A BESTSELLING Japanese comic book that demands a more assertive attitude to Asian neighbours has been condemned by South Korea as “dangerous”.
The controversial manga (comic) has sold more than 360,000 copies in three months, and spawned a new genre of fiercely polemical comics lamenting Japan’s “weakness” in dealing with regional disputes.
KenKanRyu (Hating the Korean Boom) has been joined on the shelves of Japan’s mainstream bookstores by Chugoku Nyumon (Introducing China) and Yasukuni Shrine. All three appear to offer an easily accessible account of historical and current affairs, but the cartoonists quickly lurch into inflammatory issues.
Yasukuni Shrine lashes out at the “sickness” of a Japanese public that would succumb to Chinese and South Korean pressure by dismantling the monument which honours war