Akio Yaita, CEO of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank, criticized a Japanese YouTuber for filming a video in Taiwan of vomiting food and calling Taiwan unpalatable, calling his behavior very unkind.

Akio Yaita, CEO of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank, pointed out that a Japanese YouTuber who has been living in Taiwan for a long time recently filmed a video at Kaohsiung Liuhe Night Market. He vomited out the food he bought on the spot, yelled "it tastes bad", and even said he "hates Taiwan", which caused controversy. Afterwards, the YouTuber posted a video in response, with the thumbnail saying "To some Taiwanese people who are low-income people." Akio Yaita believed that the provocation was very obvious.

Akio Yaita posted on the Facebook fan page "Akio Yaita Club" that first of all, everyone has the right to comment on whether a dish is delicious, but the stalls are clearly identifiable in the video, and the faces of the vendors are not mosaic; the YouTuber also spits out the food on the spot and criticizes it as unpalatable on a channel followed by more than 100,000 people, which may directly affect the business of the vendors. He believes that if a merchant believes that his reputation, image or business rights have been infringed, he can preserve evidence and seek legal relief.

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Yaita Akio then pointed out that secondly, the YouTuber has lived in Taiwan for a long time, accumulated traffic through filming and introducing Taiwan, and even opened a store in Taiwan to do business. Taiwan provides a stage for him to live and make money. He said that of course the other party has the freedom to criticize Taiwan, but "criticism and humiliation are two different things." He is treated kindly by many Taiwanese people, but he continues to magnify Taiwan's shortcomings to Japanese audiences in Japanese. He thinks this approach is "very unkind."

Akio Yaita said that thirdly, Japan calls this type of internet celebrity "confused YouTuber", who creates "inflammation" by deliberately doing annoying or angry things, because the more people criticize, the higher the click rate may be, and ultimately the anger of others is converted into one's own income. He believes that in the face of this kind of situation, instead of arguing with each other on the Internet, it is better for the victim to collect evidence, "file a lawsuit when it is necessary, and demand compensation when it is necessary" to make those who create harm in exchange for traffic pay the price.

Akio Yaita finally reminded that the relevant incident was only the personal behavior of a Japanese Internet celebrity and could never represent the Japanese. This time, many Japanese netizens also criticized the YouTuber.

He emphasized that the YouTuber can be criticized and condemned, and even held accountable according to law, but this should not turn into Taiwanese and Japanese attacking each other. "The mutual trust and friendship accumulated over the years between Taiwan and Japan cannot be destroyed by an Internet celebrity who relies on provocation to earn traffic."