101 EAST
JAPAN – IN THE MISSILE’S
SHADOW
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101 EAST
JAPAN – IN THE
MISSILE’S SHADOW
TIMECODE |
DIALOGUE |
10:00:03 |
GFX: 101 EAST |
10:00:16 |
STEVE CHAO:
For the first time in decades there’s a palpable fear of nuclear war
in Asia. With North Korean missiles
landing close to Japan’s shores relations between the two countries are
colder than ever. And Japan’s Korean
community is feeling the chill more than most. |
10:00:37 |
STEVE CHAO:
I’m Steve Chao. In this edition
of 101 East we explore life in Japan under North Korea’s nuclear shadow. |
10:00:47 |
GFX: JAPAN: IN
THE MISSILE’S SHADOW A FILM BY DREW AMBROSE & SARAH YEO |
10:00:51 |
[SIREN AND RADIO BROADCAST IN JAPANESE] |
10:01:01 |
DREW AMBROSE:
When this siren blares across Japan people have just ten minutes to
seek cover from a missile attack. Katsuyoshi
Horiguchi has planned for this. |
10:01:24 |
DREW AMBROSE: He designed and built a nuclear bunker
behind his daughter’s apartment. |
10:01:32 |
DREW AMBROSE: Horiguchi-san. Hai hai desu. Very fast, about three minutes. KATSUYOSHI HORIGUCHI: Oh! DREW AMBROSE: . . . I-i-is that kind of how long it
takes to get down here into the bunker? KATSUYOSHI HORIGUCHI: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER TRANSLATION: Yes.
Generally it takes three minutes to get here. That’s good. DREW AMBROSE: Yes sugoi. KATSUYOSHI HORIGUCHI: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Six minutes is the limit.
So three is okay. |
10:01:55 |
DREW
AMBROSE: The retired grandfather
believes seven people could survive in this bunker. It’s equipped with air purifiers, supplies,
and a computer for contacting the outside world. |
10:02:07 |
KATSUYOSHI
HORIGUCHI: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: As long as the air purifier
works we can live here in the bunker for one week. There’s a lot of food and water under the
bed. For the toilet, we put a plastic
bag in the bucket. |
10:02:26 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Horiguchi says his bunker is
needed now more than ever. In 2017 North
Korea tested twenty-three rockets, including two long range missiles that
landed in Pacific Ocean waters near Japan. |
10:02:40 |
DREW
AMBROSE: What has happened recently
that drove you to start building a bunker? KATSUYOSHI
HORIGUCHI: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: When Donald Trump was
elected American President I started to worry that North Korea and the USA
would start fighting and go to war. I
started researching, found parts from Switzerland, and started building in
January 2017. |
10:03:16 |
DREW
AMBROSE: An avid outdoorsman, he
fears a missile strike could contaminate and destroy the environment he
loves. Horiguchi worries his
Government is blindly following America’s aggressive approach to North Korea. |
10:03:33 |
KATSUYOSHI
HORIGUCHI: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Well, more than half of
Japanese people agree with America attacking North Korea. I think this is very dangerous. Abe is going to exploit that and purchase
missiles for the military. I think we
are facing a very dangerous situation. |
10:03:59 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Being tough on North Korea
helped Shinzo Abe win his fourth term as Prime Minister. He claims it poses the biggest threat to
Japan since World War 2. The pacifist
nation is investing in missile defence systems, increasing sanctions, and
pushing a tough diplomatic line against the regime. |
10:04:22 |
PROFESSOR
TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: Shinzo Abe sees
clearly that now is the time for us to show a consolidated front against
North Korea. If there is any small
spot for misunderstanding, misinterpretation, that’s going to be ah
tantamount for you to showing weakness, and weakness invites ah provocation. |
10:04:49 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi
is the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Advisor. |
10:04:54 |
PROFESSOR
TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: And the sheer
tempo and pace with which North Korea has ah come very much ah a long way to
build its nuclear arsenal and missile technology have been a surprise for
every one of us, including the Japanese, Chinese, and the Americans. Ah unlike other nuclear powers they say
that that they are willing to use the weapon and ah I think that shocked a
lot of people. |
10:05:28 |
[SIREN] GFX; Please move
this way for evacuation. Please move
calmly. Please follow
the instructions of the metro staff. |
10:05:38 |
DREW
AMBROSE: It’s also put the country on
high alert. Since last year
authorities have been staging evacuation drills to prepare citizens for a
potential attack. |
10:05:49 |
GFX: Please don’t
push push. Move slowly please. |
10:05:52 |
DREW
AMBROSE: In the past these evacuation
drills have been held in rural prefectures in places like schools and public
buildings. This is the first time such
an event has happened in the capital Tokyo. |
10:06:03 |
[ANNOUNCEMENT
IN SUBWAY – JAPANESE] GFX: Drill. . .
