Japan

Japan
Capital city	Tokyo
Location	East Asia, Pacific Ocean
Type	nation state
Interest of	Gregory Clark, Gerald Curtis, German Marshall Fund/Young Strategists, Michael J. Green, Peggy Seagrave, Tim Shorrock, Ezra Vogel, Karel van Wolferen
Member of	APEC, G-20, Global Counter Terrorism Forum, International Criminal Court, International Energy Agency, OECD, UN
Subpage	•Japan/Deep state •Japan/Deputy Prime Minister •Japan/General election •Japan/Leader of the Opposition •Japan/Military •Japan/Prime Minister of Japan
A populous country in East Asia. People are traditionally extremely law abiding by European standards.

Japan is a group of islands off Asia. It is densely populated. After defeat in World War II, it was demilitarised and occupied by the US. In 2013, it was #7 in the world in terms of military expenditure and has been aggressively re-militarising.

History

The US sent gunboats in 1853/4 to force Japan to open up to its business interests.

Hiroshima after the nuclear bombing

In 1945, Japan became the first nation to have nuclear weapons used against it, as the US dropped bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The OSS had plans to deliver in person a proposal for surrender that would not be as harsh as American propaganda would have people believe, which was calling for unconditional surrender at the time. ("that in fact the terms will be softer than most Japs believe.") After WW2, the country was demilitarized.

Deep state

Full article: Japan/Deep state

The Japanese deep state was rebooted after Japanese defeat in 1945 by the US deep state. Since 2001, it has steadily remilitarized Japan.

21st Century

At a critical time for Japan and the region, we begin our coverage looking at the country's rightward political shift under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected just over a year ago. As head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Abe is known as a conservative hawk who has pushed nationalistic and pro-nuclear policies. In December, he visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine, which honors Japanese soldiers who died in battle, including several war criminals who were tried by the International Military Tribunal after World War II. The visit sparked outrage from China and South Korea, who consider the shrine a symbol of Japanese militarism, and its refusal to atone for atrocities committed in the first half of the 20th century. We speak about Japan's increasingly pro-nuclear, nationalistic stance with Koichi Nakano, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and director of the Institute of Global Concern - Democracy Now - 2014

After the events of 9/11, particularly under Shinzo Abe, Japan has been following the global "war on terror" program of increased mass surveillance, and increased penalties for exercising freedom of speech on topics not approved of by government.

September 11, 2001

Hiroshi Hasegawa was a well-known Japanese journalist and "terror expert", who worked for NHK. He was circumspect about the US government's official narrative and encouraged his listeners not to uncritically accept the story of the 19 hijackers. He was found dead on 15 October 2001, a death which was only lightly reported at the time by NHK and other corporate media in Japan. Yukihisa Fujita of the Japan Democratic party on January 11th, 2008 made a 20 minute long statement at the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet (parliament) of Japan, where he questioned the official version of 9/11. He asked the current Prime Minister Fukuda, who was the Chief Cabinet Secretary under Koizumi cabinet in 2001: “How could terrorists attacked the Pentagon?” - one of the safest airspaces on the planet.

Mass surveillance

Japan collects foreigners' fingerprints when they enter the country. In 2016, it announced plans to tie fingerprints to credit cards and passports, requiring foreigners to show them in hotels and when making other purchases.

Military

Full article: Japan/Military

Resistance

Japanese culture traditionally emphasises obedience, hindering public protest. However, in May 2015, over 1000 people sued the Japanese government to halt involvement in TPP. In 2017, thousands protested mass surveillance that Shinzo Abe said was needed to fight "terrorism" .

Radioactive incidents

On 22 April 2015, a drone with traces of radiation was landed on top of Abe's office, carrying a camera and a small bottle with the radioactive symbol. Tests found it was carrying a small amount of radioactive caesium, reported. Abe was in Indonesia at the time, attending an Asian-African conference.

On 24th April, radioactive contamination was discovered in a park in Tokyo.

Fukushima Daiichi

Full article: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

On 11 March 2011, a tsunami hit an already damaged nuclear power station at Ōkuma in Fukushima, Japan. The Guardian observed that the estimated time until the plant could be made safe would be 30 or 40 years.

 

Events carried out

Event	Location	Description
Evacuation from Afghanistan	Afghanistan	The evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan, one of the largest airlifts in history
Marco Polo incident	China Beijing	The official start of the Asian theatre of World War 2, and chronologically, World War 2 as a whole.
Mukden Incident		A particularly feeble excuse of a false flag used by the Japanese to try to justify their 1931 invasion of Manchuria

