Deeply impressed with well-defined analysis of U.S. anti-Japan maneuvering in Asia before and after the Greater East Asia War (or the World War II or the Pacific War called in the Western Hemisphere; read The Greater East Asia War" VS. "The Pacific War" ) in the blog post I was recently exposed to, I have decided to devote my time and effort to writing a brief English summary of the post whose title is "Why the Republic of Korea has turned against Japan? 韓国が「反日」になったわけ ".
Syngman Rhee (born on March 26, 1875 and died on July 19, 1965) had forced the Korean population to deny anything Japanese by nurturing hatred toward Japan among the Korean population as soon as he became the first president of the Republic of Korea in 1948 ( Read When S. Korea Gained Independence? August 15, 1945 or August 13, 1948? ).
He was actively involved in fabricating a story that Korea before Japan-Korean annexation in 1910 was the most ideal state in the East whereas denouncing falsely Japan as the most barbaric nation and in spreading it throughout U.S. via such mass media as newspapers published by William Randolph Hearst, thereby trying to seek and secure assistance from U.S. (Read Koreans Return Evil for Good ).
His fabricated story of Japan as "evil" undoubtedly served as a basis for U.S. to determine its political intervention in the Far East. A majority of Koreans who actually lived happily during the 35 years of annexation had to accept his fictitious story, knowing it was untrue because anyone who publicly stated "The Great Imperial Japan was good or Rhee's government was bad" was arrested, jailed, tortured, and executed by Rhee.
He further strengthened his anti-Japan policy, so as to detruct people's attention from the serious crimes he committed soon after he sworn in as the first president. Just to list a few of his atrocities in South Korea, Rhee was responsible for Bodo League massacre of 1950 (South Korean civilian organizations believe there might have been up to 1,140,000 victims,representing 6% of the 1950 population of South Korea. ), Jeju Uprising of 1948 in which 14,000 to 60,000 individuals were killed in fighting or execution, and National Defense Corps Incident of 1950 in which some 50,000to 90,000 soldiers starved to death or died of disease on the march and in the training camps because the National Defense Corps Commander Kim Yungun (Kim Yun-keun) (Kim Yoon-keun), son-in-law of Defence minister Shin Sung-mo embezzled funds allocated to foods for the recruited soldiers.
Thus, the direction of Japan-South Korean relationship was basically determined when Rhee became the first president of the Republic of Korea, well assisted by the U.S. government. His anti-Japan policy has been uninterruptedly handed down, one after another, to the current president.
A Japanese fisherman abducted and tortured by South Korea in 1950s. No information on his whereabouts has been given to Japan by South Korea.
A Brief History - Takeshima Invasion by ROK: During the period of January 18, 1952 (date of unilateral establishment of Syngman Rhee Line) to June 22, 1965 (signing date of Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea), 328 Japanese fishing vessels were captured and 3,929 fishermen were abducted by South Korea. And,44 Japanese fishermen were brutally murdered by South Korea. Besides, South Korea used abducted fishermen as a bargaining chip for negotiating with Japan on the Treaty.
Raise your original Korean flag (Chinese characters say "a vassal state of Great China) given by china when Korea became a vassal state of China 1,000 years ago!
At the Budget Committee of the Upper House, the Diet (Japan's national legislature) held on April 25, the Democratic Party of Japan, better known as so-called "Anti-Japan Political Party" or "A group of leftist operatives" or "A group of traitors" among many Japanese cybercitizens has failed a surprise attack on Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Abe Shinzo and Mr. Furuya Keiji, State Minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals over the Abe Cabinet members' visit to Yasukuni Shrine where 2.4 million brave souls of the fallen soldiers are enshrined at for remembering and honoring their dedicated services to Japan and her people.
Ms. Tokunaga Eri, representing the Democratic Party of Japan clearly stated in her question that families of abductees (those abducted by North Korea) have lost all hope (of rescuing the victims) due to the Abe Cabinet members' visit to Yasukuni Shrine, subsequently raising a question of whether the Abe Cabinet will further address the abduction issue or not.