Drill. This is a drill
announcement. Missiles may
have been launched. |
10:06:20 |
DREW
AMBROSE: In this subway station every
second of this ten minute exercise is choreographed. |
10:06:28 |
PROFESSOR
TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: Our enemy is the
lack of knowledge. You must be
prepared, ah and you should control the ah people’s minds so that they would
not panic, and that’s something that you must avoid at all cost. |
10:06:50 |
DREW
AMBROSE: As tensions rise members of
Japan’s ethnic Korean community are feeling the pressure. |
10:06:56 |
[DOOR KNOCK] SHIN GIL
UNG: Yeah. |
10:06:58 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Shin Gil Ung is the Principal
of a Tokyo High School aligned to the North Korean regime. |
10:07:04 |
SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: I always have this fear
that our people’s freedom and movement will be restricted. |
10:07:16 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Many of these school
children are descendants of Koreans brought here as prisoners or slave labour
during World War 2. When Korea split
in two many in Japan’s Korean community pledged allegiance to the North. As a result their schools and businesses
have always been viewed with suspicion. |
10:07:38 |
SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Whenever there’s an
excuse the Police use all sorts of nonsensical reasons to come and search our
schools in raids. If we go to war our
community may face a severe crisis. |
10:08:00 |
[TEACHER IN CLASSROOM] |
10:08:05 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Under the watchful eyes of
North Korea’s leaders students here learn in both Korean and Japanese. Every year the regime gives two million
dollars to a network of kindergartens, schools and universities across Japan. |
10:08:23 |
SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: The most important thing
we teach the students is that they can contribute to reunite Korea. Here in our school our goal is not to teach
communism. Our goal is to teach the
students how to live as Koreans within Japanese society. Parents do not want a North Korean education
for their children. Their wish is for
their children to speak the language and learn the culture and live as proud
Korean people in Japan. That’s why
they send their children here. |
10:09:06 |
[SINGING] GFX: [KOREAN/JAPANESE WRITING] |
10:09:13 |
DREW
AMBROSE: But it’s North not South
Korea they identify with. In their
senior year these school students go on a two week excursion to Pyongyang. For most of them it’s the first and only
time they’ll visit North Korea. |
10:09:28 |
SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Myself and other people
here we own cars, we go for holidays.
It’s unrealistic for us who have these sorts of lifestyles to go back
to North Korea. The day we go back to
the motherland will be when Korea is unified, prosperous, and free. |
10:09:56 |
DREW AMBROSE: Ryong Song; RYONG
SONG: Hi. DREW AMBROSE: Konnichiwa. |
10:09:55 |
DREW
AMBROSE: I’m meeting up with fifteen
year old Ryong Song to hear what the students think. It’s lunchtime and the canteen is a hive of
activity. Feeling like the new kid at
school I try to get to know Ryong Song. |
10:10:17 |
GFX: It’s tasty. |
10:10:24 |
DREW
AMBROSE: I was expecting the school
to be very strict, very regimented.
I’m surprised at how casual things go on here. RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Yes. There are many strict rules. But among my friends we chat, we discuss,
and we’re having a great time. |
10:10:46 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Ryong Song’s grandparents
migrated here during the Korean War.
His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother and brother. |
10:10:53 |
DREW
AMBROSE: When you grow up what do you
want to be? RYONG
SONG: I want to a carpenter. DREW
AMBROSE: Carpenter? RYONG
SONG: Yeah. |
10:11:08 |
DREW
AMBROSE: History is one of his favourite
subjects. So I ask him how his
understanding of the past shapes his views. |
10:11:15 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: The Korean Peninsula used
to be one country. It was divided into
two countries. But we still think
about it the same way, that we’re all Koreans. That’s what we’re learning at school. And I think it is very important to keep
this feeling, that we are one. The teachers educate us about history, and the
current problems. And the teachers ask
us to keep watching what’s happening, because it is our motherland. Now there’s a lot of talk about missile
issues. But for myself, I really want
them to solve the situation. I’m
hoping that Japan and Korea will have a good relationship in future. DREW
AMBROSE: But do you learn the
American. . . |
10:12:12 |
DREW AMBROSE VOICEOVER: I ask him what
he knows about American’s criticism of the regime.. |
10:12:18 |
RYONG SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER TRANSLATION: Well, we haven’t covered these things in
detail. Not in detail. |
10:12:30 |
DREW
AMBROSE: The Principal says the
school teaches history from both the Japanese and North Korean perspective. |
10:12:36 |
SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: When we teach North
Korea’s political system, we explain Pyongyang’s point of view. But for social studies we don’t teach
Pyongyang’s point of view. We reflect
how Japanese school is teaching.
