Re: Something to sing about?
Following are some readers’ responses to Nicholas Drapier’s June 2 Zeit Gist article “Something to sing about?”:
Mr. Drapier’s argument seems to be that the Meiji Era government introduced “Kimigayo” as the national anthem and that people never really had a say in the matter. After defeat in 1945, “Kimigayo” became controversial because for many Okinawan it represented militarism and war.
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