Her story came as a bolt from the blue. Mr. Furuya Keiji then immediately returned a question to her "Can you tell us which one of the families of abduction victims has actually criticized our visit to Yasukuni Shrine? I just can't overlook your accusation. So, give us their names if it is true?."
Without clarifying the accusation she just made against Mr. Furuya Keiji, she suddenly started firing words of accusation at PM Abe Shinzo as she seemed having been cornered, facing a question of who has criticized the visit to Yasukuni Shrine. Although she seemed to have lost her confidence in winning her battle, she asked PM Abe what he thinks of their visit to Yasukuni Shrine she believes undeniable in having negatively impacted South Korea and China.
Before replying her question, PM Abe asked her to answer the question raised by Mr. Furuya Keiji as he believes it extremely essential in view of the importance attached to the functions of the Budget Committee. PM Abe further stated that not only she as a questioner will lose her credibility but also she will damage credibility of her party if she can't produce evidence to substantiate her claim.
PM Abe emphatically reminded her that in the area of diplomacy, there exist a number of attempts to repudiate truths, for example, Chinese denial of a truth that Senkaku has long been historically and internationally recognized as being an integral part of Japan.
As for the visits to Yasukuni Shrine, PM Abe introduced her to the historical account that no South Korean president had ever criticized Japan until Roh Moo-hyun became the ninth president of South Korea (2003–2008). PM Abe believes it important to look into why South Korea has all of a sudden posed in such a manner as to show its current stance toward our visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
He further emphasized that even China had never protested Japan against ex-Prime Ministers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine when and after 14 Japanese, so-called war criminals (Note: no war criminals legally acknowledged in Japan. They were either executed=murdered by US or died in jail.) were enshrined together with other brave souls in 1978. He said it was just recently that Chinese criticism came out of the blue.
He continued to say that similarly China had never protested Japan against her sovereignty over Senkaku Islands during the period from 1895 to 1971. PM Abe believes it necessary to fully recognize these facts, so that we will properly deal with China and at the same time he believes it natural to express a sense of reverence for those who devoted their lives to our country. He believes that his cabinet members will not accept any threats whatsoever.
Concluding her question over Yasukuni Shrine, Ms. Tokunaga Eri asked PM Abe how he will deal with unpleasant feelings expressed by China and South Korea.
PM Abe said that Yasukuni Shrine is here in Japan and just nearby here, and that he strongly questions those who accept their criticism of our visit to Yasukuni Shrine for praying for the brave souls without feeling unjustified pain and that he believes it wrong for them to condemn our visits. PM Abe continued to say he believes it is his duty to defend our national interests and to preserve pride of our history and tradition. He finally said he would like to make it clear that we will not compromise our pride just for the sake of harmonizing.
Ms. Tokunaga said feebly she has some sentiments about this matter; therefore, she will discuss them with PM Abe whenever possible in the future. She sounded like she was learning an important lesson by this failed attack.
Mr. Nariaki Nakayama, a member of the House of Representatives tweets as follows;
In the Budget Committee of the Lower House, Japan's National Legislature, I believe that the door has been opened for Prime Minister of Japan Shintaro Abe to visit Yasukuni Shrine since I first raised a question of what Prime Minister thinks of his failure to visit Yasukuni Shrine despite the very fact that he visits Arlington National Cemetery where the soldiers killed in battles against Japan are honored and remembered. And, then I touched upon the diary of the late Prime Minister of China Zhou Enlai, in which he states that he was deeply impressed by Yasukuni Shrine when he visited there. This overture, I believe, has thwarted expected criticism (of PM Abe's future visit to Yasukuni Shrine) by China, thus helping Japan become a normal nation.
(The above translation is provisional.)
Below is the tweets related to the above.
Ted Yokohama 富嶽
@TedYokohama
PM Abe states at Budget Committee that he visits Arlington Cemetery, USA & pays respects to the unknown soldiers. Cont.
Nothing wrong with him visiting & paying respect to the fallen soldiers enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine Cont.
which Great Chinese Leader, Zhou Enlai once highly praised. Any objection? Cont.
