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Ken Joseph "coincidently" echoes US policy on Japan
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In a blatant snub at the world, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi worshipped at the infamous Yasukuni Shrine for the first
time in 24 years on August 15, the end of World War II.

Compared on Japanese TV by one commentator to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for pushing through with the visit despite worldwide
condemnation, nevertheless he visited the shrine that honors not only the tens of thousands who died during the war but also the war
criminals, hanged following the trials in Japan.

Many Japanese expressed surprise at recent disclosures of what has come to be known as the `Tominaga Memo`, in which secretary to
Emperor Hirohito wrote down the words of the previous Emperor strongly opposing visits to the Shrine.

What made even former Emperor Hirohito so angry according to the previously undisclosed memo was the fact that in 1978 convicted War
Criminals, including Tojo the architect of the war were interred in the Military Shrine.

So incensed was even the Emperor that he refused to visit the Shrine until his death in 1989.

In addition thousands of Christians and others have been interred in the Shrine against the will of their families.

Christians in particular were forced to pray to the Emperor and Yasukuni Shrine and those who refused were imprisoned.

Many, particularly those who suffered so much in China and Korea, see the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister to the symbol of
Japan’s aggression as not only an affront, but as a clear sign that the much hated Japanese Empire is in fact returning.

What makes especially the regional powers particularly angry is the fact that it was done on August 15th, which for the region is a
sacred day, namely the end of the war.

What concerns many in the region, in particular neighboring countries is what is perceived as a rebirth of the Japanese Empire which
wreaked havoc throughout the region, eventually bringing in the United States, Britain and other countries.

In spite of repeated assurances, the facts clearly show a return to the 1930s, period where radical forces took over the Japanese
Government and dragged the country to the war.

An elderly Japanese woman says `It reminds me of when I was young. It is the same atmosphere, the same words and the same steps. It
makes me shudder with fear. `

What is of great concern to experts in particular is the revisionists who say that Japan did nothing wrong in the war and it was the
fault of The United States and other Western powers who `forced` her to go to war to defend herself.

The `Yushukan` museum, which is housed inside Yasukuni Shrine, is a testimony to this revisionist history. It clearly states in its
many exhibits that Japan did nothing wrong in the war and those who died, including Hideki Tojo the architect of the war are in fact
martyrs to the cause.

In particular the interpretation of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is in fact self defense, pushed on by an embargo placed on
Japan by the United States.


Taken alone, the act in itself could be interpreted as the last act of a Prime Minister who promised he would do it. Linked, though
to other events the act is a very worrying sign of the re-emergence of the Japanese Empire.

Japan’s Constitution, the pride of Japanese clearly states that Japan will never have a military force. The reality though can be
clearly seen with a visit to the `Boeicho` or Defense Ministry. The huge series of buildings are in themselves testimony to the
second largest military force in the world.

Further, concerning are a recent lack of denial of possession of Nuclear Weapons with Japanese Government leaders in 2002 bragging
that Japan had enough Plutonium in its possession to produce thousands of Nuclear Weapons which according to many experts is
possible, given Japan’s refusal of complete IAEA inspections.

Recently The Union Of Concerned Scientists released a statement calling on the Japanese Government to postpone a controversial
Nuclear Reprocessing Plant with capacity to separate and stockpile the equivalent of 1,000 nuclear bombs per year.

Despite the fact that Japan has a stated policy of having `no surplus` plutonium, at the end of 2003 its plutonium stockpile stood
at 40.6 metric tons – enough to construct some 5,000 nuclear weapons.

Whether, Japan is just entering a generational change or as many suspect is returning to pre-war fascism, it is clear that the
peaceful, business oriented Japan is a thing of the past and a stronger, more assertive Japan, most likely Nuclear Armed is just
around the corner.

The visit of the Japans Prime Minister to the symbol of Japans Militarist Past, on August 15 to bow his head to honor the likes of
Hideki Tojo could very well be the beginning of another `Iran`, this time in Asia.

Ken Joseph Jr.

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