On the Ukrainian Twitter feed, a message stated, "Our sincere apologies to Japan for making this mistake." "We had no intention of offending Japan's kind people." The post was updated with an altered version of the video that removed Hirohito's image.
Our sincere apologies to @japan for this mistake. We had no intention to offend the friendly people of Japan.🇺🇦🇯🇵We have corrected it and posted the new video here: https://t.co/dvy7Pyptj3— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) April 24, 2022
The tweet went viral over the weekend, forcing Japan to make an official statement. It also risked alienating some conservatives from the Ukrainian cause in a country that has backed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Masahisa Sato, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's foreign policy committee, said on Twitter on Sunday that he had requested the Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest with the Ukrainian government. Later, he noted that the ministry appeared to have done so and that the "problematic" video had been taken down.
While some Twitter users felt the post had made them lack interest in supporting Ukraine, others suggested it would have been more suitable to use a photo of Hideki Tojo, Japan's prime minister for most of WWII and eventually hung as a convicted war criminal.
The Japanese people have endorsed a negative stance toward the Kremlin in response to the invasion. According to a poll conducted by the Nikkei newspaper on April 22-24, 42 % believe Japan's sanctions on Russia should be tougher, while 44 % believe the present penalties are adequate. More than 62 % of respondents believed the government's overall handling of the conflict was satisfactory.
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