Hoping to see Pres etc. visiting Yasukuni Shrine & paying respect to the fallen soldiers at Yasukuni Shrine. Reciprocity urged
If USA regards Japan-US alliance as the most vital one to the Asia-Pacific region, u shld act accordingly. See u at Yasukuni!
It is reported that US Secretary of State Dulles had repeatedly threatened Japan over territorial issues while Japan was trying to straighten out the entangled territorial issues intentionally created by U.S. government, thereby keeping those irritants effectively damaging to Japan's relations with China, Taiwan, ROK, and the Soviet Union (now Russia).
@AFP @FRANCE24 Breaking News: Nouvellement nommé ambassadeur japonais en Chine, M. Nishimiya a été retrouvé inconscient dans la rue à Shibuya, Tokyo. Selon les témoins, il s'est effondré tout d'un coup tout en marchant. Il a été immédiatement transporté à l'hôpital. Cependant, ses conditions n'ont pas encore été divulgués.
Président sud-coréen Lee aurait diffamé le Japon et son peuple à nouveau quand il a rencontré le secrétaire d'Etat américaine, Mme Clinton à Vladivostok, en Russie le 9 Septembre. Un gouvernement sud-coréen de haut rang officiel révèle la déclaration de Lee a fait lors de sa rencontre avec Mme Clinton comme disant que le Japon est en direction de l'extrémisme de droite et, par conséquent, le Japon devrait abandonner l'extrémisme de droite pour la paix dans le nord-est Asie.
On s'attend à ce que son double face diplomatie approfondira encore la préoccupation du Japon sur les relations futures avec le pays dirigé par un dictateur Lee, ce durcissement son attitude envers le pays. Il est à noter ici que les PM Noda et président Lee accord sur la promotion de la relation tournée vers l'avenir entre les deux pays au cours de la brève réunion informelle de l'APEC juste avant Lee a rencontré des États-Unis secrétaire d'État Clinton.
Lee semble tellement désespérée de trouver un execuse pour rejeter la demande du Japon pour le règlement pacifique des Takeshima question à la Cour internationale de Justice à La Haye.
South Korean president Lee has reportedly defamed Japan and her people again when he met with U.S. Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton at Vladivostok, Russia on September 9. A South Korean government high-ranking official reveals Lee's statement made at his meeting with Mrs. Clinton as saying that Japan has been heading toward "right-wing extremism"; therefore, Japan should abandon "right-wing extremism" for peace in the northeast Asia.
It is expected that his double-faced and double-tongued diplomacy will further deepen Japan's concern over the future relation with the country ruled by a dictator Lee, thereby undoubtedly hardening Japan’s attitude toward the country. It has to be noted here that PM Noda and president Lee agreed on promoting the future-oriented relation between Japan and South Korea during their brief informal meeting at APEC just before Lee’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton.
Lee seems so desparate to find any execuse for rejecting Japan's request for the peaceful settlement of Takeshima issue at International Court of Justice in Hague.
The article "Why Japan and South Korea Are Feuding Over a Cluster of Rocks" recently published by The Newsweek shows some understanding, although basically limited to mere enumeration of banal facts of the territorial issue, of the historically significant irritant created during the U.S. occupation of Japan. It has failed to reveal and describe the differences between Japanese and Western perspectives of Japan-Korean relations in the historical context of the substantial and imminent Western threat to the existence of Japan, China, and Korea in the late 19th century and in the early 20th century.
Japan has constantly and consistently maintained low posturing on Takeshima for decades, mainly due to her deep concern that apparent re-surfacing of Takeshima issue in the Sea of Japan would only aggravate Japan-South Korea relation, consequently jeopardizing fragile security and stability during the Cold War and now would weaken Japan's most important alliance with the United States in the face of the growing threats from China and North Korea.
