The Japanese entertainment franchise Pokémon issued a formal apology on Friday after “Chinese netizens” launched an outrage campaign against it over an unofficial event allegedly scheduled to take place at the Yasukuni Shrine, a Japanese site that honors, among others, World War II war criminals.
While coverage of the controversy claims that unaffiliated “Chinese netizens” were behind the condemnations of Pokémon — an international video game, television, and film sensation centered around collecting fictional animals — most major coverage of the incident has surfaced in the Global Times and the People’s Daily, Chinese government propaganda…
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