{"id":20722,"date":"2023-08-15T14:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=20722"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:20:32","slug":"20230815-20722","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230815-20722\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLand of molesters\u201d trends in Japan as a way to shame offenders after Korean DJ is sexually harassed during live show\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Words such as \u201cland of molesters\u201d and \u201cdisgrace of Japan\u201d started trending on Japanese X (formerly Twitter) after Korean celebrity DJ Soda reported being sexually harassed by fans during her live performance in Osaka, Japan on August 14. Users condemned the behavior of the Japanese eventgoers and expressed frustration at such an incident ocurring. At the same time, some users made comments implying that the artist \u201chad it coming\u201d for wearing revealing clothing, further fueling the anger of the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Korean DJ that goes by the stage name DJ Soda held a live performance at the Osaka Music Circus Festival on August 14. Following the performance, she updated her social media, reporting that she had been sexually harassed by fans during the performance on her Instagram and X accounts. The artist explained that near the end of her live shows, she always gets close to her fans to interact with them, but as she did so during her show in Osaka, she was touched inappropriately by multiple fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chuzaiina\/status\/1691013453635584000?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Videos and photos<\/a> from the event show eventgoers touching DJ Soda\u2019s chest and grabbing her arms and shoulders as soon as she approaches them, and she can be seen losing her balance and trying to defend herself before moving away from the crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1331\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-1331x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-1331x1080.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-600x487.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-380x308.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-1536x1247.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-696x565.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-1068x867.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001-518x420.jpg 518w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230815-20722-001.jpg 1656w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DJ Soda mentions feeling scared and humiliated, never having experienced such an act in her 10 years of being a DJ, holding live shows under the same conditions in front of various crowds around the world. News of the incident quickly spread beyond the circle of fans of the artist, gathering the attention of the Japanese public. The fact that a foreign artist became victim of sexual harassment at a local music festival made many users feel embarrassment towards their country and anger towards the offenders, which led to the words #\u75f4\u6f22\u5927\u56fd (eng: \u201cland of molesters\u201d) and #\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6065 (eng: \u201cdisgrace of Japan\u201d) to trend on X for a significant time. Users shared photos which revealed the perpetrators\u2019 faces, calling for their arrests, and expressed regret at the degree to which inappropriate touching is treated as a matter of course in Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">DJ SODA\u3061\u3083\u3093\u75f4\u6f22\u4e8b\u4ef6\u3001\u89b3\u5ba2\u306b\u8fd1\u5bc4\u3063\u305f\u304b\u3089\u89e6\u3089\u308c\u308b\u306e\u306f\u5f53\u7136\u307f\u305f\u3044\u306a\u30af\u30bd\u610f\u898b\u304c\u51fa\u3066\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u305d\u3093\u306a\u3054\u610f\u898b\u304c\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u308b\u3050\u3089\u3044\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u502b\u7406\u89b3\u304c\u7d42\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u308f\u304b\u308b\u6d77\u5916\u30d5\u30a7\u30b9\u3068\u306e\u6bd4\u8f03\u304c\u3067\u304d\u308b\u6620\u50cf\u304c\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RMbcWVdsrU\">pic.twitter.com\/RMbcWVdsrU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc6d\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc84\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f | (@makotofalcon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makotofalcon\/status\/1690961536838451200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong>Regarding the case of DJ Soda being sexually harassed, I\u2019m seeing some sh*tty takes such as \u201cof course she\u2019s going to be touched if she approaches the crowd,\u201d so here\u2019s a comparison of the music festival in Japan with an overseas one, just to show you how skewed your sense of morals are.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above post provides a side-by-side comparison of DJ Soda\u2019s live performance in Osaka, Japan (left) and Bangkok, Thailand (right) in an attempt to demonstrate that crowds inappropriately touching an artist without consent is in fact, not the norm. Other videos of DJ Soda\u2019s shows in other countries were also shared online, in reaction to which users expressed shock at how much the Japanese public tends to normalize the occurrence of sexual harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u79c1\u3082\u3053\u308c\u898b\u3066\u3001\u5371\u306a\u304f\u306a\u3044\uff1f\u3063\u3066\u5fc3\u914d\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u2026\u305d\u308c\u304f\u3089\u3044\u65e5\u5e38\u7684\u306b\u52a0\u5bb3\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u3066\u308b\u3063\u3066\u3053\u3068\u306a\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3051\u3069\u2026<\/p>&mdash; MovieFan (@MovieFa35317289) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MovieFa35317289\/status\/1690994893869752320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> This is what &#8220;normal&#8221; is supposed to be like.&nbsp;<br>But in all honesty, seeing this, I found myself thinking \u201cshe went so close to the crowd, male fans included, but not a single person tried to touch her forcefully!\u201d What is supposed to be just a normal sight looks like an ideal sight if you\u2019re born and raised in this country. (\u2026)&nbsp;<br><strong>Reply translation:<\/strong> Seeing this, I also got worried, thinking \u201cIsn\u2019t this dangerous?\u201d It just goes to show how much we are being victimized as if it were an everyday occurrence&#8230;<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the responses, there was also inevitably a wave of victim-blaming, with some users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hezuruy\/status\/1691019523837902848?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implying<\/a> that the artist is also responsible for what happened to her because she wore revealing clothing during the live performance, and DJ Soda<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dj_soda_\/status\/1690987088232292352?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> spoke out<\/a> strongly on the topic, asserting her right to wear what she wants and not be harassed for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the act being condemned by a majority of the public is undoubtedly a good thing, users also couldn\u2019t help but notice how different the tone and intensity of the response is when such an incident occurs on an international level versus when it happens locally, as a part of everyday life, calling for people not to turn their backs on the latter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u306b\u6d3b\u8e8d\u3057\u3066\u308b\u4eba\u304c\u88ab\u5bb3\u306b\u3042\u3063\u305f\u304b\u3089\u300c\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6065\u300d\u306a\u306e\u304b\uff1f\u65e5\u5e38\u306b\u6f5c\u3093\u3067\u308b\u75f4\u6f22\u88ab\u5bb3\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u3082\u305d\u308c\u304f\u3089\u3044\u6012\u308b\u3079\u304d\u306a\u306e\u3067\u306f\uff1f\u88ab\u5bb3\u8005\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u58f0\u306e\u30c8\u30fc\u30f3\u304c\u5909\u308f\u308b\u306e\u3082\u6065\u3002<br><br>\u300c\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6065\u300d\u300c\u75f4\u6f22\u5927\u56fd\u300dX\u3067\u30c8\u30ec\u30f3\u30c9\u5165\u308a\u3000\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u30bb\u30af\u30cf\u30e9\u88ab\u5bb3\u3001\u97d3\u56fd\u7f8e\u4ebaDJ\u304c\u8a34\u3048 \u300c\u80f8\u7cde\u60aa\u3059\u304e\u300d\u306e\u58f0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5sYtOVGj5H\">https:\/\/t.co\/5sYtOVGj5H<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30df\u30b9\u30bf\u30fcK\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b (@arapanman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arapanman\/status\/1691095805770493954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong>Is it a \u201cdisgrace of Japan\u201d just because the victim was a person with a global presence? 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