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Source: Global Research
The Legacy of Shinzo Abe: Road to Self-Destructive Harakiri. Holy War 2.0
September 13, 2022
Source: Global Research
The Legacy of Shinzo Abe: Road to Self-Destructive Harakiri. Holy War 2.0
September 13, 2022
Introduction
The American military government left Japan in 1952 leaving behind the 1948 peace constitutions intended to prevent Japan from ever rising again as imperial military power. But, the irony of the political fate was such that the U.S. had to ask its hated former mega-enemy to give hand to fight communism.
Washington was looking for a leader to fight communism for the U.S. It chose Kishi Nobuske as the post-war leader for Japan. Kishi was known as the "Showa Monster" for his merciless racism, his cruelty, his inhuman way of exploiting Chinese and Koreans to promote the interest of Japan in Manchuria in the 1930s.
He was also right hand man of Tojo Hideki during WWII; he tried his best to kill Americans.
Kishi was A-Class war criminal, but he avoided hanging for his potential utility to promote American interests in Japan. He spent three years in prison and, in 1957, he became prime minister and built the foundation needed for the control of the post-war destiny of Japan.
Kishi and the surviving former leaders of the Japanese empire refused to admit Japanese unconditional surrender and had the dream of reviving the glory and power of Japan.
This dream was inherited by Kishi's grandson, Shinzo Abe and his group which I qualify as the Neo-Meiji Restoration Group (NMRG).
The Japanese hegemonic war in East Asia in the period 1910-1945 is called the "holy war" driven by Shinto nationalism. And it is most likely that the NMRG has been preparing another holy war (holy war 2.0).
This paper is interested in examining the following issues. To begin with, in the first section, this paper examines how Japan is preparing the possible holy war 2.0. In the second section, the paper discusses the impact of holy war 2.0 on neighbouring countries. Then, in the third section, scenarios of holy war 2.0 are presented. There will be a short section of conclusion.
Preparation for Holy War 2.0
The following are the strategies for war readiness:
• Role of the Nippon Gaigi• State Shinto• Further militarization• Lobbying Campaign• Washington-Tokyo complicity• Japanese people's submissiveness
Role of the Nippon Gaigi
To prepare for holy war 2.0, Japan must justify holy war 1.0 which took place during the first half of the 20th century.
The justification of the first holy war was needed in order to persuade the Japanese people to accept and actively support the second holy war.
The justification of holy war 1.0 has been promoted by the most far-right and the most influential organization known as the Nippon Gaigi (Japan Conference).
Nippon Gaigi is a huge think tank for the NMRG. It was established in 1981 and it has as many as 40,000 members most of whom are parts of the elite group of the Japanese society; it has 47 prefecture chapters and 230 local chapters.
The following amazing figures attest to its power. For instance, no less than 90% of Shinzo Abe's ministers were its members; as many as 50% of law makers are its members. Shinzo Abe was its advisor.
The Nippon Gaigi is claiming this:
The justification of the first holy war was needed in order to persuade the Japanese people to accept and actively support the second holy war.
The justification of holy war 1.0 has been promoted by the most far-right and the most influential organization known as the Nippon Gaigi (Japan Conference).
Nippon Gaigi is a huge think tank for the NMRG. It was established in 1981 and it has as many as 40,000 members most of whom are parts of the elite group of the Japanese society; it has 47 prefecture chapters and 230 local chapters.
The following amazing figures attest to its power. For instance, no less than 90% of Shinzo Abe's ministers were its members; as many as 50% of law makers are its members. Shinzo Abe was its advisor.
The Nippon Gaigi is claiming this:
• Japan has never surrendered to the allied armed forces; the Pacific War is still continuing.• The Tokyo War Criminal Court was not legitimate.• The invasion of Japan into Korea, Manchukuo and Chine was intended to liberate Asians from the West's imperialism and civilize the inferior people in Korea, Manchukuo and China.• Nippon Gaigi denies the existence of the Nanking Rape and the crime of raping Comfort Women.
