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Winter Games bosses look to remove APA books, porn from TV in its hotel rooms

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Adult movies could also be canned, he said, if they were deemed to offend visiting delegations.

Surely they're mature enough to simply not watch.

Anyway, the people going to be offended are the ones who WANT to watch porn, but get all that mosaic instead...

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Hey now... Nobody likes a right wing nut. Everyone likes a little porn Why are they being mentioned together? I'm millenially offended!

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APA is going to rely on the declining Japanese population to make money? That book will be soon be a memory or APA will be in the trash!

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As soon as the games are over, however, the book goes right back on the nightstand.

It's amazing how much action in Japan is simply a reaction due to outside opinion.

(Please do leave the porn alone. It's not as if Japan + Porn = Surprise)

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Now the story is global I think APA will be doing a big, fat backtrack on their propaganda drive.

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Enough of this asking APA to do it; tell them either the books go, or ALL the athletes stay elsewhere. To do otherwise means the organizers here are merely trying to limit backlash while they still may support the material and the attitude of Motoya likeminded fools -- a man, I might add, who is so 'confident' in his views he had to hide behind a pen name!

I've already written on Travel Advisor about the hotels, and hope people will stay away until the war-related material is removed. A lot of the people who saw and shared my links on Facebook were shocked and appaled.

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It seems that Olympic orgarnizers soon better find another hotels instead of APA as there are some hotels but not big ones there. Some althlets probably would not stay in APA even if they were removed.

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Removing the book only hides the true feelings of APA hotels. Leave the books in the rooms so that the world will know APA's true feelings about China and Japan's mutual history. Once the atheletes discover APA's true feelings, maybe they will tell their social media friends and APA will find themselves losing customers and money.

Also, why stay at a cheap hotel if there isn't porn on the telly?

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To be fair, if that denier's book offends you that much, just think how people of certain religions or lack thereof must feel when they find those religious books in their room. You might not see the connection but maybe it's because you are not aware of it or have never given it much thought. Maybe you should also be upset by that. By the very fact that you would NEVER have one of those religious books in your home but are now forced to sleep in the same room with it.

I'm personally secure enough in my beliefs that having a hate book or whatever religious book maybe there, that I am not going to be forced by some dark energy to read it and then tow the company line but that's just me. Are you afraid of a book jumping out at you and taking control of your mind? I'd just ignore it and stop giving them free publicity.

Just food for thought.

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Grow up, bureaucrats.

If the athletes have data roaming (or rooms have WiFi) pixellated pay-per-view is a non-issue.

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Stop worrying about being offensive. Travelers know to expect different things in different countries. I look forward to it.

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Taking a page from Russia's Potemkin Village, or their Sochi Olympics accommodations, perhaps Mao's version?

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Also, why stay at a cheap hotel if there isn't porn on the telly?

In the age of smartphones, we all have porn in our pockets.

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Making assumptions about what people want or do not want is one basis of the local omotenashi idea of service.

'Local' is one thing, but beyond local, the idea of 'You cannot please everybody at once' kicks in.

The boss of APA must have been off his head - I feel sorry for the staff who had to deal with anybody complaining about stupid ideological interpretations of historical fact or non-fact. Obviously their boss wouldn't front up there.

Good luck in Tokyo 2020

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No, not "everyone" likes porn, which viciously denigrates women...and the men too. Yuck.

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KnowBetter: "just think how people of certain religions or lack thereof must feel when they find those religious books in their room."

Not at all the same thing. The Bible (and I'm not Christian) or whatever is not there to deny history or promote hate, but for people of those faiths to find comfort if they wish to. Do you think APA put these books in their rooms for anything other than to push their views on others? They are not books about faith, they are personal opinion that denies facts. Tell us, if in your mind they are the same, who are the books meant for -- because simply by reading a lot of right-wing reaction to this news it seems pretty clear the books were designed solely to incite anger and drive away, in the words of one poster, "Korean and Chinese vermin".

" You might not see the connection but maybe it's because you are not aware of it or have never given it much thought."

You don't need to give it thought -- it is a red herring.

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During last week's fiasco the APA boss already made it clear he will not remove the books. I doubt if we will hear any more about this.

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How is ppv porn potentially offensive? If they see porn on the tv, that means they bought the prepaid card to watch it......Are the organizers afraid of a potential embarrassing situation where someone walks in on a delegate watching porn and.....god know what else? Besides, we all know athletes during international sporting events have a lot of sex with each other. They might need a mood setter lol. That book, however, is just bad.

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Feel free not to believe everything you read. Leave the books there. And the filth.

