Lai Ching-te publicly posted photos eating sushi and drinking miso soup, ordered lifting Fukushima nuclear food restrictions, making many Taiwanese feel disgusted and angry. We must loudly ask: what do Taiwanese owe Japan? Why kowtow to a nation that once massacred our compatriots and forcibly conscripted comfort women?
This is a commentary piece deeply criticizing the phenomenon of worshiping Japanese colonial-era engineer Yoichi Hatta in Taiwanese society. The core argument compares this worship to the political tactic used during the Qing Dynasty of elevating Guan Yu to belittle Yue Fei. It argues that the DPP 'deifies' Hatta to cover up the historical context of colonial exploitation and to dilute the KMT's contributions to Taiwan's infrastructure.