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A large number of PLA fans have emerged in Japanese dress up exhibitions, paying to play, and they are still happy to be scolded as "Japanese traitors".
In 2018, a cosplay dress up event was held in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, with the military as the centerpiece of the event. As a local event in Japan, it stands to reason that the military elements that should appear at the exhibition are all related to Japan.
But what is surprising is that a large number of Japanese young people wearing PLA uniforms appeared at this exhibition. Not only are they dressed in Chinese military uniforms, but they are even waving Chinese flags in their hands, making it difficult to distinguish their true nationality.
In the face of the Japanese in the audience, these PLA actors did not appear in the slightest confusion. Even if some people call them "Japanese traitors", they still enjoy it and don't care at all.
Why did this group of young Japanese people appear in Chinese military uniforms, and what is the Japanese Government's attitude toward this matter?
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People's Liberation Army
A large number of PLA fans have emerged in Japanese dress up exhibitions, paying to play, and they are still happy to be scolded as "Japanese traitors".
Japan, as the country with the most developed animation and related industries in East Asia and even in the world, is very prosperous in the "two-dimensional" culture. A large number of cosplay events are held in the local area every year as a gathering for anime lovers. As a result of this trend, cosplay events have emerged in various fields other than anime to satisfy fans who are interested in this field.
In late July 2018, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, held a military cosplay exhibition under the name of "Battlefield Soldiers". At this exhibition, fans can dress up as they like with a variety of clothing items. It stands to reason that as an exhibition held in Japan, the most common appearance at the exhibition should be the military costumes of the country or the military costumes involved in anime.
But what is amazing is that a large number of Japanese young people wearing the uniforms of China's three armed forces emerged at the exhibition. These people wore military uniforms of different periods and types of troops, such as the mainland's three armed forces, the armed police, and even the Eighth Route Army, and swaggered through the market at the exhibition. Some even held Chinese flags in their hands, waving and waving them.
The most bizarre thing is that several of the costumers actually teamed up with a person wearing a Japanese World War II military uniform to make a gesture of capture and interrogation.
Such a strange behavior attracted the attention of everyone present. Some even filmed what they were doing and it was quickly posted online. Under the fermentation of the Internet, this matter quickly spread on the Japanese Internet. Some more conservative Japanese netizens were furious after learning about this incident and began to shout and curse on the Internet, saying that those PLA actors were out-and-out "Japanese traitors" and traitors to the country.
Soon, under the deep scrutiny of Japanese netizens, Taro Yamada, who is a senior fan of the People's Liberation Army and an important organizer of the dress up event, surfaced.
As a veteran Chinese military fan, Yamada is very interested in China's military. On weekdays, he will use various means to watch the relevant content about China's military on the Internet. He will even watch the mainland's military channels on time every day through the Internet to learn about the relevant knowledge described by a large number of domestic experts.
In his spare time, the Japanese likes to do nothing more than watch military movies made in China. The most popular red military movie in recent years is his favorite. As a senior military fan actor, Yamada has studied all kinds of Chinese military uniforms, guns and weapons very thoroughly.
In order to better improve his dress level and achieve the realm of fake and real, Yamada is very particular about dressing up.
In addition to the similarity of the main clothing, he also put a lot of effort into hats, collar badges, armbands, etc. On weekdays, he also does dress-up exercises, posts his works on the Internet, and asks Chinese netizens to give him suggestions for improvement.
As a result of such hard work, Yamada's costume skills have become more and more proficient. If you don't pay attention to it, passers-by are likely to treat it directly as the PLA.
As a fan of the People's Liberation Army, Yamada has always maintained a "fine" posture in his dress. On the armband of his costume, there are even words such as "People's Liberation Army Garrison in Japan", which makes people have to sigh at the investment in his dress.
Under the leadership of Yamada, a large number of Japanese youths who admired the People's Liberation Army and dressed up as the People's Liberation Army emerged in Japan. Some people even changed as a result and began to admire their former Eighth Route Army.