Otherwise our students won’t pass the college entrance exam. |
10:13:01 |
DREW
AMBROSE: He admits that the North
Korean heroes in their textbooks are seen as terrorists in Japan. None more so than the two men that shaped
North Korea. But someone’s missing. |
10:13:14 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Why is there no portrait of Kim
Jong-Un the current leader up on the classroom walls? SHIN GIL
UNG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Regarding Kim Jong-Un so
far we don’t have any direct guidance or support from him. So I don’t think about hanging up his
picture. Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il
are the leaders who show us continuous support in our school’s seventy year
history. So we hang up their portraits
to show our appreciation. |
10:13:51 |
DREW
AMBROSE: This loyalty comes at a
cost. Japan’s Government recently
slashed funding for any schools with ties to North Korea. |
10:14:01 |
PROFESSOR
TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: What ah makes it
legitimate for taxpayers to spend their money on institutions that are
constantly telling pupils that the Japanese are your enemy. It, that’s, it just does not make
sense. The school that you talked
about ah is legitimising everything that North Korea does. Do you want to send your children to that
school? That’s the question that those
parents must ask themselves very seriously. |
10:14:39 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Ryong Song can’t understand
the criticisms of his school. |
10:14:44 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: We use the internet
freely. There are no
restrictions. This is not the time to
think only about Korea. We are taught
we shouldn’t just criticise Japan. |
10:15:03 |
DREW
AMBROSE: He certainly seems like any
other fifteen year old schoolboy.
Cheeky and full of surprises. |
10:15:13 |
RYONG
SONG: Ah, what do you like? DREW
AMBROSE: What do I like? Music, ongaku, ongaku, yeah.
What what about you what do you like? RYONG
SONG: I like magic. DREW
AMBROSE: Magic? RYONG
SONG: Yes. DREW
AMBROSE: Magic. Can you can you show us a trick? RYONG
SONG: Yeah. DREW
AMBROSE: . . . Do you have any? Oh!
A coin trick. RYONG
SONG: [performs coin trick] DREW
AMBROSE: Woh! GFX: Mysterious! |
10:15:44 |
DREW AMBROSE: That’s not the only trick Ryong Song has
up his sleeve. This year he made it
onto the school’s prestigious boxing team.
Today they’re training for an upcoming competition. GFX: Don’t hesitate
to punch. Right…that’s
right. |
10:16:05 |
DREW
AMBROSE: His father wanted him to
play soccer, but Ryong Song’s passion is to be in the ring. |
10:16:11 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: If I become professional
I want to be a representative of my home country, Korea. |
10:16:20 |
DREW
AMBROSE: That’s another thing his
father may not want to hear. |
10:16:25 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: When I go out to eat with
my father, he hides that he is Korean.
I don’t like that because in my heart I always want to be Korean. I always think about that. |
10:16:44 |
DREW
AMBROSE: But he understands his
father is just trying to protect him. |
10:16:48 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: I remember when I was in
kindergarten I say this is my name, and I’m Korean. My friends say ah, mother and father told
me that is the country where bad people live.
