Japan’s Far Right Blocks Screenings of ‘The Cove’ (Published 2010)

Members of a Japanese nationalist group in Yokohama recently demanded that a local theater not show the film “The Cove.”Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times YOKOHAMA, Japan � “The Cove,” an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan, would seem to be a natural fit for movie theaters here, but so far the distributor has yet to find a single one that will screen the film. And if S

[shigmax-94]

これちょっと観てみたいんだがな。俺ら、そんな海豚食べてたっけ？

[flagburner]

「 Many Japanese are unaware that dolphin hunts take place here, where consumption of dolphin meat is rare, and critics say it is time for a public debate.」←この騒動の根本の1つはこれだったりするが・・・。

[ChieOsanai]

あのニュー・ヨーク・タイムズに載っちゃいましたか

[Gomadintime]

あーあ。

[Scatterbrain]

Groups like Mr. Nishimura’s Society for the Restoration of Sovereignty, which has just a handful of core members, have recently made it their mission to counter international criticism of practices like whaling and dolphin hunting. In countless rallies, the society’s members have argued that the

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"far right’s violent history, the activists’ noisy rallies, online slanders, intimidating phone calls and veiled threats of violence are frightening theaters into canceling showings of “The Cove,”"