Japan has been extremely patient and calm despite a number of outrageous deeds done and words uttered by South Korea against Japan on many occasions. It is fully recognized here in Japan that South Korea has often behaved rude to Japan, obviously reflecting its definite anti-Japan policy Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea began to implement for the first time in the history of Korea in 1948, with due attention paid to the directives from U.S.A. , weathering storms in the Sea of Japan and in the Yellow Sea. His anti-Japan policy has been uninterruptedly handed down, one after another, even to the incumbent president Park Geun-hye whose father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea who ruled South Korea under his dictatorship from 1963 to 1979.
Notwithstanding their rudeness and delinquency, Japan has resolutely and calmly sought to establish mutually beneficial relationship with South Korea by technically and economically assisting the country for its path to the economic development in hopes that Japan would fully achieve peace and prosperity for all in the region.
In other words, South Korea has defined Japan as its enemy and has accordingly brainwashed its population into thinking that Japan had destroyed the Korean culture and had often stolen the Korean natural resources during 35 years (Koreans often claim that the annexation lasted for 36 years for unknown reasons) of Japan-Korea annexation. Therefore, a term "frenemy" used in the Newsweek article seems quite misleading to its readers.
By passing the buck to Japan, both North and South Koreas, and U.S.A. , including the Japanese leftists and/or the Koreans shamelessly still residing in Japan despite their clear manifestation of resentment toward Japan and her people are trying to find their justification for the rights to either militarily or non-militarily occupy Japan.
Japan was neither a colonialist nor an invader. Japan-Korea annexation treaty of 1910 was internationally recognized as a lawful one over which no western powers have ever cast any doubts. Unlike many Asian nations colonized by the West, Korea was neither colonized nor exploited by Japan during the period of 1910 to 1945. The entire procedure was carried out in a peaceful manner since Korea was a party who requested Japan to annex Korea lest it would be colonized by either Russia or the western powers.
Moreover, 70 million Japanese population was fully exploited by Koreans in a sense that they had to bear the tax increase that had generated JPY 20.7897 billion (JPY 63 trillion at the current value) from 1907 to 1944, all of which had been spent on modernization of the Korean peninsula. These figures do not include the budget required for the Japanese personnel, military forces, including weapons, etc. Besides, Japan fully paid for the natural resources imported from the peninsula.
South Korea has continued to deceive the whole world by publicly blaming Japan that Japan brutally exploited Korea during Japan-Korea annexation while in fact still benefitting from Japan's achievement in the country. To show a few of data indicating how much Japan contributed to improvement of Korea after annexation, Japanese private companies constructed 11 hydroelectric dams whose total generating capacity was 1,470,000 kwh. In 1912, Korea had only 27,525 households who used electricity. By 1939, the number of households using electric lights increased to 2,063,708.
In the area of education, Japan placed greater emphasis on the primary education because practically no school existed in Korea before annexation, quite contrary to what South Korea teaches children at schools now, using the textbook saying that Korea had already 5,000 schools in 1905. In fact, Japan established 4,271 elementary schools throughout Korea by 1943 and some high schools and one national university now called "Seoul University".
Japan's past achievement in Korea ranges from rice cultivation to the industrial complexes considered highly sophisticated in those days, including promotion and popularization of Hangul writing system, etc. Simply speaking, Korea was such a backward country as brutally ruled and oppressed by China before Japan defeated China in 1895. Koreans were in fact fully deprived by China of its right to live like humans. No historical evidence shows that Japan has caused grievances as much as the Koreans believe entitled to defame Japan and her people by making vulgar remarks on His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Rather, Korea was highly motivated to propose annexation to Japan since she showed off power said to be stronger than China and Russia before 1910.
Watch this video showing Korea before and after Japan-Korea annexation in 1910
Read a note below for the written information on the video
The Newsweek article treats Japan and South Korea as the same frenemies, almost like classifying Japan into a group of rogue states such as both Koreas. It further offends Japan and her people by suggesting that Japan has done something quite offensive to Korea in the last 100 years.
Since Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Repulic of Korea was signed on June 22, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan has technically and economically assisted South Korea whenever the country has faced difficulties. By concluding the treaty, Japan decided to extend technical and economic assistance in the form of ODA (Official Development Assistance) and of money gift (to congratulate The Republic of Korea on its independence) to South Korea designated as one of the poorest nations in Asia in those days. Aso, Japan finally had to waive Japan's right to the national assets estimated by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be USD 5.3 billion (not at the current value) and Japanese private assets left in the Korean peninsula because they had been found already confiscated by both the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union.
