On Feb. 24, 2013, Osaka¡¯s Tsuruhashi district, home to one of Japan¡¯s largest concentrations of ethnic Koreans and in recent years a major tourist destination, was the scene of a shocking incident.
The anti-Korean group Zaitokukai had organized a demonstration in the area, shouting ethnic slurs by bullhorn. Most of those participating were men. But then a 14-year-old girl stepped up, shouted that she hated all Koreans and said her group would massacre all of the Koreans in Tsuruhashi if they did not leave Japan.
The girl¡¯s comments shocked the world. A YouTube video of the incident was translated into English and many other languages and uploaded, while the Osaka media gave it limited coverage and politicians expressed regret, but little else.
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