"Korean water is for toilets"... After sending relief bottled water, a Japanese anti-Korean user made a 'shocking remark' [What do you think?]

[Financial News] As Korean companies continue to send relief supplies to Japan after the powerful earthquake, one Japanese social media user drew backlash from fellow users after posting that he did not want to drink "Korean water."

According to social media posts and other reports on the 5th, User A wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on the 4th: "I’m not a victim, but honestly, I don’t want to drink water from Korea. It only makes me think of toilet water."
The post was reportedly written after news spread that Korean Air had sent bottled water to earthquake victims in Kumamoto Prefecture.
On the 1st, Korean Air urgently shipped 1,000 boxes of Jeju Pure Water, totaling 12,000 bottles of 1.5-liter water, on a cargo flight from Incheon to Kitakyushu. The relief supplies were transported by land to the affected area and are being used as drinking water for evacuees.
Earlier, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on the 28th of last month, killing 38 people and injuring more than 380. About 8,500 people were displaced, and recovery efforts have been hampered by a water outage affecting as many as 45,000 households, along with the heat wave. The Japanese government is carrying out recovery work with the goal of restoring water service by the end of this month.

As news of the aid spread in a situation where water is in short supply, gratitude comments from Japanese users poured in on Korean Air’s bottled water support post.
They responded with comments such as, "With the Middle East situation right now, it costs a huge amount of money to send up even one plane, so I’m truly grateful," "I want to express my thanks from Kyushu to Korea," "I was moved by the words 'Kumamoto, fighting,'" and "Thank you, Korean Air. I hope relations between Japan and Korea will improve even more in the future."
Criticism also poured in from Japanese users toward User A’s post, with remarks such as, "Why can’t you just say thank you?" "You should not twist goodwill and repay it that way," "It’s ridiculous for people who aren’t even residents to say it isn’t needed. Outsiders should keep quiet," and "You can’t even send 1,000 boxes of water as relief supplies."

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