‘I asked a member of Zaikokukai this, and he said that it was because they had more information about South Korea. China and North Korea are further away physically but also in terms of information. Whatever is reported in the South Korean media is also reported here. The racists in Japan hear about the Korean education system [which can be virulently anti-Japanese]; they know a lot about how the average South Korean thinks about Japan. They are an easy target.’

