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Well Spherical Fox with all those linguistic attributes -lets hope he can also play football -in UK

I am not sure we can assume a natural link between him and Abe.

My period in Japan goes back to the nineties and may not be relevant today but there was some animosity between Koreans and Japanese with the background of enforced colonisation of Korea since turn of century ended in 1945 after war.

Many Koreans were sent to Japan in this colony period and many families remained there through generations.

What is interesting is that Tao-Se chose to represent North Korea with whom the Japanese have many unresolved issues.

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john gee, apparently the two know each other and are friends. This info from a japanese fan over on FT.

I appreciate the cultural ends of things, thus when people sing that dreadfully racist song to Abe, I don't know what he must think!

However, there are a couple of clips out there of him speaking in several languages with a heavy Japanese accent. He has been brought up in Japan after his family scooted over. I think it's complicated and I'm not sure precisely the reason for taking the North Korean position for Internationals, other than his family, but complexities aside, he could be a serious coup, and once again play into the Asian market nicely.

It must be a difficult situation for Yuki. I find it hard to believe that he still doesn't understand what the fans are singing (if he was ever in any doubt in the first place) but he must also know that those fans hold genuine affection for him. I wonder if it's like water off a duck's back to him or whether he dies inside a little every time he hears it?

Dunge, imagine the songs from both the fans and the opposition if this lad joins.

It'll happen regardless of the condemnation on here or elsewhere.

I just don't get it.

A very interesting point re- the Yuki song - Japanese can be very offended at the suggestion that they eat dogs, it is certainly not part of Japanese culture.

When the song first surfaced, I and others pointed out the faux-pas regarding Yuki's being Japanese and not Korean

Now, here's where it gets interesting - If this lad is Korean he may well consider dog to be a delicacy, but if he has spent a long time in Japan he may well of adopted the Japanese thought that the practice is abhorrent.

The solution is simple - Even if he does tuck into a Korean Heinz 57 the song has no relevance - My advice is lets see if we can try to avoid offending our own players.

What I would really love is for Yuki to go public with his view of the song - That would really put the cat among the pigeons

Spherical, if you really want to analyse it...

- It seems to have originated from the Wayne Brown song (he'll break your -ing legs), so there's a bit of irony about singing the same tune to Yuki, who couldn't be or look more different.

- It used a basic cultural misconception that Japanese people eat dogs. Unfortunately, considering the reality that the Japanese themselves use this insult against the Koreans makes this potentially offensive.

- The biggest problem of all: It's funny, and it caught on. People now know it's wrong and that they shouldn't, but it does make people laugh.

As for the "He's Japanese, he don't understand" chant, I get the impression that far fewer find that funny these days and that every time it pops up it's quieter and last for a shorter time.

Of course, none of this makes it right but it hopefully shows why it's hard to stop. Yuki may not care anyway. He might find it funny as well. (I hope he does, for everyone's sake...)

With all these Japanese, North Koreans and Thais around the Walkers, I reckon we'll have a velly velly good chance of plomotion from the reague we are in, come on Reicester!!

Is now the time to tell the 'Supplies!' joke?

Was impressed with this guy at the World Cup, lively and skilful. Sadly he didn't have much chance to show off his finishing with very little to feed on.