As August Approaches – Blame Who?

As August approaches, I have a lot to say this year. It is not about the accountability of who is to be blamed regarding WWII or the atomic bombs in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. However, I feel extreme shame and disappointment in the “we are the only victims” claim, especially this season. I will not claim accountability. If I were to, it would be in Japan. If I claim this, I am the one to be blamed. Especially this year, I will clearly write this.

When I see pro-Palestinian activists or the Japanese media blaming the acts of the IDF as “brutal” or “cruel” as I hear or watch in the Japanese press or Pro-Palestinian activists describe, they actually try to “ignore” the October 7th or the genocide “Holocaust” that happened in history. I have spoken with or faced the families of the victims of October 7th. The families of the victims of the Nova Music Festival.

I have discussed this many times with my podcast guests. However, now this is undeniable. These pro-Palestinianists, including the Japanese press, openly blame the IDF or Israel itself don’t recognize or never discuss the cruelties of what happened on October 7th. Some presses might have discussed the Holocaust from very far away. However, what about how you respond to the victims children or grandchildren whose ancestors walked over the mountains, ran around all over Europe, ending in the death camp during WWII? How dare they say the Holocaust over or the Holocaust suspended?

These pro-Palestinianists allow the extreme violence on the October 7th, or let them say, “the Holocaust never happened in history.” Is this what the history should be? Or, is this something that we can treat the ethnic minority, not just the Jews, but Kurds and other minorities in the Middle East?

The RKB Sunday commentators whom I hear from eight o’clock. They allow all these minor brutal murders in the Middle East and wear a badge as if they were to save the “people of the world.” How come the Japanese journalists are “allowed” to say anything they “want?”

The fact is that they probably never even see the brutalities of the October 7th. The fact is they never did on October 7th because they weren’t at the sight of Kibbutz Be’eri or near the southern part of Israel, where Hamas and other Islamists brutally attacked. “This is the righteous moment of the Palestinians?” I’m referring from the words of Fusako Shigenobu’s daughter. Fusako Shigenobu is a well-known red-Army terrorist who attacked the Embassies of the West in the Middle East, screaming, “Free Palestine.”

This year, especially this year, I will refer from a close acquaintance’s words. He has been invited to over 37 countries and has met many lawmakers all over the world. He was also the reason I decided to write my first book. One day, I asked him why he comes up with so many imagination and creates various toys which were enjoyed by the state guests around the world. He said first, smiling, “Something comes up to my mind.” I asked him, again, “There must be something that you have in mind.” He didn’t look at me, but he started to tell a story very quietly.

I will never refer his name, but my friends and acquaintances do know his name. He told me the reason why he started making the toys. It was actually during WWII. He came up with making toys for his classmates one day. He felt proud about it, as he started to improve in his skills by practicing. However, it was actually just one day that took away his friends. It was also a day that made him survive for his life, and also a start of a quest on why he lives.

I can’t help being very emotional talking about him. One time, when I asked the situation on October 7th, I was about to burst into crying for help. Actually, the guest understood me. That saved me in so many ways. At the same time, he told me a very surprising story, about a story of some of his relatives saved by Chiune’s relatives. When I hear this, I feel, “May G-d save my life. One good deed will save us to something.” It’s not exactly the Bible teaching. However, I feel extreme arrogance existing in Japan at this moment.

Was it Japan that liberated the Auschwitz? The answer is no. However, there is an undeniable fact that Jewish people remember the deeds of Japan in their memory. I know that the Japanese journalists are not looking or facing the facts of the October 7th. I was asked to interview the victims of the Nova Music Festival. I was very hesitant to do the interview, because I’m going to ask some hard questions. I have done some hard questions in the past.

These some people in their 20s can actually bare these harsh questions? I have asked so many harsh and terrible questions to understand the situation very well to a person who was some 70 years old to remember what happened when he was only 10 years old. Am I going to talk and blame the U.S. military’s acts? The answer is clearly, “No.” I’ve brought his toys as gifts at one of the major U.S. Army camps in Japan. The superior officer said, “They’re going to be in the school of the camp.” I was actually very pleased.

When I see pro-Palestinians, I clearly see their insanity on what they want to do. They want to clearly smear and smash the Jewish people’s “memory.” It’s very hard to recover the whole historical facts. There is also a clear reason why I can never forgive them. This is about “never forgive.” And, “never, again.”

Through my friend’s life, who made toys and pleased people, he had a lot to think. He had a lot of time to think of what his life had been about. At the same time, he thought of the people, the U.S. military, who killed his friends when he was 10 years old. I wasn’t going to write about this, but now, I decided to write about some of his stories as one of the reasons I never forgive peo-Palestinians. Don’t lie the history.

As a part of the stories I heard, I heard a story of his being invited to Camp Schwab in Okinawa. He met many young soldiers there. it was quite an interesting story that I heard together with his story of how he felt when he went to Arlington Cemetery, which is a beautiful cemetery. He started to say, “Japan killed soldiers like I spoke with in Okinawa.” Also, when he went to Arlington Cemetery, he wandered around for hours. He was looking for himself.

It’s actually not only about Zionism that I am “never forgive” Antisemitism or pro-Palestinians. Was my friend angry at the U.S. soldiers who killed his friends or classmates in one night? It is clearly, “No.” He learned by heart in many ways, even though he lost his opportunities to obtain proper education. It was actually the U.S. that welcomed him and honored him as the first country to visit. He wanted to visit the U.S. to know what Americans were like. He felt how manipulative his education was during his childhood for real.

Pro-Palestinians may be resorting to how they feel at the moment and paint or ruin the monuments or even murdered people, screaming “Free Palestine.” Is this something of justice? It is not about justice at all. At the same time, history is trampled. Can denying the facts or manipulating the facts be the truth? It can never be the truth.

Pro-Palestinians can never be or must never be tolerated. Antisemitism must never be tolerated. As August approaches, I think of my acquaintance’s words. My grandmother experienced heavy bombing, as well. She loved the U.S. I feel strong disappointment in the press ambiance of “blame the U.S.” Really?

Does blaming the U.S. of how WWII ended resolve any problems? Or, do these people who claim on why there had to be two atomic bombings in Japan? I’m not justifying any facts, but Japan would never end the war, and why do we have to feel “joyous moment” in murdering young American soldiers? Do the Japanese ever imagine how many young American soldiers would have had to sacrifice for the sake of the freedom and democracy? Or, I have to say “because of militarism and Imperialistic ambition.”

Now, there are so many incidents that rolls my eyes that even I want to stay quiet. However, I feel resentment on how insensitive the Japanese press can be to ignore how many young soldiers would have had to die? Or, is it the time to justify the militarism or the Imperialistic ambition Japan had? I feel relief that Japan lost WWII. At the same time, I do know that my acquaintance lost the entire classmates in one night.

I was asked a number of times about what I feel about WWII. Or, the Holocaust. I always have hours and hours of words with my friends in my heart. It’s not as simple as these pro-Palestinians claim. They’re ultimately lying. Does ignoring the October 7th justify the acts of Hamas?

I truly have heavy hearts. I don’t want to say a word in August. I don’t want to get into arguments of whether I understand the war or not. However, when I think of the Jewish people, I have one thing in mind.

Never Again has come, unfortunately.