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Japan asks US to stop using Mario, Pokemon and others in social media posts

IGN is reporting that the Japanese Ministry has been calling on the Trump administration to stop using IPs like Naruto, Pokemon and Mario in its meme themed social media posts. The Japanese Ministry is not happy with the IPs being used and say that their usage could ultimately damage the popular brands. Simply put they are not pleased that these IPs are being used to promote certain agendas. The Japanese Ministry has issued warnings twice in June alone through the US Embassy in Japan.

57 thoughts on “Japan asks US to stop using Mario, Pokemon and others in social media posts”

    1. (suggestion: always be polite and considerate (one more suggestion: this Biblical verse: “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” – Ephesians 4:29, New Living Translation version))

  1. Mario has been everywhere, New York, the mushroom kingdom, space, and now a political ad campaign. What’s next, is he going to appear in a adult magazine?

  2. Figures. I don’t wanna hear one more negative thing about Trump. So if anyone thinks I’m going to choose between Trump or Nintendo, think again.

  3. Who wants to bet that if sleepy creepy Joe did the same thing using the IPs no one says anything cuz OrAnGe MaN bAd, We DoN’t NeEd To TeLl YoU wHy He’S bAd, TrUsT uS bRo.

    1. Biden didnt do it though, so the whataboutism doesnt work here.

      Also imagine still calling biden sleepy joe when mister no new wars has been asleep on record far more times then you’ve been la- nvm but you get the point.

      Trumps is bad… cope i guess

  4. After getting low tier characters in pokemon like Hau, Hop, Allister and Avery not being waifus, I welcome the white house pokemon memes. Catch them like bidoofs and Galarian zizagoon.

  5. Aww look at the little Trump cultists having temper tantrums over this. Poor babies.

    Maybe they should all be lulled to sleep with a bullet to their necks. 😊

      1. Nah, they lost the right to happiness when they trampled on the rights of marginalised groups because of their braindead, bigoted beliefs.

        The world needs to be cleansed of their filth, ASAP.

    1. (suggestion: always be polite and considerate (one more suggestion: this Biblical verse: “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” – Ephesians 4:29, New Living Translation version (one more suggestion: this Biblical verse: “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” – Luke 6:37, New Living Translation version)))

  6. Not gonna lie, we have some sick, deranged, unhinged and depraved lunatics posting on this site. Please go see a therapist or wake up from your “Everyone on the right is bad” delusional fever dream. What you despise so much was considered normal for centuries until just a few short decades ago. Everything now is backwards and upside down. True clown world stuff I’m witnessing. This world is not the world I grew up in and the human race is getting ever closer to bringing “Idiocracy” to fruition. Smooth brained NPCs incapable of using logic and simple reasoning skills to make a rational conclusion. Just blindly following talking points that make no sense. Satan truly has you all in his grasp and you’re too ignorant too realize it. Snap out of it, please!

    1. Trampling on the rights of marginalised groups was never okay, in any era.
      Bigotry is bigotry, nothing has changed.

      You’re a relic of a bygone era, and a cancer on the lives of countless innocent people.
      If you want to something actually good for the world, try this: kill yourself
      Remove your poison from this planet.

      1. Bella Ciao: don’t tell others to kill themselves – whether you say it to their face, or anonymously behind a screen. It’s terrible. I don’t think we can contextually nuance “kill yourself” either.

        1. Why? I’m simply telling them how they can make the world a better place; by removing themselves from it.

          Bigots don’t deserve pity, they certainly don’t show any to the people they opress. What goes around, comes around.

          1. If others thought that you were a bigot (don’t disregard this so hastily), would you be indifferent to someone asking you to kill yourself? If you would tend to be indifferent, does this mean that everyone receiving this advice would also be indifferent? If you wouldn’t be indifferent, would you feel the advice was helpful to you or your surroundings? Telling them that their lives are worthless will never mount to much. Making people we don’t like disappear is tempting, I admit. What is to come of us if we were to also become so immoral, to stoop at their level? We wouldn’t be any better than them. We should not ourselves become bigoted. We should focus on creating relationships rather destroying ones.

        1. Don’t give in to extremism. Two wrongs don’t make it right.

          Talks of ridding of certain people is giving in to the very principles of nazism itself.

