: Japan
Japanese World War II Propaganda Leaflet
This was one of a number of leaflets produced by Japan during World War II that were dropped over Indian troops
Japanese Propaganda Painting – “We Will Never Stop Attacking” by Saburo Miyamoto
The Japanese government commissioned artists to create war-themed art during World War II. This painting by Saburo Miyamoto entitled “We Will Never Stop Attacking” was one such example.
Acccording to Wikipedia, much of the wartime art commissioned by the Japanese government and military was confiscated by the United States at the end of the war causing it to slip into obscurity.
Kaiju Tourism Bureau Travel Posters by Chet Phillips
These Kaiju-themed travel posters are created by Chet Phillips and available from his Etsy shop. He also sells a set of six 5 x 7 postcards of these for $10 that includes everything except for the first image below.
World War II Propaganda Posters–Great Britain Will Pursue the War Against Japan to the Very End
Japanese Doctors and Nurses Face “Corona-Bullying”
As if they don’t have it hard enough fighting on the front line against COVID-19, Japanese doctors and nurses have to contend with harassment and bullying from some members of the public who fear they may be spreading the virus.
A February report from Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbum noted,
The association said despite the DMAT [Disasters Medical Assistance Team] members risking their lives to contain the disease, they have been treated like germs upon returning to their workplaces.
Their children were asked to refrain from attending nursery schools and kindergartens by school officials.
The Japan Times/Bloomberg reported that children of medical professionals were being excluded from daycare centers.
The children of Japanese medical professionals are being shut out from day care centers, or being asked for proof they aren’t infected with the coronavirus, adding to the burdens of an already stretched work force on the front lines of the pandemic.
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“There’s growing prejudice and discrimination against people in the medical field,” said Shigeru Omi, the deputy head of the government’s advisory panel on the virus. “It’s even extending to their families.”
Finally, a CBS News report highlighted incidents of nurses and doctors being harassed in public.
“Why are you nurses walking around outside? It’s absurd.” The nurse found herself accosted by an agitated man as she returned to her car. “It’s your fault the virus is spreading!”
“You work at the hospital, right?” a group of mothers interrogated another nurse in a Tokyo park. “We’d appreciate it if you stayed away.” Shocked, the nurse immediately went back home with her kids, she told the TBS network. “It’s as if they equate nurses with coronavirus.”
A staff member with Kita-Harima Medical Center was unable to move because the moving company refused to pick up his furniture. In Tokyo’s Taito Ward, a nurse employed at Eiju General Hospital was asked to stop bringing her preschooler to daycare.
Personally, it sounds like a pretty dumb idea to harass the people you may need to call upon someday for life-saving medical treatment.