Although Japanese netizens were very dissatisfied with the phenomenon of pretending to be Chinese soldiers, they bombarded the Internet. But that didn't change the minds of those military fans. Even if they spend a lot of money to customize costumes and props, and are scolded by others as "Japanese rapes", they are very happy to dress up and have not been affected much.
Although China and Japan are separated by a strip of water, but the two countries have a continuous historical feud, why do Japanese young people behave such strange behavior?
The reason for this
A large number of PLA fans have emerged in Japanese dress up exhibitions, paying to play, and they are still happy to be scolded as "Japanese traitors".
The reason why Japanese young people behave so strangely is actually related to their national character and domestic economic development.
The Yamato nation of Japan, as an existence that lives on an isolated island overseas, has many extreme factors in its character. Because of the narrow geographical area, the Japanese people have a strong desire to explore the outside world and a strong mentality. After World War II, an American scholar wrote a work called "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" after gaining an in-depth understanding of Japanese culture. In this work, the American scholar vividly expounds the contradictory character of the Japanese nation.
As sworn enemies in the past, China and Japan have had friendly exchanges and wars in their long history. Such completely opposite behaviors are actually due to the Japanese nation's strong mentality. During the Han and Tang dynasties, China was a powerful country and a great power for all nations. At that time, Japan was far inferior to the mainland, so it took the initiative to become one of China's vassal states.
Especially during the Tang Dynasty, Japan even sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty many times to cross the ocean to learn Chinese culture. At that time, Japan regarded China as the most revered target and the best object to study.
But with the development of the times, China has gradually rested on its laurels. After years of development, Japan's national power has also developed greatly. Especially at a time when the West was rapidly modernizing, Japan found a much stronger and more civilized world. As a result, Japan soon abandoned China, which it had once studied for, and began to move towards the Western world in its entirety.
Through this total westernization, Japan soon stepped on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, and its national power increased rapidly, and with a naval war at the end of the 19th century, China completely lost its powerful image in front of Japan. The Japanese have finally come to realize that China, which they once feared the most, is no longer their opponent.
As a result, what was once reverence quickly turned into contempt, and the contradictions in the Japanese character were now highlighted. Under the militarist ideology, Japan regarded China as the lowest country and nation, and began to invade China on a large scale. During the invasion of China, the Japanese army unleashed all the despicable elements in its own character and caused countless tragedies. It seems that only by completely tearing apart this once most revered country can Japan truly shake off its shadow and gain a new life.
But China is so easy to bully, after 14 years of hard work, Japan was finally defeated, and returned to its own island.
In the decades that followed, China went from being a poor country with nothing to socialism and becoming one of the world's leading superpowers in terms of data. It is not surprising that in the face of China, which has become strong again, there is a sense of reverence in the hearts of some Japanese.
According to Taro Yamada, it was on the Internet that he inadvertently watched the daily training of the People's Liberation Army, and was shocked by the spirit of perseverance and toughness, so he became a fan of the Chinese military.
In addition to the love and reverence for a strong country and a strong nation in the character of the Japanese nation itself, the needs of Japan's own economic development are also important factors that give birth to these Chinese military fans. Because the costumes and props required for Japanese military fans to dress up are highly similar to the Continental Army uniforms, no one produces them in the mainland at all.
Therefore, these costumes and props are produced by local Japanese companies. Because they are all custom-made items and props with special shapes, the production price is quite high.
In order to expand their own income, the companies that make these costumes and props not only actively promote the holding of exhibitions, but also further build relevant shooting ranges and supporting settings to enhance the influence of the Chinese military in Japan, so that more Japanese young people can "enter the pit" and bring more income to them.
Therefore, under the impetus of Japanese companies, the fashion of Chinese military fans began to become popular in their own country, and soon grew. Japanese youths playing the role of PLA soldiers are gradually no longer an exception.