Most importantly, every evidence including the San Francisco Peace Treaty signed in 1951 storngly supports Japan's assertion that Takeshima has been historically an integral part of Japan. Besides, she has never given up Takeshima islets before, during, and after the negotiation of the treaty of 1965 between Japan and a newly born country, South Korea. And, South Korea neither mentioned nor brought up "Comfort Women" issue before, during and after the negotiation. However, it was 1982 when Yuto Yoshida (better known as Seiji Yoshida in Japan), a Japanese writer and former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, published his memoir, admitting that he was involved in forcing the Korean women into comfort women which later was confirmed to be false by both Japan and South Korea through detailed investigations. No evidence has been produced to substantiate South Korea's claim that the Imperial Japanese Army had actually forced them into "Comfort Women".
It has to be emphasized here that Koreans have become habitually disrespectful of bilateral agreements with such a highly respected nation as Japan once they have secured material benefits from the agreements.
Finally Japan should propose to the U.S. government that both countries, if the U.S. truly and faithfully regards Japan as a full-fledged independent nation, sit together and discuss major differences between historical perspectives as seen in the Greater East Asia war vs. the Pacific war.
Notes: A notorious example depicting the Korean diplomats' behavior as being incomprehensibly rude is that as soon as Japanese diplomats unexpectedly brought up Takeshima issue during the diplomatic talk, the Korean diplomats suddenly stood up and actually turned the table upside down. Suppose you are working as a diplomat. How will you react if your counterpart all of a sudden stands up and turns a negotiating table upside down?
A Brief History - Takeshima Invasion by ROK: During the period of January 18, 1952 (date of unilateral establishment of Syngman Rhee Line) to June 22, 1965 (signing date of Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea), 328 Japanese fishing vessels were captured and 3,929 fishermen were abducted by South Korea. And, 44 Japanese fishermen were brutally murdered by South Korea. Besides, South Korea used abducted fishermen as a bargaining chip for negotiating with Japan on the Treaty.
Before annexation 1. Seoul was almost like nothing but some poor villages.
2. Korean women wore traditional clothes with their breasts exposed. Only women who gave birth to a son were permitted to wear the special attire. Those women were so proud of wearing this attire with their breasts sticking out in the public.
After annexation 1. The city of Seoul was modernized with street cars, department stores, electricity, sewage system, railway system, dams, industrial complex, etc.
2. Japan placed much emphasis on education by establishing thousands of schools throughout the Korean peninsula. Japan developed text books in Hangul and popularized Hangul in Korea because only a few percents of the population was educated.
The above is only a small portoin of Japan's contributions to the development of the Korean peninsula which both South Korea and North Korea have so far denied.
With what you have just watched in your mind, read what's written below and you will have some idea of what is true and what is not.
Mr. Kim Man Cheol (金満哲) stated about his own country and people is True? This is a question being often asked by many Japanese bloggers, which I recently came across. I will tentatively translate his statement into English since a large number of the Japanese bloggers have shown a keen interest in his description of South Korea and its people.
South Korean Critic Mr. Kim Mǎn Zhe 金満哲 says:My people, South Koreans are all liars. I feel so ashamed of this fact and find it regrettable.
South Korea has been modernized all by itself? Don't be stupid! The modernization of South Korea has been achieved by Japan with an input of enormous investment and human resources into our country.
South Korea resisted the Japanese administration during 36 years of annexation? You must be kidding! My people South Koreans have willingly submitted themselves to the Japanese administration like donkeys. That is how it really was. Although there was very small resistance, everyone from top to bottom had admired Japan and had tried to become Japanese.
I was so shocked and became speechless to know that South Koreans believe in the achievement of South Korea's independence all by itself. No Koreans desired to be independent from Japan but the United States of America forced us to become independent. It is a truth.
