Japan

Japan
Type	nation state
Location	Asia, Pacific Ocean
Interest of	Gerald L. Curtis, Karel van Wolferen
Member of	Global Counter Terrorism Forum, OECD
Subpage	•Japan/Deep state
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. In 2013, it was #7 in the world in terms of military expenditure.

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. After WW2, the country was demilitarized.

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.

21st Century developments

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.

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.

Re-militarization

In June 2014, Japan's ruling coalition adopted a resolution that — for the first time since World War II — would clear the way to the Japanese armed forces to defend the country’s allies in combat. Shinzo Abe justified this with reernce to the "increasingly severe" security situation, and insisted that this was a defensive measure and that "There is absolutely no chance that Japan becomes a nation that wages war." In May 2015, activists across Japan, including a group of around 500 people in front of the Prime Minister's office protested what they called the destruction of the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9, as the cabinet was discussing this legislation.

Control of intelligence agencies

In March 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a plan to recreate Japan's intelligence agencies, using the UK's MI6 as a model. The Intelligence agencies were dismantled by the Allies after World War II. The rebuilding announcement follows territorial tensions with China and the be-headings of two Japanese hostages in the Middle East.

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.

 

An event carried out

Event	Date
Mukden Incident	18 September 1931

 

An Office Holder on Wikispooks

Name	From	To
Tomoyuki Yamashita	26 September 1944	2 September 1945

 

Event

Event	Date
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster	11 March 2011

 

Groups Headquartered Here

A Group Headquartered Here	Date
Capital Partners Securities	2003 - Present
Japan/Deep state
Komatsu

 

Job here

Event	Job	Appointed	End
Matt Hijs Van Bonzel	Head of Economic Department	2005	2008

 

Citizens of Japan on Wikispooks

Title	Born	Died	Description
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.
Nobusuke Kishi	13 November 1896	7 August 1987
Yoichi Shimatsu

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
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.