Faced with such a situation, why didn't the Japanese government take the initiative to stop it, and what exactly did they do?
Weak control
A large number of PLA fans have emerged in Japanese dress up exhibitions, paying to play, and they are still happy to be scolded as "Japanese traitors".
The blatant disappearance of Japanese youths as the Chinese People's Liberation Army at major exhibitions is tantamount to an affront to the Japanese government and makes the Japanese government and many Japanese people dissatisfied. However, the Japanese government has been slow to take action and has not dealt with the relevant measures. Why is that?
In fact, it is not that the Japanese government is unwilling to deal with it, but it does not have the ability to do so. This is because the Japanese government's control over civil forces is far less powerful than that of the Chinese government. In addition, the Japanese government, as a gathering place for militarist right-wingers, is not in line with some Japanese people in the pursuit of certain interests, and has been strongly resisted and opposed.
Not to mention Japanese youths dressed up in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, or Japanese movies and TV dramas about the crimes committed by Japan in World War II, and its government is helpless.
In the famous Japanese anime "Doraemon", there was a picture of the two protagonists talking about Japan's defeat in World War II. Because the protagonists did not show sad expressions, they caused some right-wingers and the government to be dissatisfied. But when the author learned of this, not only did he not follow his opinion and revise it, but instead made the two protagonists laugh and say it as a response to the right-wingers. And after this incident, the author did not receive any punishment.
Tsuburaya, the author of the famous IP Ultraman, added a lot of crimes committed by the Japanese army in World War II and the inaction of the current government to his own story, satirizing the bad social situation in Japan from the side. He did not receive any punishment or any unfair treatment from the government.
In addition, Japanese television stations even organized personnel to travel to the United States and Russia to produce the infamous Unit 731 documentary, which directly showed the atrocities committed by the militarists. In addition, the TV station also launched a documentary about Japan's invasion of many countries in World War II, so that the Japanese people can understand more of the truth of that year.
Even so, the Japanese government has failed to impose any restrictions on it. When Shinzo Abe was assassinated before, Japan's TV Tokyo was still broadcasting comedy anime, and there was no intention to take care of the former prime minister who died.
It is not difficult to see how weak the Japanese government's control over private forces is.
Although the admiration of Japanese youth for the People's Liberation Army has not risen to the political level, it also reflects the attitude of contemporary Japanese youth towards China. With the continuous development and evolution of China, Japan, a country and nation that once made the Chinese nation pay a huge price, is no longer an opponent of the same magnitude.
As China's military grew stronger, Japan could only look up at China's military power. Therefore, it is not incomprehensible that the emergence of a cult of Chinese servicemen has emerged.
But because of the special relationship between the two countries, such behavior is not actually something to be promoted. Although these Japanese youths dressed up as the Chinese People's Liberation Army and were not mainland soldiers, they could easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings. After people who don't know the truth see the relevant pictures and videos, it is inevitable that their actions will be linked to Chinese soldiers.
Not to mention whether these people will do anything out of the ordinary when they are dressed up to destroy the image of mainland soldiers. The mere fact of appearing in Japan in the uniforms of Chinese soldiers will actually cause some people to misunderstand. As a country that pursues the concept of peaceful development, the mainland has never taken the initiative to invade other countries, so how can it appear on the territory of other countries with arms?
And once this trend becomes popular, it is likely to develop in an uncontrollable direction. As the most solemn representatives of a country, military personnel are not allowed to be insulted. If anything happens during the dress-up event, it will have an unwanted impact. Even if you really love Chinese military culture, you can no longer appear in public. In private, without violating the law, carry out your own hobbies, and presumably no one will do more beaks.
Generally speaking, the fact that young Japanese people dressed up as Chinese soldiers can be regarded as an affirmation of the mainland's military strength and represent that the image of mainland soldiers is deeply loved by the public. However, due to the special status of military personnel, Japanese young people should still stop in moderation and carry out their own interest activities on the basis of legal compliance.
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