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| “ | The kind of society that Japan should aim at is a society in which the efforts of people are rewarded, a society in which there is no stratification into winners and losers, and a society in which ways of working, learning, and living are diverse and multi-tracked — in other words, a society of opportunity where everyone has a chance to challenge again. If there are people who sense they are facing inequality, it is the role of politics to shed light on them. | „ |
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Naoki Hyakuta (百田 尚樹 Hyakuta Naoki, born February 23, 1956〈Shōwa 31〉) is a Japanese novelist and Alt-Right activist. He is generally viewed as a right wing figure and is well known for his revisionist comments regarding Japan's crimes during and before the second world war. He is particularly known for his 2006 novel The Eternal Zero, which became a popular 2013 film, his controversial period as a governor of government broadcaster NHK, as well as his nationalistic comments denying that the Nanjing Massacre ever happened. Hyakuta has written a number of books. Several have been turned into films, such as Bokkusu and Monsuta.
The Eternal Zero edit
In 2006 Hyakuta's novel "The Eternal Zero" was published. It became a best-seller, with four million copies sold.[4] It was made into a popular 2013 movie.[5] The novel was criticised by famed Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki as being "a pack of lies" about the war,[6] leading to Hyakuta speculating that Miyazaki "wasn't right in the head".[7]