Warner Bros. Faces Backlash in Japan Over 'Barbenheimer' Posts
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Warner Bros. has issued a public apology after facing backlash in Japan for its social media engagement with the "Barbenheimer" meme, which makes light of the mass destruction caused by the atomic bombs. Warner Bros. Japan criticized the studio's U.S. branch for participating in the meme, leading to an online petition against the studio. The controversy highlights the sensitivity of the nuclear weapons debate in Japan, where as many as 250,000 people were killed by the atomic bombs in 1945. The hashtag #NoBarbenheimer has trended in Japan in response to the meme.
- Warner Bros. Apologizes After ‘Barbenheimer’ Posts Spark Criticism From Studio’s Japan Unit Variety
- Warner Bros Japan Decries Barbenheimer Memes Gizmodo
- Anger Over 'Barbenheimer' in Nuclear-Scarred Japan The New York Times
- Warner Bros. U.S. Responds To Barbenheimer Criticism Out Of Japan — Update Deadline
- #Barbenheimer backlash: Japan rejects co-marketing of Barbie and Oppenheimer as trivialising nuclear war The Guardian
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