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Footage of Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protest Shown at Japan’s New Year’s Television Special

During the 71st Japan's #NHK television special Kohaku Uta Gassen that was held on the last day of 2020, an introductory video clip was shown during Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda’s performance of “Ruiiro no Chikyu 2020”, depicting all the crises the world had faced in 2020.

The video included footages of the coronavirus pandemic and many conflicts from around the world during 2020. Police-civilian clashes in Hong Kong, the United States, and Thailand were also shown.

Matsuda used her song to send a message about the need to protect our planet and that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Source: Like Japan and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.facebook.com/366285370148044/posts/3383416475101570/

#SeikoMatsuda #NewYear2021
Japan famous Kōhaku 2021 showed Hong Kong’s Anti-Government Protest

(1 Jan) A traditional and famous New Year’s Eve show in Japan, NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Kōhaku), broadcasted on 1 Jan 2021, showed many of the events that unfolded in 2020 including the pandemic and scenes from HK’s Anti-Government Protest, US protest, and the Thai Anti-Government protest. Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda wrapped up with the song「瑠璃色の地球 2020」(glassy color of the Earth 2020) and hoping for a better year ahead of us.

© NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).

Source: #Likejapan_Owen, https://www.facebook.com/366285370148044/posts/3383416475101570/

Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#NHK #Kohaku #NewYearEve #2020 #2021 #HongKongProtest #SeikoMatsuda
Japanese media: Chinese People’s Liberation Army suspected instructing hackers to attack about 200 Japanese companies and research institutes 
 
Japan NHK quoted a news and stated, Tokyo police discovered there is a Chinese hacker organisation launched a large-scale cyber-attack on about 200 research institutes and private companies including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Japanese authorities suspect that these hackers were instructed by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. 
 
The source revealed to the Japan Broadcasting Association, JAXA has been cyber-attacked in 2016. Tokyo police have targeted a 30-year-old Chinese system engineer, accusing him of being a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was accused of renting domestic servers under a false name to attack the systems of multiple institutions. 
 
He is alleged to have forwarded these server numbers and related certificates to a Chinese hacker organisation called Tick. The man has left Japan, but the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department submitted the man’s case to the prosecutor as early as Tuesday, accusing him of falsifying digital records.  
 
Source: Stand News #Apr20

 https://bit.ly/33ySrYc
 
#China #Japan #NHK #Tokyo #Hacker #JAXA #Engineer #CCP #Communist #Server #Tick  
#TokyoOlympics #Opening
Japanese Netizens' Different Reception of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the PRC

During the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021, the national team of Taiwan was arranged to march in the stadium in an order that follows the alphabetical sequence of "Ta". It means the organizer identifies Taiwan in the name of "Taiwan", instead of the name "Chinese Taipei", imposed by the People's Republic of China (#PRC).

Although the official announcement was still made according to the denomination "Chinese Taipei", the host of the Japanese national TV channnel #NHK used the name "Taiwan".

Moreover, on the platform Niconico where many Japanese netizens streamed the ceremony, enthusiatic reactions appeared with entrancd of Team Taiwan and Team Hong Kong.

Many netizens typed in phrases like "Taiwan Taiwan", "An Independent Country", "Fight on, Taiwan", "Love Taiwan" when seeing Tean Taiwan marched in. Netizens also cheered for the Team Hong Kong: "Fight on Hong Kong", "Hongkongers Persist" and "Fight for freedom"

This contrasts with the reactions the Japanese netizens had towards the PRC team. The netizens critique China's human rights violations and political prosecutions in the past and present. Words like "Tiananmen", "Covid", "massacre" popped up.

It was also reported that China's #Tencent suspended the live streaming after the said NHK host called out "Taiwan". In the end, the Chinese streaming platform failed to show the entrance of Team PRC due to its censorship of the official Japanese host.

Source: Apple Daily, Taiwan; Newstalk; Niconico, Japan #Jul24

https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2021-07-24/609393

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#Action #PressFreedom
Watch the Fall of Pro-Democracy Newspaper in Hong Kong

The Japanese government-owned public broadcaster, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (#NHK) produced a documentary that records the closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily.

Watch Now:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2022341/

The film, titled “A Pro-Democracy Newspaper Shuts Down: Hong Kong” is set for on-demand viewing for only 1 month.

The paper was the most prominent media outlet in Hong Kong. Following 26 years of operation, it was forced into closure in June 2020, a year after China's imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong that curbs the city’s democracy and freedom of speech.

#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #CCP #FreedomOfSpeech