A fake video encouraging “Okinawa independence” is currently spreading on social media. When the Nihon Keizai Shimbun analyzed the information using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it discovered a large number of “information operations accounts” behind the scenes that were responsible for spreading the information. Although the social media post was aimed primarily at greater China, experts warn that it could lead to a division of public opinion in Japan in the future. ・The trigger was an “unprecedented remark” “Ryukyu belongs to China, the Ryukyu Islands do not belong to Japan!” (Ryukyu belongs to China, not Japan!) “According to the Potsdam Declaration, Ryukyu is Chinese territory!” (According to the Potsdam Declaration, Ryukyu is Chinese territory!) Videos like this with Chinese text have been widely spread on social media since 2023. False information such as Okinawa being renamed Ryukyu was also spread. Experts believe that the background to this is an “unprecedented comment” made by Chinese President Xi Jinping last summer in which he emphasized the deep ties between China and Okinawa during the Ryukyu Kingdom era. False information that an agreement has been reached with China to rename Okinawa “Ryukyu” (posted by X, mengyan1234567 on April 22, 2011) Is it possible to find out specifically how false information about Okinawa is spread? Nikkei Shimbun first tried to search for accounts actively spreading pro-China propaganda about Okinawa on social media sites such as Twitter (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and China’s Weibo. This was because they thought it would bring them closer to the source of the spread. What he discovered was the existence of three accounts on x that were individually posting using common phrases such as “Ryukyu belongs to China” and “Ryukyu islands do not belong to Japan.” Comparing their past posting history, further “similarities” became apparent. The three accounts were using the same images and had been repeatedly posting messages encouraging Okinawan independence since last year. This also happened around the time of this year’s anniversary (May 15th) of Okinawa’s return to Japan. It has been confirmed that similar videos inciting Okinawan independence were posted to x on May 12th, 14th, and 25th. The video describes the demonstration taking place in the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, as an “Okinawa independence demonstration.” He explained that the demonstrations were organized by Okinawa residents. However, from a Japanese perspective, it is easy to see that the video is fake. The buildings, signs, and banner slogans in the background all seem out of place. In fact, the video was made by piecing together footage from demonstrations against the U.S. military base held in Shibuya in April and anti-war demonstrations in Osaka. The audio in the video shouting in Chinese, “Ryukyu belongs to China!” was also fake. An investigation by security company Constella Security Japan (Chiyoda, Tokyo) revealed that the audio was reused from a demonstration in support of Okinawan independence held in April 2011 by the Taiwanese pro-China organization “All China-Japan Independence Headquarters.” All three videos posted by the accounts were fake. But the problem is rather its spreading power. Despite being a fake video, the number of reactions to the post, including the number of likes, reposts, and shares, for X alone is thought to have totaled more than 7 million. How was the spread “successful”? ・200 operative accounts discovered -October 3, 2024 15:00 ※Related thread [Asahi Shimbun] Professor calls article on Okinawa independence “completely false” and confirmed to be posted on multiple sites ★4 [9/30] [Masked Unida★]. ?ixlib=js-2.3.2&auto=format&q=45&w=1600&s=b822be45e679cce6384b7c09a59610b5
>>1 You’ve been doing it for quite some time now. The worst is TBS Radio’s Rokusuke Naga’s Saturday morning program. A guest female columnist or something said about the Okinawa base issue, “I think it would be better if the US military and the Self-Defense Forces left and the Chinese military protected the area. Hahaha. ” I was a little scared, thinking, “Is this guy a Chinese spy?” That was about 10 years ago.
>>1 There are a ton of short videos on YouTube where Chinese people use AI to write scripts and read out loud, so it must be easy for them to pretend to be Japanese.
>>1 Disassembling the latest drone: Semiconductors are “almost all made in China”: What has happened in the last 10 years What has happened in the last 10 years, what will happen in the next 10 years (84) (1/3 pages) This time, we will introduce two drone models released in Japan in 2024. If you disassemble a drone, which has become so commonplace, you will find that it contains many Chinese-made semiconductors.
It’s impossible because ordinary Japanese people and Okinawans hate China. In the first place, ordinary people don’t know Chinese, so no one will be interested in what you write.
I remember reading a book about Chinese propaganda a while ago, and reading that no matter how much they manipulate behind the scenes, their own actions destroy all of the effectiveness of the operation, and I found that very convincing. Of course, there are many Japanese who have had to face the idiot who peed while standing at Yasukuni Shrine and the murder of children, as well as the vulgar and mannerless tourists in the city. On top of that, they are expanding their military at a rapid pace, territorial waters and airspace violations are becoming commonplace, and they don’t even hide their ambition to invade Taiwan.
They received official ranks and paid tribute, so Ryukyu is Chinese territory and Tsushima is Korean territory. The Japs also paid tribute up until the Muromachi period, but we’ll let them off the hook.
Don’t the netouyo know that we, the Ryukyuans, want to separate from Japan and be annexed by Korea, our ancient suzerain? We Ryukyuans love Koreans more than we love the Wazaru Japanese.
Under Japan’s electoral system, if naturalized people were to move to Okinawa all at once, the political parties in parliament might change drastically. I think a Japanese cult party could win if they all pooled their votes to support it.
In order to break the rift, Japan needs a status of forces agreement like Germany’s and a reduction in the burden of bases in Okinawa.
We should explain to the US the dangers of cognitive warfare from Japan’s neighboring countries and ask them to improve this point. We also need an appropriate anti-espionage law.
Speaking of which, someone pretended to be an Ainu and sent a letter to Putin asking for intervention in Hokkaido. Hokkaido would be an excuse for Russia to invade Japan, and Okinawa would be an excuse for China to invade Japan.
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