"Hangang Miracle!" Don't make me laugh! The economic development of South Korea has been achieved with an enormous amount of economic and technical assistance extended by Japan under the name of compensations. Any uncivilized people would have achieved economic growth if assisted as much as we have.
The Japanese culture has grown out of Korea? You really must be kidding? Just remember that we had no culture at all before Korea was annexed to Japan! Before 1910 annexation, our peninsula was filled with the people living like beggars.
The present Korea is a house built on sand not even built by us but built by others. And, the house is full of vainglory, hypocrisy, distortion and arrogance. All we can see here are mimic, dependency and distortion.
Without realizing what the true qualities of Korea are, it seems that Koreans both in South Korea and in Japan must have lost their minds. I have to admit that the whole thing is nothing but shame.
The following is a description of South Korea and its people in Japanese by Mr. Kim Man Cheol (金満哲) .
Note: The economic growth South Korea achieved in 1970s is called "Hangang Miracle". The above article is subject to change whenever the author finds it necessary to add, correct, delete, etc.
According to the Korean English newspapers, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to mediate heightened diplomatic tensions between Japan and South Korea through separate meetings with both leaders. Japan has not done anything offensive to ROK. U.S. should tell South Korea president Lee to apologize to Japan for his extremely rude and vulgar remarks on His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, not to mention his illegal landing on Takeshima islets, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. PM Noda's party will lose majority for sure when general election is held within a year due to his failure to act for Japan's interests. This is what a majority of the Japanese voices on the diplomatic tensions between Japan as a peace-loving nation and ROK as a rogue state. If U.S. voices a word in favor of ROK, the Japanese public may not withstand U.S. double tongued or double faced diplomacy any longer.
Japan's territorial issues were created by U.S.A., so that Japan would remain alienated from its neighbors due to stumbling blocks (territorial disputes) to smooth relations with her neighbors. Therefore, Japan has to maintain Japan-U.S. security pact as long as the issues remain unsolved. It’s called “Divide and Rule”. In the past decades, U.S. has maintained security treaty with Japan, however, U.S. has never fought for Japan. If U.S. is a true ally of Japan as U.S. claims, U.S. should protect and secure Japan's interests even in the area of territorial disputes.
South Korea's rejection to jointly file a suit with International Court of Justice over Takeshima islets illegally occupied by South Korea since 1952.
Many expected that South Korea would behave as a grown-up nation by severing its link with the past, in which it had often practically torn up documents of bilateral agreements as soon as they achieved objectives of securing material benefits from Japan.
However, South Korea has acted as usual, by refuting Japan's proposal to jointly file a suit with the International Court of Justice for a peaceful settlement of the dispute over the Takeshima islands in the Sea of Japan.
This act has only served as a propellant to deepen its infamous ruffianism and to taint self-claimed "Globalized Korea", for which South Korea has recently spent millions of dollars.
When officially rejected, South Korea failed to indicate neither reasons nor concrete alternatives. However, it is believed that Japan will continue to seek appropriate measures in accordance with relevant laws, including an option of filing the suit with the International Court of Justice alone.
A Japanese fisherman abducted and tortured by South Korea in 1950s. No information on his whereabouts has been given to Japan by South Korea.
I believe that South Korea should appear at International Court of Justice as repeatedly requested by the Government of Japan. Particularly when South Korea is confident about the ownership of Takeshima islets, nothing and nobody will prevent South Korea from contesting the case of Takeshima in the court. South Korea should face justice without further delay before the relations between Japan and South Korea further deteriorate.
TheKoreaHerald
Japan’s old textbooks show Dokdo as Korean territory http://bit.ly/PnQ9B7 #southkorea
Regardless of the negative impact South Korean pres. Lee's illegal entry into Takeshima islets, Japan's intrinsic part will probably have on both economies, and particularly on regional stability and security, Japan shall never find legitmate reasons to forget and to forgive his outrageous and absurd behaviors including his offensive remarks on His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
It is the time that Japan must firmly stand up against injustice South Korea has promoted based on the stories fabricated in collaboration with leftists whom U.S. has covertly and often overtly encouraged to grow up in the post war Japan.
