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title: 拒否権！ (Veto! Only the Soviet Union rejects Japan's UN application)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kyohiken-soviet-veto-japan-un-poster-1953/
description: 'A Japanese-language U.S. poster built on a spotlight beam: the UN emblem ringed by member flags at the top, a red hammer and sickle bent into a hook…'
section: Collection
---

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# 拒否権！ (Veto! Only the Soviet Union rejects Japan's UN application)

A Japanese-language U.S. poster built on a spotlight beam: the UN emblem ringed by member flags at the top, a red hammer and sickle bent into a hook across the beam, and a small figure in a top hat and striped trousers carrying a Japanese flag at the bottom. The headline says only the Soviet Union rejected Japan's UN application, and the foot line counts '57 times' it opposed 'the unanimous will' of the other members. One side's veto tally is shown without any comparison, and the UN emblem lends the poster's position the organisation's standing.

## Text on the object

Original (Japanese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
拒否権！
ソ連だけが、日本の国
連加入申請案を拒否す。

今や57回も
ソ連は他の国連諸国の総意に反対したのだ!!
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Veto!
Only the Soviet Union rejects Japan's application
to join the UN.

Now, as many as 57 times,
the Soviet Union has opposed the unanimous will of the other UN member states!!
```

Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← May Day parade satire: dollar-throne figure and 'US'-helmeted puppets, Budapest](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/budapest-mayday-dollar-throne-1953/) [Contentment and Loathing (Chinese two-panel poster) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/contentment-and-revulsion-chinese-1953/)

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