Sana gets flack for posting about the transition between the Heisei and Reiwa eras

[juhli.livejournal.com]

Translation: "As someone born in the Heisei era, I'm sad that the Heisei era is coming to an end, however, Heisei you have worked hard, it's the beginning of the Reiwa era, so I'm going to face this beginning and complete the last day of Heisei neatly"

(OP note: With the recent retirement of Emperor Akihito, the old Heisei era is ending and the Reiwa era is beginning.)

Netizen Comments
1.You should be prepared to bring Japanese fans back and return to Japan.

2. No but why is she mentioning this on their group’s official Instagram

3. She is a Japanese but she is also a singer in Korea and works in Korea.

4. Why did she post like this? Is she crazy?

5. I know that this is a big deal over Japan, but she’s promoting in Korea, She doesn’t need to post about it

6. Japanese people write in Japanese to speak to Japanese fans …

7. Is this something worth swearing over? I’m confused. This is her country, so she is talking about it. It’s not like Twice only have Korean fans, they also have a lot of Japanese fans.

8. If you are making money in Korea, don’t post such things

9. Honestly, people in Korea do not respect Japanese royalty because of colonial war.

10. She is Japanese and She will return to the country.

1.[+4734, -511] If you are going to make money in Korea, look at it, Japanese.

2. [+3580, -280] Why is it that Idol who is active in Korea tells us about the abdication of the Japanese emperor who declared the defeat of World War II? Just go to Japan.

3. [+2605, -218] Go to Japan.

4. [+2159, -201] Bye~ I’ll skip you from now on.

5. [+1646, -99] It’s not your Japanese account, but you wrote it in your official account in Korea?

source: k-netizen, pann-choa, twicetagram, naver, theqoo

Comments

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

K-netz being racist towards a japanese idol? Wow color me surprise

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

It's something that literally like every Japanese person seems to be talking about, lol, but man, it's not like I could ever understand what Koreans feel after having been under Japanese colonial rule.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Netizen 7 is the only one being sane
I won't pretend I can understand what the korean people went through during the colonisation, but this seems OTT to attack her for something like that

Not to mention, if it's on the group insta she most likely got the go ahead from the company

[921227.livejournal.com]

I cant tell if this an honest issue or netizens making something outta nothing

[premonitioner.livejournal.com]

it's a non issue, you gotta do a LOT of reaching to make a problem out of this

[wafflesnmilk.livejournal.com]

oh lawd, I can’t find the words this is SO stupid there’s ZERO political subtext in her post(I mean people are throwing around happy reiwa like it’s happy new year) and if anything Akihito was an improvement over all his predecessors since he refused to visit yasukuni since they enshrine war criminals but okay go off

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

They're always being salty about Japenese (and most likely all foreign) idols making big bucks in Korea, so I guess that?

[evilcoc0nut.livejournal.com]

This kind of thing is so ridiculous considering they sure don't mind getting that yen. 🙄

[daynr.livejournal.com]

I try to stay out of this complicated area of geopolitics, but let the girl live. She is a citizen of Japan, and was raised with him as the Emperor.

Also, isn't the Emperor famous for being opposed to revisionist Japanese military history, aka he is not a denier. You think that is something Koreans would at least appreciate a little bit (relative to other possible stances.)

[kimbafierce.livejournal.com]

7. Is this something worth swearing over? I’m confused. This is her country, so she is talking about it. It’s not like Twice only have Korean fans, they also have a lot of Japanese fans.
mte netizen #7

Tho the J-line got attacked for speaking Japanese in one of their vlives so this isn't shocking to me, but do knetizen want her to cut herself from her motherland completely or something?

[senshicalico.livejournal.com]

"do knetizen want her to cut herself from her motherland completely or something?"

I wouldn't be surprised tbh

[kimbafierce.livejournal.com]

It turned out that some pos left wing "journalist" mistranslated her post and wrote an article about it, which started the whole thing. So the hate is mostly bandwagon, with some not even knowing what they're grappling their pitchforks' for. It's funny but fucking sad well, cuz I doubt anyone would have jumped on this if she were of a different nationality.

It'll die soon I'm sure, I'm just worried it will effect her personality :/

[lovebum4life.livejournal.com]

The xenophobia jumped out. The nationalism is insane. You’d think Korea is has a sparkling clean history with the way they attack foreign idols (Vietnam anyone?). I get the Japan hatred but I hate how nationalism is used to weaponize innocuous things.

I’d get it if she posted something political but she literal but she didn’t. Now Naver articles are translating it as if she said something specifically political. I remember when J-line got in trouble for speaking Japanese in a v-live. It seems as though if you’re a foreign kpop artist you’ll never be accepted unless you literally forgo your culture entirely. Which is weird when Korea wants to market kpop as a global industry

[oh-folk.livejournal.com]

Netizens need to chill; this is so benign. *~Leave Sana alone~*

[kyulkyung.livejournal.com]

i really hope this blows over sana doesn't deserve this

[frequency.livejournal.com]

that's really a harmless post tho?? i'd maybe understand the frustration if she was being political about it, but she wasn't so those select netizens bitching about it is unnecessary.

[wafflesnmilk.livejournal.com]

I’m guessing since most people don’t have a context of the era change + comprehension of japanese, the way news portals spin it can make it more controversial despite it being a really harmless post welp

[yejun.livejournal.com]

I get the politics behind the feelings of anti-japanese comments but like... she didn't even mention the emperor?
Netizens obv do not represent the entire country so I think most people realize it's a pretty big thing in Japan and think it's ok to talk about it. As usual, anonymous commenters on the internet are the worst.

[ty.livejournal.com]

Bitter stans are bitter.

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

:(((((

I know this is a different situation from Tzuyu’s, but I’m guessing they’re going to make Sana do a similar apology?

[krissasaur]

While in general I feel sympathy for Koreans who had to deal with Japan's colonialism, this is fucking dumb. Like she is Japanese what the fuck do you expect.

[sciencebottle.livejournal.com]

Yikes. What do these commenters expect?

[ironmangina.livejournal.com]

I get that Japan/Korea relations are complicated but nah fuck this. Her post isn't political in the slightest. It's the equivalent of saying "Happy New Year" at the turn of a century. But it's not surprising. I remember when J-Line got shit for simply speaking Japanese during a vlive. I hope JYPE doesn't roll over to these nationalists and make her delete the post or apologize.

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

Mte!

[mortkero.livejournal.com]

Rabid nationalism sucks.

[premonitioner.livejournal.com]

Transitioning eras is a pretty big deal for Japanese people, let her fucking live

[kcaomei.livejournal.com]

god forbid she does or says anything to remind people she's japanese

[myungung.livejournal.com]

Instagram is a public platform, so I don’t see why she couldn’t post about this. If it were on a Korean platform then perhaps some people would take issue with it. Continue to stay pressed netizens

[radowan.livejournal.com]

those comments are vile :/

4. [+2159, -201] Bye~ I’ll skip you from now on.

Like this idiot wasn't skipping her already if they have such a problem with her being Japanese?