Last year, bar associations nationwide were suddenly flooded with about 130,000 letters seeking to punish lawyers who have expressed support for the subsidization of Korean schools affiliated with North Korea.

The move appears to have been triggered by the blog Yomei Sannen Jiji Nikki, which loosely translates to 'a diary on current affairs kept by someone with three years left to live.' The blogger, who is considered a netouyo (right-wing internet activist), criticized the lawyers in question.

Seeing it as a form of harassment, some lawyers are fighting back, filing civil suits seeking compensation from those who plagued them with undesired mail and obstructed their work.