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I find in-room porn very old school/kitsch, cheap and rather amusing I have to say! Would be curious to know how much $ hotels still make from it? Perso removing porn from all rooms would be my first 'executive' decision if i were the owner of a hotel, unless I own a vintage/80s hotel branch (obviously). Don't want my hotel to be known as " the one that still has cheap in-room porn" on hotelclub, tripadvisor etc. Free wifi and everyone's happy!

Most athletes will be in their 20s anyway so don't think they will bother watching pixelated J porn on TV.

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They should just refuse to deal with APA at all after this.

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I don't get this.

I think ALL international athletes should get united and choose NOT to stay at APA hotel.

As simple as that. That will send the message.

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What?! No porn?!!

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That book was no less than Mein Kamf in terms of racial arrogances but I don't think the owner will taken that book away from his business, because being a right-wing nut is his profession he choose to be. You are telling him to quit being a fanatic rightist and he might practice Harahiki to end up his life.

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as payback APA has to stock every room with The Cove

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"Anyway, the people going to be offended are the ones who WANT to watch porn, but get all that mosaic instead..."

Muzac?

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I say just boycott the hotels. It's non-violent, and it's one's choice to not stay at a certain hotel. If the disgusting material is removed, it won't change the vile person's beliefs. Hope this gets a lot more international coverage.

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Japan has THE best system to purchase in-room porn at hotels. No "accidental" purchases, or awkward moments when you check out.

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Keep the porn, keep the book. We're big boyz, we can make our own opinions and we can choose not to watch.

The book "the rape of Nanjing" is just...bad. The research material is questionable, the writing is sensionalist, it is NOT to be taken as a historical account, saying so is just either intellectual malpractice or coming from people who have not read the book (99% of commenters in here...) or have enjoyed the gore fest it is trying to be.

Also listening to China's state propaganda doesn't make any sense. The Commies were hiding in caves while the Kuomintang was doing all the heavy fighting. They had absolutely no idea of what happened then, and since both parties have essentially seceded, they don't have a clue still.

The Japanese people are just sick and tired of having to hear about Nanjing or comfort women every other day. They've apologized, compensated countries and people and most importantly lived in peace for 70 years.

It's time to move on.

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How are athletes supposed to WARM UP and TRAIN if there is no porn in their rooms??

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Money talks - even to a nut-job - a capitalist nut-job. Just stop using APA. Simple!

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The Japanese people are just sick and tired of having to hear about Nanjing or comfort women every other day. They've apologized, compensated countries and people and most importantly lived in peace for 70 years. It's time to move on.

Who cares if people are sick and tired? That is an appalling attitude to take. It happened, it's part of their history, in living memory, and every time it is downplayed, the speaker is saying it isn't important enough to remember. You cannot just leave such atrocities aside and "move on". Every country involved in such atrocities should take some effing responsibility, have some respect and humility, and always remember what some of their people did and what their govts. supported.

Hate literature - encourage those staying to call room service to ask for the book's removal, or tel them to leave it in the corridor.

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The Japanese people are just sick and tired of having to hear about Nanjing or comfort women every other day. They've apologized, compensated countries and people and most importantly lived in peace for 70 years.

It's time to move on.

Germans have apologized, and compensated people about killing 6,000,000 Jews and others. I guess, by your logic, it's time to move on. Screw history, eh? It will never happen again (cough Drumpf LePen anti-refugee parties cough)

Plus, that peace the Japanese have been living in for 70 years was forced on them because they lost a war; it wasn't out of the kindness of their hearts or other altruism. But don't worry, now that Abe has "re-interpreted" the constitution, certain things will hit the fan and that peace will come to a grinding halt.

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Is the owner of this hotel chain a completely stupid,<> or just downright truculent. I can see no third possibility.

Whichever he is, he seems bent on embarrassing Japan

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The games organisers should tell participants not to stay in APA hotels as the owner is a fascist who hates non-Japanese. Even if he agreed to remove his book of lies from hotel rooms he would still hold the same opinions. Why would anyone, apart from black van man, want to give money to such a person?

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Even if he agreed to remove his book of lies from hotel rooms he would still hold the same opinions.

People are free to hold whatever opinions they want. The problem is that he's using his business as a vehicle to transport these opinions.

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People are free to hold whatever opinions they want. The problem is that he's using his business as a vehicle to transport these opinions.

Of course people can think and do what they like, but they should accept the consequences of what they do.

My point is that the games organisers should not be urging this clown to remove his book of lies from his hotel rooms just for the duration of the games. They should boycott his hotels and make clear why: he is a racist who hates non-Japanese. A "comfortable atmosphere" is impossible to achieve in his hotels and the athletes should stay elsewhere.

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The APA chain should not have been included in the official hotels list, but presumably the organizers had not idea at the time, and have few options now that the even is so close. I sure as hell hope that's not what's been booked for me.

And I hope the Tokyo 2020 organizers are paying attention. APA off the list!

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