Professor Seokyeongdeok: "We Will Start a Program to Ban the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics"

Professor Seokyung Deok of Sungshin Women's University announced on the 7th through his Instagram that he will carry out a project to eliminate the Rising Sun Flag from the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Professor Seokyung Deok Instagram capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University announced, "We will start a project to ban the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics in five languages."

Professor Seo Kyung-duk said on his Instagram on the 7th, "Even though the Tokyo Olympics have been postponed by one year, they are trying to proceed with cheering using the Rising Sun Flag, so it is necessary to widely inform netizens around the world that 'Rising Sun Flag = war crime flag.'"

This project was prepared to protest against the recent announcement by the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee regarding prohibited items and prohibited acts in the venues, which did not include the Rising Sun Flag as a banned item.

Professor Seo added, "We used an easy-to-understand design file explaining that the Rising Sun Flag is a war crime flag with the same meaning as Germany's swastika, and provided detailed explanations in five languages: English, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese."

In particular, through the phrases in five languages, he pointed out, "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government have stated that they will allow cheering with the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics to be held in July next year," adding, "Using a flag that was used in war crimes again for cheering contradicts the Olympic spirit of world peace."

He continued, "The best way to ban the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics is to widely inform people worldwide of the historical fact that the Rising Sun Flag is a war crime flag and to continuously pressure the IOC and the Japanese government through global public opinion."

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