          1. The world would be a better place without bigotry and fascism and those who practice them.

            This is a fact, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise.

            1. Bella Ciao, it sure looks like you yourself are practicing bigotry. Take a step back! I feel for you, I’m sorry if you have been or still is being mistreated – perhaps for belonging in a marginalized group – or that perhaps you know or you once knew someone that was pushed around, or worse. You are not alone. You don’t have to make this about us vs them. I believe the kind of rhetoric you spew further contributes to class divisions. This is by definition bigotry.

    2. Der Kommentar enthält zwar nachvollziehbare Frustration über politische Polarisierung und gesellschaftlichen Wandel, verliert aber durch die vielen Beleidigungen fast jede Überzeugungskraft. Wer andere pauschal als „NPCs“, „smooth brained“ oder „vom Satan kontrolliert“ bezeichnet, führt keine Diskussion mehr, sondern grenzt nur noch aus. Der stärkere Punkt wäre gewesen, konkret zu benennen, welche Positionen als widersprüchlich empfunden werden und warum. Ohne Beispiele bleibt am Ende hauptsächlich Wut statt Argumentation.Buran Casino präsentiert zahlreiche Slots sowie zusätzliche Casinospiele buran casino in einem thematisch gestalteten Umfeld. Spieler sollten aktuelle Aktionen immer zusammen mit ihren Umsatz- und Auszahlungsvoraussetzungen betrachten.

    3. (suggestion: always be polite and considerate (one more suggestion: this Biblical verse: “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” – Ephesians 4:29, New Living Translation version (one more suggestion: this Biblical verse: “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” – Luke 6:37, New Living Translation version)))

      1. “Why can’t people like who they like?”
        -Supporters of the Nazi regime when put on trial for supporting Hitler.

        You people genuinely need to be put down, the world won’t improve until you’re all gone.

              1. I think it’s funny that you want people to hurt themselves because of their political view. You hate anyone who has a different political view or opinion even though they may be a completely normal kind person. Some people want me dead because I like stuff people hate. I remember someone wanted me dead because I like the final fantasy 7 remake. Just remember that people have lives outside of their political view, so don’t fully judge them for it.

                1. Piss off, I don’t have the patience to deal with naive braindead children who don’t understand how the real world works.

                  If you support a fascist and bigoted regime like Trump’s, you are actively making the lives of millions of innocent people from at-risk minority groups worse.
                  This isn’t some fucking pathetic debate over a video game or movie, politics actively affects people’s lives. There is no “wElL iTs jUsT mY oPiNiOn bRo” excuse here.

                  If you knowingly vote an evil POS like Trump into power, you yourself are an evil POS that the world would be better off without. It’s not difficult to understand.

            1. Can you prove any of us are fascist? Can you prove we’re oppressing marginalized groups (if they even exist?) It’s quite hypocritical using the words “bigotry” and “bigot”. Do you think any of those words scare us especially if they’re wrong in every sense? Try researching and understanding these lazily imagined buzz words that have lost their power by people like you blindly slinging them at everyone you disagree with. I’m just a law abiding citizen trying to raise a family in this crazy world. I work hard for what I have. I don’t ask for handouts and would never wish harm on anyone just because I disagree with them. Just once, try not to look at life through the lense of victim mentality. I think that’s what’s got you chained down and full of so much malice and vitriol. I truly hope you get the help you so desperately need. Take a walk and get some fresh air to clear your head. Maybe take some deep breaths and count to 10. You’re in my prayers, Bella

            2. Your words and your behavior are far worse than anything or anyone you’re complaining about has ever done.

  7. This will make Trump put 100000% tariff on Japan after that favor. Trump does not care about Japan. He cares about himself like Adolf hitler.

  8. Put your money where your mouth is, Japan Ministry

    Hey, if they have the sway to speak for Nintendo and Shonen Jump, maybe they ought to put some of it to use lighting a fire under Arc System Works’s rear end to get Marvel Tokon working better on PC. Oh, who am I kidding, it’s just a virtue signal.

    I don’t remember them complaining one bit about Hillary saying “Pokemon Go to the polls” back in 2016. I should be used to the complete and utter asymmetry of political virtue signalling, but it still stings.

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