If one were asked to summrize U.S. occupation policy through Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP), the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan from September 2, 1945 to April 28, 1952 in a simple equation, one would formulate either one of equations below.
1. "Japan suffered defeat in the Greater East Asia War"
Defeat=Weak=Evil
However, there is another equation.
2. "Japan suffered defeat in the Greater East Asia War"
Weaker than U.S.=Defeat=Justice
Whoever has taught Koreans a history of Japan-U.S. relations from the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1853, they support the first equation, upon which they have cooked up their own history of Japan-South Korea, thereby mythologizing that Japan forced Korea to agree on the annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910, during which Japan practiced brutal rule over Korea and Koreans.
For readers' better understanding, read the story below.
Japan in East Asia: Unpromising and Discouraging Future in 19th Century
Japan's modern history and colonization of Asia by the west are inseparably related to each other. There are three major points we should consider as prerequisites for describing a history of modernizing Japan.
At the starting point of Japan's modernization, Japan was faced with growing military threats from Great Britain, Russia, France, Netherlands, U.S.A., Germany, etc. while nothing but their battles for domination in Asia prevented them from fully and easily colonizing Asia. Therefore, they were still fighting for supremacy in Asia while Japan was going through a process of modernizing herself, so as to maintain her own independence. ex. Great Britain completed her control over India just 10 years before Meiji Restoration in 1868, Burma in 1886, and Malay Peninsula in 1909. France took Vietnam by force in 1887. Netherlands officially colonized Indonesia in 1904. U.S.A. annexed Hawaii in 1898, and seized Philippine the same year. Russia was posing a great threat to Japan in those years.
As shown in the above, Japan was completely surrounded by the western militaristic nations who had strong belief in colonialism for their own benefits. Even China was struggling with difficulties to preserve her own lands since China was in a deteriorating state resulting from its excessive bureaucracy. Korea was just a vassal state of China. Japan vehemently desired that Korea would soon become independent from China and would quickly modernize herself, thereby strengthening Japan's defense against the western aggression. Either the western powers or Russia would have colonized the Korean peninsula if nothing done. The only option left for Japan was to help Korea become independent from China. Japan had much stronger awareness of risks since Japan had experienced long-lasted Samurai period.
China and Korea were powerless and helpless. However, they had harbored groundless superiority complex over Japan. Ex. Sino-centrism They tended to regard Japan's modernizing efforts as a disturbing factor to Sino-centrism.
Without keeping three points in one's mind, one must not see a history of Japan in relation to what China fabricates and what both Koreas fabricate.
The article I've just finished reading describes why South Korean pres. Lee decided to land on Takeshima islets on August 10 and later made insulting remarks on His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
The article focuses on five reasons; 1. Failure to achieve Japan and South Korea cultural exchange project, 2. Higher recognition of a theory of declining power of Japan and U.S. within South Korea, 3. Imminent arrest of president Lee for bribery charges, 4.Possible violation of a decision on so-called "Comfort Women" made by Constitutional Court of South Korea, and 5. Failure to improve economic conditions.
South Korean president Lee has been afraid of ending his presidential tenure with no achievements. To avoid either the imminent arrest or being called incompetent president after he steps down as president of South Korea, he dared to brake a promise to keep status quo of Takeshima issue with Japan and at the same time insulted Japan and her people by making vulgar remarks on His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
The article concludes that Japan should be better united with Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Mongolia, India, etc. by giving up an idea of emphasizing friendship with Seoul, and that Lee will be remembered as the president who has achieved the worst diplomatic relations ever recorded with Japan in the history of bilateral relations.
A Korean man trying to set fire to the Consulate of Japan in South Korea reportedly has not been arrested. In view of diplomatic reciprocity, it could be interpreted as their appeal to the world that the Consulate of South Korea established on the foreign soils would not have to be protected. Japan is one member of those honoring diplomatic reciprocity.