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Shinzō Abe	“I do not know what you are saying that we have done wrong, but the legal statement we have put forward is absolutely correct because I am the Prime Minister.”	Shinzō Abe	20 May 2015
Shinzō Abe	“I think the definition of what constitutes 'aggression' has yet to be established in academia or in the international community. Things that happened between nations will look different depending on which side you view them from.”	Shinzō Abe	26 April 2015
George Carlin	“Now, if you think you do have rights, I have one last assignment for ya. Next time you're at the computer get on the Internet, go to Wikipedia. When you get to Wikipedia, in the search field for Wikipedia, type in "Japanese-Americans 1942" and you'll find out all about your precious fucking rights.”	George Carlin
Yuriko Koike	“I have received the enthusiastic support of my colleagues. In order to break through the deadlock facing Japanese society, I believe the country might as well have a female candidate. Hillary used the word 'glass ceiling' ... but in Japan, it isn't glass, it's an iron plate. I'm not Mrs. Thatcher, but what is needed is a strategy that advances a cause with conviction, clear policies and sympathy with the people."”	Yuriko Koike	8 September 2008
Donald Trump	“We owe China $1.3 trillion. We owe Japan more than that. So they come in, they take our jobs, they take our money, and then they loan us back the money, and we pay them in interest, and then the dollar goes up so their deal's even better. How stupid are our leaders? How stupid are these politicians to allow this to happen? How stupid are they?”	Donald Trump	June 2015

 

Event

Event
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

 

Groups Headquartered Here

Group	Start	Description
Capital Partners Securities	2003
International Christian University	1949	Japanese Bilingual university founded during the US occupation.
Japan/Deep state		The Japanese deep state was rebooted by the US deep state after the Japanese defeat in WW2.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> The Japanese government took a much more careful line than other countries as regards the COVID jabs.
Komatsu	1921	In 1996 Komatsu developed a nano-thermite demolition patent that could "demolish a concrete structure at high efficiency, while preventing noise and flying chips".
Kyoto University	1897
Meiji University	1881	The school of political science and economics has sent many famous alumni to the Japanese political world
Nagasaki University	1949	Home to East Asia Research Institute of Endemics before WW2 (now Tropical Medicine)
Takeda Pharmaceutical	12 June 1781
Tokyo Institute of Technology	1881	University which provided Japan with its leading engineers, researchers, and business persons in the post-WW2 era.
University of Tsukuba	October 1973	Japanese public research university located in to the north of Tokyo.

 

Job here

Event	Job	Appointed	End
Matthijs van Bonzel	Head of Economic Department	2005	2008

 

Party Member

Politician	Born
Alberto Fujimori	28 July 1938

 

Citizens of Japan on Wikispooks

Title	Born	Died	Description
Shinzō Abe	21 September 1954	8 July 2022	As Japanese PM he aggressively re-militarised the country
Takehiko Endo	5 October 1938	27 December 2019	Due to a 2007 financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just eight days after he was appointed to the post.
Yasuo Fukuda	16 July 1936
Toyoo Gyohten	1931
Hiroshi Hasegawa		15 October 2001	An "exceptionally erudite" TV commentator who publicly urged caution about the claim that 9/11 was a Muslim led operation. His sudden death the next month was little reported by corporate media.
Yasuchika Hasegawa	19 June 1946		Pharma executive and leader of Trilateral Commission
Yukio Hatoyama	11 February 1947
Nobusuke Kishi	13 November 1896	7 August 1987
Fumio Kishida	29 July 1957		Prime Minister of Japan from October 2021
Yotaro Kobayashi	25 April 1933	5 September 2015	Japanese business executive and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific section of the Trilateral Commission.
Yuriko Koike	15 July 1952		Governor of Tokyo, former minister. WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow 1993.
James Kondo	9 December 1967
Naomi Koshi	5 July 1975		Youngest female mayor in Japan, WEF/Young Global Leaders 2015
Hiroshi Mikitani			"I want [COVID-19] vaccinations to proceed at warp speed", head of Japan's biggest online retailer
Akio Morita	26 January 1921	3 October 1999	One of the founders of Sony. Third Japanese chairman of the Trilateral Commission.
Yasuhiro Nakasone	27 May 1918	29 November 2019
Etsusaburo Shiina	16 January 1898	30 September 1979
Motoo Shiina	19 August 1930	6 March 2007
Mitsuhiro Shimada		2 February 1979	Spooky Japanese businessman. Officially, a suicide.
Yoichi Shimatsu			Hong Kong-based freelance journalist
Matsutarō Shōriki	11 April 1885	9 October 1969	Japanese media mogul and politician. Investigated for war crimes and imprisoned in the same cell as yakuza boss Yoshio Kodama, his friend Ryōichi Sasakawa, a preeminent fascist political fixer, and Nobusuke Kishi, the future key man of the Liberal Democratic Party, Shoriki was released without trial in 1947, and not long after began his covert career as an informant and propaganda agent for the CIA.
Yoshihide Suga	6 December 1948		Prime Minister of Japan from September 2020 to October 2021
Akihiko Tanaka	7 August 1954		Japanese deep state actor, GLT 1995, Trilateral Commission/Asia Pacific Chairman
Nobuo Tanaka	3 March 1950		Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
Kono Taro	10 January 1963		Deep state actor overseeing the Japanese administration of the COVID-19 jab
Takeshi Watanabe	1906	23 August 2010	Father of the Asian Development Bank. First Asia Pacific Chairman of the Trilateral Commission
Yuito Yamada			Japanese McKinsey executive working on decarbonization and net zero.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bandung Conference	1955	1955	Indonesia	Important conference for the global south; participants soon became prime targets for US foreign policy
July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident	29 July 2021	29 July 2021		Incident in July 2021

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Japan as an American Client State	article	28 September 2014	Karel van Wolferen	How the US secured "Regime-Change" in response to the September 2009 DPJ upset to post WWII Japanese subservience.

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