Japanese Culture Channel Sakura

[1] It is known for its support for conservatism and Japanese nationalism, with its main spokesperson being Satoru Mizushima.

Discussion topics often include positive portrayal of Japanese imperialism, war crime denial, anti-Korean and anti-Chinese sentiments as well as attempting to present a "pure" Japanese cultural image.

For example, these groups demonstrated against China during the 2011 Diaoyutai/Senkaku dispute, against Fuji TV's showing of Korean dramas and other content (during which time they called Fuji TV the "traitor network"[4]), and against Naoto Kan's administration in the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake as well as the handling of the 2011 Senkaku Dispute.

[5][6][7][8] Channel Sakura and President Mizushima himself have denied being a right-wing historical revisionists, and held a press conference with the Asahi Shimbun held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in February 2015.

Hideaki Kase, who attended the press conference with Mizushima, told a foreign reporter, "I'm totally ignorant about Japan, and I'm talking about sloppy things."

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