In a video taken at an air festival held by the Self-Defense Forces, a self-defense officer can be seen kneeling. On social media, there have been many voices saying, "Isn't this customer harassment?" What on earth happened between him and the participant? A photo that appears to show a self-defense officer kneeling is now causing controversy on social media. Witness: It was as if he was kneeling and asking, "Please do it." A photo that was taken inside a Self-Defense Force base has caused a stir, with many people saying, "Is this customer harassment?" The photo was taken at the Gifu Air Base of the Air Self-Defense Forces in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture. It happened at an air festival held on November 17th. At the time, many fans were holding cameras at the venue and taking pictures of aircraft and other things. A self-defense officer was on guard nearby. The self-defense officer then bowed his head and clasped his hands together, asking the visitors who did not respond to the call, "Please refrain from using the chairs. If parts of the chairs fall off, they will be sucked into the engine." In this area, the use of chairs and picnic sheets was prohibited because even a single screw could be sucked into an aircraft engine, which could lead to a serious accident. Despite this, some visitors ignored this. The SDF personnel repeatedly bowed their heads and continued to ask, but the visitors who did not follow the rules yelled out, "Why do I have to do that?" and "Why do I have to stand even though my back hurts?" Perhaps resigned to their fate, the visitors stopped using chairs and picnic sheets for a while, but when the SDF personnel left the area, they repeated their violations. The SDF personnel bowed to the ground on both knees and hands and asked the visitors who repeatedly broke the rules to please do so. When the photo of the bowing spread on social media, various comments were made, such as "I feel sorry for the bowing lieutenant," "If this isn't called customer harassment, what else can it be called!" and "He should be banned from all air shows." A man who participated in the "air show" said, "It's a nuisance for everyone because (air shows) are no longer held because of bad manners and danger." Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense's Air Staff Office explained the photo of the kneeling, saying, "In the end, they put away the chair, so instead of standing to say thank you, I squatted down to say thank you, and it ended up looking like I was kneeling." They also said they would consider the need to strengthen regulations on "air shows." FNN Prime Online https://www.fnn.jp/