Japanese pop stars Keyakizaka46 have released photos of themselves dressed as Nazis for Halloween.
Whilst the group has not explicitly stated that the costumes were Nazi-inspired, the comparisons shown on Twitter almost make it irrefutable.
Shockingly, Nazi-style outfits are not a new phenomenon for Japanese pop stars. Kishidan, a Japanese pop group, showed up on MTV wearing Nazi-style outfits whilst Koki Tanaka a member of the hugely popular boy band KAT-TUN, dressed up in full Nazi gear in the video for his solo single, ‘Black And White’.
In 2008, a Japanese Idol group declared Adolf Hitler to be a “great person” on network television, inspiring young idols to refer to the Nazi dictator as Uncle Hitler.
秋元康ってネトウヨ？欅坂46の新衣装が思い切りナチスドイツの軍服なんですけど。
安倍政権がナチス崇拝だから問題ないのかな？:(ヽ’ω‘): pic.twitter.com/fWpWnwDecH— いちごoじゃむo (@xoxo_me_chuchu) October 23, 2016
アウトだと思います。ただ、私は騒ぐ野暮なことしない。人権屋が騒ぐのはむかつくし。ＲＴ欅坂46の新衣装 「ナチス」 の制服そっくりのデザインで物議を醸す – 暇つぶしニュース https://t.co/v5w7eggssm pic.twitter.com/uxRp3xEWin
— 石井孝明 (@ishiitakaaki) October 24, 2016
