Human Zoo 2009 Okru [2021] -

Perhaps the most explosive event of 2009 was a scandal involving Japan's public broadcaster, NHK. In an April 2009 special on Japan's colonial history, NHK used the phrase as a caption for a photo of Taiwanese Indigenous Paiwan people displayed at the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition in London. This caption led to a massive outcry and a groundbreaking lawsuit for defamation. Over 8,000 people initially joined the case, making it one of the largest in Japanese legal history. The case was a legal rollercoaster: