Pokémon, a Japanese media franchise, is now mired in controversy on Chinese social media after netizens discovered that it plans to hold a card game event at the notorious Yasukuni Shrine. The move has invited criticism from Chinese netizens, with many saying that Japanese companies that profit from China while undermining China’s interests shouldn’t be tolerated.
According to a screenshot posted by Chinese netizens, on its official Japanese website, Pokémon said the card game event will be held at the Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday. However, when the Global Times checked the website, it showed a “404 Not Found” error.
“As the world’s largest anime IP, is Pokémon trying to alienate – or even lose – the Chinese market?” asked Zhiming Ming, another Sina Weibo user.
“Making money from China while undermining China’s interests. Such Japanese companies, utterly lacking a sense of historical responsibility, not only show no respect for history but even hold events at the ‘shrine of war criminals.’ This is something we must never tolerate,” wrote Huanqiu Jingtou, a Sina Weibo user with more than 738,000 followers.
BlackCat159 on
Pokemon is capitalist propaganda anyways.
qunow on
It’s a trading card event applied by user to organize at the venue, which got approved and listed on official website, and the event is now deleted.
Also note that, Nintendo have ceased selling Switch China version locked to only be able to play China government approved games (iirc total number is literally around twenty throughout its entire life), and have no plan to release Switch 2 in China
dangerbird2 on
I always suspected blastoise to be a war criminal
Also, crimes against humanity aside, who holds a TCG tournament at a house of worship lol
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Pokémon, a Japanese media franchise, is now mired in controversy on Chinese social media after netizens discovered that it plans to hold a card game event at the notorious Yasukuni Shrine. The move has invited criticism from Chinese netizens, with many saying that Japanese companies that profit from China while undermining China’s interests shouldn’t be tolerated.
According to a screenshot posted by Chinese netizens, on its official Japanese website, Pokémon said the card game event will be held at the Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday. However, when the Global Times checked the website, it showed a “404 Not Found” error.
“As the world’s largest anime IP, is Pokémon trying to alienate – or even lose – the Chinese market?” asked Zhiming Ming, another Sina Weibo user.
“Making money from China while undermining China’s interests. Such Japanese companies, utterly lacking a sense of historical responsibility, not only show no respect for history but even hold events at the ‘shrine of war criminals.’ This is something we must never tolerate,” wrote Huanqiu Jingtou, a Sina Weibo user with more than 738,000 followers.
Pokemon is capitalist propaganda anyways.
It’s a trading card event applied by user to organize at the venue, which got approved and listed on official website, and the event is now deleted.
Also note that, Nintendo have ceased selling Switch China version locked to only be able to play China government approved games (iirc total number is literally around twenty throughout its entire life), and have no plan to release Switch 2 in China
I always suspected blastoise to be a war criminal
Also, crimes against humanity aside, who holds a TCG tournament at a house of worship lol