If there is any incidence which prevents Japan from justifying its holy war is the crime against the "comfort women".
In particular, for Japan, it is not easy to admit its crime against the comfort women, because it was the most unholy event. Therefore, to justify and glorify the holy war 1.0, the crime against the comfort women should not have existed, at least in the mind of the Japanese people who should fight for the holy war 2.0.
That is why the story of the crime against the comfort women is taken out from Japanese school history text books. The media is also strictly watched to avoid any mention of the crime. In fact, some years, ago a college professor in a college in Hokkaido wrote an article about the comfort women. He was fired on the same day.
The campaign of cover-up of the crime against the comfort women is so effective that the great majority of Japanese people, especially, the young generations are unaware of the crime. This is the result of the cover-up job of the Nippon Gaigi and the NMRG led by Shinzo Abe.
The interesting question is why the war mongering Japanese leaders are so sensitive to and so fearful about the comfort women crime. The answer lies in the fact that the crime was extremely brutal hellish human right violation.
What the world saw was something which can happen in the most hellish hell. What the world saw makes you feel ashamed to share this earth with the people who committed such a crime. When you see the images of young girls buried alive in mass graves, you cry with anger, sorrow and despair.
This crime had the following terrible characteristics.
First, it was most beastly cruel sexual torturing of poor girls ever recorded. In average, the poor girls had to be raped as many as 20 times a day.
Second, the number of victims was beyond imagination; no less than 250,000 women were victims.
Third, the horrible crime lasted during the whole period of the Pacific War. It was the longest collective raping ever recorded in the history of collective raping.
Fourth, it demonstrated the ugly face of Japanese racism revealed by the absence of Japanese comfort women and statements of two Japanese soldiers made during court hearings on war crimes.
A Japanese soldier said: "I raped these girls, because I am a soldier of the emperor!"
Another Japanese soldier said: "These comfort women are just military equipment!"
It appears that the NMRG led by Shinzo Abe are the most concerned with the brutal revelation of Japanese racism through the crime against the comfort women. This crime compromises Japan's pretense of being a racism-free country.
Image: Nanking woman photographed after being raped by Japanese soldiers. (Licensed under the Public Domain)
The Nanking Rape was also surely one of the worst beastly crimes observed in the history of mankind. It was one of the most violent genocides ever committed in the annals of war.
Hundreds of thousands of Nanking residents were killed by canon, machine guns, rifles and Japanese swords. Countless girls, young women and old women were raped in open air in front of family members and neighbours. Most of buildings were destroyed.
Now coming back to the crime against the comfort women, Nippon Gaigi has a dilemma. It wants to deny the crime against the poor comfort women. But, to their disappointment, some of the prominent Japanese politicians admitted the crime.
In 1992, Koichi Kato, the, chief cabinet secretary, stated this.
"Government has been involved in the establishment of comfort stations, the control of those who recruited comfort women, the construction and enforcement of comfort facilities, the management of comfort stations… and that the government wanted to express its sincere apology and remorse to all those who have suffered indescribable hardship as so called wartime comfort women."
In 1993, Yohei Kono, former chief secretary of the prime minster office, made the following statement.
In particular, for Japan, it is not easy to admit its crime against the comfort women, because it was the most unholy event. Therefore, to justify and glorify the holy war 1.0, the crime against the comfort women should not have existed, at least in the mind of the Japanese people who should fight for the holy war 2.0.
That is why the story of the crime against the comfort women is taken out from Japanese school history text books. The media is also strictly watched to avoid any mention of the crime. In fact, some years, ago a college professor in a college in Hokkaido wrote an article about the comfort women. He was fired on the same day.
The campaign of cover-up of the crime against the comfort women is so effective that the great majority of Japanese people, especially, the young generations are unaware of the crime. This is the result of the cover-up job of the Nippon Gaigi and the NMRG led by Shinzo Abe.
