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Having been to a huge Japanese-Korean language website several year ago, there has been concerns between some Koreans and Japanese about this. Some of the Japanese uyoku dantai are diversifying their interest in the Internet space by hiring Japanese youths to participate in a multi-language video site like YouTube or Japanese-Korean translation bulletin boards by spreading anti-Korean comments or uber-patriotic comments.
I'm not saying this with an anti-Japanese sentiment. Some of the stuffs posted by the ones hired by the uyoku dantai are very wacky even the average Japanese take extreme offense. And this is a kind of websites that average Japanese don't get access to (cellphone-oriented web culture).
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Frequenting Japanese boards, I can say the reverse is also true. Korean groups will have "invasions" and post hundreds upon thousands of Japan-Hate messages... All but shutting down boards. It doesn`t matter if the board topics have anything to do with Korea or not.
It`s a tactic used equally by both sides, in my opinion... But it seems that the Korean side is a bit more diverse and leans toward posting on more international boards. There is a group that goes around posting hate against Japan on any and every English speaking board and blog out there. JF gets it`s share, but it is to be expected as a Japan related board. I`ve seen boards where there was not a single word about either country be spammed with anti-Japan hate. Checking ips, 9 times out of 10 it`s from Korea.
Of course they`re all so crazy and extreme that it`s clearly spam and does nothing but annoy.
I also feel that both Korea and Japan have a tendency to sort of "nit-pick" due to the tension. It usually goes in a pattern. Someone insignificant in one country makes a comment that the other country doesn`t like - the other side throws a fit and spouts hate about that country - country 1 (that doesn`t know what was said because whoever said it is so far away from mainstream) is shocked at the sudden outpour of hate and goes on the defensive... Repeat hundreds of times. The popular one for Japanese to pick up on is Korea claiming something as originating there. And usually it`s some crazy insane conspiracy loving person who says it in the first place - like some recent ones that the Japanese net has been whining about "Koreans were the first to go into space! We have proof from 500 years ago if you interpret this in a certain way!" or "All important people in Chinese and Japanese history were really Koreans!" or "Japan was actually sold entirely to Korea, so it is all ours if we want to press it." or my favorite - "I did research and found that Japanese are really just Koreans who mated with monkeys when they were stranded on the Japanese islands!". If anyone bothers to check, the people saying these things are weird crazed "doctors" who are known for being just that. I doubt anyone believes them at all even in Korea. But because of the tension and because media knows it will bring a response, they will report it on some sites in Japan as if it was the number one top story and everyone in Korea shares that opinion. And a knee-jerk reaction ensues, and things just get worse.
I am totally sure the exact same thing happens on the Korean side but don`t know Korean so can`t look around and see. I`m sure there are some very right-wing crazed Japanese "doctors" of something or other who spout stupid claims that are never reported inside Japan, but that enrage those outside the country.