Japanese airline All Nippon Airways was forced to pull a controversial advert in 2014 after complaints of 'clumsy racism' as it showed an actor dressed as a white European with a fake pointy nose and blonde wig. The campaign, intended to show off ANA's international routes from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, shows two pilots talking about how they wanted to change foreign impressions of Japanese people. Mid-conversation, one of the pilots suddenly dons a blonde wig and fake nose, a Japanese stereotype of Westerners. A spokeswoman said it was never intended to be discriminatory: "Our intention was to show Japanese becoming more active and essential in the world. There were people who took it that way, so we are paying attention to this and cancelling the ad." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjxzpSrFP4
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
