Japan
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Capital city | Tokyo |
Location | East Asia, Pacific Ocean |
Type | nation state |
Interest of | Gerald Curtis, Michael J. Green, Ezra Vogel, Karel van Wolferen, Karel von Wolferen |
Member of | G-20, Global Counter Terrorism Forum, International Energy Agency, OECD |
Subpage | •Japan/Deep state •Japan/Deputy Prime Minister •Japan/Leader of the Opposition •Japan/Minister of Finance |
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[1] and has been aggressively re-militarising.
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History
The US sent gunboats in 1853/4 to force Japan to open up to its business interests.
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.")[2] After WW2, the country was demilitarized.
Deep state
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Japan/Deep state
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The Japanese deep state was rebooted in 1945. Since 2001
21st Century
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.[3]
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?”[4] - 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.[5]
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 refernce 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."[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] In 2017, thousands protested mass surveillance that Shinzo Abe said was needed to fight "terrorism" .[3]
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.[9]
On 24th April, radioactive contamination was discovered in a park in Tokyo.[10]
Fukushima Daiichi
- Full article: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- 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 | Description |
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Mukden Incident | A particularly feeble excuse of a false flag used by the Japanese to try to justify their 1931 invasion of Manchuria |
An Office Holder on Wikispooks
Name | From | To |
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Tomoyuki Yamashita | 26 September 1944 | 2 September 1945 |
Ambassadors to Japan
Nation state | Start | Description |
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Ambassador to Japan | ||
Canada/Ambassador to Japan | ||
China/Ambassador to Japan | ||
Turkey/Ambassador to Japan | ||
UK/Ambassador to Japan | 1905 | |
US/Ambassador to Japan | 5 November 1859 |
Event
Event |
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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster |
Groups Headquartered Here
A Group Headquartered Here | Description |
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Capital Partners Securities | |
Japan/Deep state | The Japanese deep state was reportedly rebooted by the US deep state after the Japanese defeat in WW2. |
Komatsu | |
Nagasaki University | |
University of Tsukuba |
Job here
Event | Job | Appointed | End |
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Matt Hijs Van Bonzel | Head of Economic Department | 2005 | 2008 |
Citizens of Japan on Wikispooks
Title | Born | Died | Description |
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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. | |
Yukio Hatoyama | 11 February 1947 | ||
Nobusuke Kishi | 13 November 1896 | 7 August 1987 | |
Mitsuhiro Shimada | 2 February 1979 | Spooky Japanese businessman. Officially, a suicide. | |
Yoichi Shimatsu | Hong Kong-based freelance journalist | ||
Yoshihide Suga | |||
Nobuo Tanaka | 3 March 1950 |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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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. |
References
- ↑ http://www.iiss.org/en/about%20us/press%20room/press%20releases/press%20releases/archive/2014-dd03/february-0abc/military-balance-2014-press-statement-52d7
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040623233500/http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/warner30july1945.htm
- ↑ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/asia/japan-anti-terror-conspiracy-abe.html
- ↑ https://www.globalresearch.ca/main-japanese-opposition-party-questions-9-11-in-parliament/7803
- ↑ http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002859676
- ↑ http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/japan-reinterprets-constitution-can-defend-allies-in-combat-1.291389
- ↑ http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150515p2a00m0na017000c.html
- ↑ http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150515p2g00m0dm075000c.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32414843
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32443450