The interesting question is why the war mongering Japanese leaders are so sensitive to and so fearful about the comfort women crime. The answer lies in the fact that the crime was extremely brutal hellish human right violation.
What the world saw was something which can happen in the most hellish hell. What the world saw makes you feel ashamed to share this earth with the people who committed such a crime. When you see the images of young girls buried alive in mass graves, you cry with anger, sorrow and despair.
This crime had the following terrible characteristics.
First, it was most beastly cruel sexual torturing of poor girls ever recorded. In average, the poor girls had to be raped as many as 20 times a day.
Second, the number of victims was beyond imagination; no less than 250,000 women were victims.
Third, the horrible crime lasted during the whole period of the Pacific War. It was the longest collective raping ever recorded in the history of collective raping.
Fourth, it demonstrated the ugly face of Japanese racism revealed by the absence of Japanese comfort women and statements of two Japanese soldiers made during court hearings on war crimes.
A Japanese soldier said: "I raped these girls, because I am a soldier of the emperor!"
Another Japanese soldier said: "These comfort women are just military equipment!"
It appears that the NMRG led by Shinzo Abe are the most concerned with the brutal revelation of Japanese racism through the crime against the comfort women. This crime compromises Japan's pretense of being a racism-free country.
Image: Nanking woman photographed after being raped by Japanese soldiers. (Licensed under the Public Domain)
The Nanking Rape was also surely one of the worst beastly crimes observed in the history of mankind. It was one of the most violent genocides ever committed in the annals of war.
Hundreds of thousands of Nanking residents were killed by canon, machine guns, rifles and Japanese swords. Countless girls, young women and old women were raped in open air in front of family members and neighbours. Most of buildings were destroyed.
Now coming back to the crime against the comfort women, Nippon Gaigi has a dilemma. It wants to deny the crime against the poor comfort women. But, to their disappointment, some of the prominent Japanese politicians admitted the crime.
In 1992, Koichi Kato, the, chief cabinet secretary, stated this.
"Government has been involved in the establishment of comfort stations, the control of those who recruited comfort women, the construction and enforcement of comfort facilities, the management of comfort stations… and that the government wanted to express its sincere apology and remorse to all those who have suffered indescribable hardship as so called wartime comfort women."
In 1993, Yohei Kono, former chief secretary of the prime minster office, made the following statement.
• The Japanese military was directly or indirectly involved in the establishment and management of comfort women.• The recruitment of comfort women was entrusted mainly by private recruiters of the comfort women.• In many cases, they were recruited against their will.•At times, administrative/military personnel took part in the recruitment.• They lived in misery at comfort station under a coercive atmosphere.
Thus, Kato and Kono made it crystal clear that the sub-human treatment of 250,000 young girls mostly from Korea was carried out not only by the military but also by the administration of Japan. What these two former chiefs of cabinet said was the proof of the beastly atrocity committed to the poor girls by Japan. Kato even offered an apology.
In 1995, Tomichi Murayama, former prime minister, said this:
"In the hope that no such mistakes be made in the future, I regret in spirit of humility, these un-refutable facts of history and here once again my feeling of deep remorse and state my heartfelt apologies."In 2005, Junichiro Koizumi, former prime minster, made an apology:
"Sincerely facing these facts of history, I once again express my feeling of deep remorse and heartfelt apology."Both Murayama and Koizumi were highly respected prime ministers. In fact, Koizumi was Shinzo Abe's boss.
But, incredible thing happened. Despite the public statement of these politicians admitting the historical fact of comfort women, the Nippon Gaigi and Abe deny the historical fact.
Since 2015, in numerous occasions, Shinzo Abe flatly denied the existence of the crime. At another occasion, he said that the comfort women came to the comfort camp voluntarily. In other occasions, he claimed that there was no coercion. In other occasions, he said that these women were prostitutes.
Many have wondered and still wondering why Shinzo Abe cannot accept the historical fact. What he said amounts to saying that those politicians who made apology including his boss, Koizumi, were lying.
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