Since then I’ve realised that many people here think this way. |
10:17:14 |
[LOUD SPEAKER
FROM MOVING VAN] GFX: Get out of
Japan! You can’t even
talk properly. Dirty Korean
people, get out of Japan! |
10:17:24 |
DREW
AMBROSE: In this tense political
climate a number of far right groups are stoking these divisions. |
10:17:30 |
[LOUD SPEAKER
FROM MOVING VAN] GFX: The dirty
Korean people must return to their northern territories
immediately. Get out of
Japan…get out! |
10:17:45 |
DREW AMBROSE: We’re outside the South Korean Embassy
where the authorities work hard to stop a number of trucks driven by far
right protestors. |
10:17:54 |
[LOUD SPEAKER
FROM LARGE TRUCK] GFX: Deport them! We come in
peace. If you let us
talk, we will leave. Get rid of
these dirty people! |
10:18:18 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Japan’s new hate speech laws
ban such groups from demonstrating in public places. So to get around the laws they use trucks
to keep moving. |
10:18:28 |
DREW
AMBROSE: It’s actually really hard to
follow these trucks because the protestors stop for five minutes, spout some
hate speech, and then just drive on. |
10:18:40 |
DREW
AMBROSE: When they struggle to get
closer to the Embassy their anger soon turns to us. |
10:18:48 |
PROTESTOR: [JAPANESE] GFX: Hey! Your country
can’t do whatever it wants! Don’t
underestimate Japan, idiots! POLICE: [JAPANESE] GFX: Please don’t be
loud. Who the hell
are you? Who are you? Please, step
back, step back. |
10:19:07 |
DREW
AMBROSE: And right wing activists are
taking things even further. In late
February Tokyo’s early morning quiet was shattered when two men were arrested
for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at North Korea’s de facto Embassy. |
10:19:27 |
DREW
AMBROSE: We meet with one of the
prime movers behind these right wing groups. Hiroyuki Seto is the leader of a new
political party called Japan First. He
supports Prime Minister Abe’s strong stance again North Korea. |
10:19:44 |
HIROYUKI
SETO: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: We should start war
immediately. That’s my view. When war starts North Korea will be
destroyed and disappear. When there is
no nation, the North Korean schools here will be shut down. |
10:20:05 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Seto admits that he has
organised a number of demonstrations against Koreans. He defends these aggressive methods, saying
many migrants are funnelling millions of dollars to the North Korean regime
through their businesses. |
10:20:19 |
HIROYUKI SETO: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Actually I think some of
them who claim to be South Korean Nationals are actually close to North
Korea. There is a hidden ideology
behind them. |
10:20:37 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Now that he can no longer
hold demonstrations Seto takes his right wing message online. |
10:20:43 |
HIROYUKI SETO: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER TRANSLATION: My actions aren’t hate speech. They are normal activities. Hate speech law doesn’t restrict any of our
activities. |
10:20:55 |
DREW AMBROSE: But when pressed Seto has had enough. |
10:21:00 |
HIROYUKI
SETO: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: There is no question
about North Korea. There are many
questions about hate speech. I don’t
want to answer anymore. I don’t have
time. DREW
AMBROSE: No no no. Let let me just explain. HIROYUKI
SETO: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Those people who support
hate speech laws are left wing. The
hate speech laws are made by those who are trying to supress our voice. We fight against dangerous people. We don’t fight with those who pose no
threat to us. Don’t worry about
it. Okay. That’s it. |
10:21:46 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Hate speech laws are a
positive step for a country notoriously cold on immigration. |
10:22:01 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Do do you feel the hate
speech laws have to be stronger? PROFESSOR
TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: Well in theory
there is room for those laws to be strengthened. But this challenge is going to be something
that is not going away, we have to live with it. |
10:22:21 |
DREW
AMBROSE: While others may target
them, Koreans like Ryong Song are getting on with their lives. Today his boxing team is competing against
a prestigious Japanese High School. |
10:22:34 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: There is so much
equipment, and lots of pictures. I
feel this school must be very well established. Right now I’m nervous, but even if your
cameras weren’t here I would still try to give one hundred percent of my
best. |
10:22:58 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Ryong Song will be fighting
a Japanese boy he’s met before at other events. |
10:23:03 |
DREW
AMBROSE: Do you think you have the
the skills to beat him? RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: I’m not confident I’ll
win. But I’ll do my best. |
10:23:14 |
DREW AMBROSE: When the competition begins the Korean
Team is on the back foot. |
10:23:19 |
[BOXING COACH – JAPANESE] GFX: Reach further! Correct your stance. Use two and three punch combinations. Alright! Let’s go! |
10:23:38 |
DREW AMBROSE: Soon it’s Ryong Song’s turn to contest three
rounds. He’s slow to start, and his
opponent lands more punches. |
10:23:49 |
[BOXING COACH - JAPANESE] GFX: Move, move, move! You must go for it when you get a
chance or you will lose. When you went down, down, down… you should’ve hit him. You should not show any fear. Ok, let’s go. |
10:24:14 |
DREW
AMBROSE: As the bout continues Ryong
Song fights back, attacking in short bursts.
But it’s not enough. |
10:24:27 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: I didn’t do well. I was so nervous my feet couldn’t move, and
I got punched by my opponent. This is
something I need to work on. |
10:24:48 |
DREW
AMBROSE: When the contest ends there
is no animosity. The two teams start
training together. |
10:24:56 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: My philosophy is, in the
ring it doesn’t matter who the opponent is.
Out of the ring I’m building friendship. |
10:25:10 |
DREW
AMBROSE: For Ryong Song competing
here is about more than chasing the glory of victory. |
10:25:17 |
RYONG
SONG: [JAPANESE] VOICEOVER
TRANSLATION: Through sport I like to
tell them we are not bad people, we are not hostile, and everyone should get
along. I would like to erase the bad
image of North Korea. And if I win I
can show everyone, that I did it as a Korean.
That’s how I feel. |
10:25:56 |
GFX: ALJAZEERA |