In the city of Pusan, southern South Korea, a man trying to burn the Consulate of Japan was held by police officers patrolling the area on August 24 at 16:00. They stopped him from setting fire, protesting Japan over Takeshima issue in front of the Consulate of Japan. However, he has not been arrested.
The return of Japan PM's missive addressed to South Korean pres. Lee is totally undiplomatic or just a childish prank regardless of the worsening relation between two neighbors geographically situated next to each other.
Taken by surprise, Japan and her people have no idea of what to comment on the lowest quality of diplomacy ever seen among the civilized nations. Japan as a leader of the East Asia has repeatedly expressed her displeasure over the outrageous and absurd reaction by South Korea to Japan's recent action to take a case of Takeshima to International Court of Justice, raising a question of whether South Korea has lost its mind or not. Japan seems determined not to further aggravate the diplomatic row with South Korea over South Korea's ostentatious act of returning the letter back to Japan simply because Japan has already handed over a note verbale to South Korea, seeking reference to International Court of Justice on Japan's sovereignty over Takeshima islets.
Japan has so far made too much political concession on the issues which many believe unnecessary and historically baseless because of Japan's consideration given to the importance of the military balance in the Far East.
"Romney seems to be on a steady streak of insulting our allies," said Japan expert Devin Stewart, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council. "Japanese are quite sensitive to statements like this. They are constantly assessing the tone of U.S. candidates relative to those made about other Asian countries. Bashing Japan is now quite passé and even tone deaf. Has Romney even visited Japan? Is he aware of the 2011 earthquake?"
From "Romney's Japan remark raises eyebrows" posted by Josh Rogin, a graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Stopping flow of money and capital goods from Japan into South Korea, the Korean economy will not last any longer. After all, South Korea is only a cormorant used for cormorant fishing. No feed will be given if it gets to be roguish to Cormorant Fishing Master. The country depends on Japan for money, foods, and oil. Our key words here are "keep ourselves cool".
The above translation is provisional and subject to change.
Cormorant Fishing Video：Cormorant Fishing Master and his cormorants
The United States reportedly called on Japan and south korea to resolve differences through dialogue as tensions took a farcical turn.
However, the United States must be reminded that south korea is the one who has been instigating outrageous and absurd unrest in the Far East by refusing to appear at International Court of Justice while Japan has consistently and calmly held her firm position that Takeshima islets issue should be settled at International Court of Justice for decades, as suggested by U.S. ambassador Van Fleet.
The Ambassador clearly stated in his report that Takeshima remained under Japanese sovereignty and it was not included among the islands that Japan released from its ownership under the San Francisco Peace Treaty. He further stated that the dispute might properly be referred to the International Court of Justice and this suggestion has been informally conveyed to the Republic of Korea. (See the attached for details.)
Therefore, the statement (U.S. calls on Japan, S Korea to resolve isle dispute ) made by the United States State Department on Thursday August 23 regrettably contradicts her own ambassador's famous statement.
No disputable reasons exist; however, South Korea invaded Takeshima in 1952 when Japan was still under the U.S. occupation. Takeshima has been illegally occupied by South Korea since then. As Japan was powerless and placed under the U.S. occupation at the time of invasion into Takeshima by South Korea and as the United States failed to protect Japan's territory, the United States must assume full responsibility at least for facilitating settlement of the issue still existing between Japan and south korea.
Or, the United States should demand south korea to immediately appear at International Court of Justice as peacefully and repeatedly requested by the Government of Japan.
Many benefits we will enjoy from severing our diplomatic relation with south korea. Nothing hurts us. Only few politicians involved in the interests. Makes me feel so uspet and angry when I just think of how many Japanese women will be saved from Korean rapists only if diplomatic relation is severed.
Just advise our private banks not to deal with South Korea for greater impact on their economy. The Import and Export Bank of Korea borrowed JPY 20 billion from The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, etc. in June this year alone, so as to settle import payments since South Korea can not domestically procure foreign currency. This is what South Korea actually is.
South Korea has been well known for being "Invader", "Liar", "Thief", "Extortionist", etc. Just to name a few.
South Korea must face justice at International Court of Justice over so-called "Takeshima invasion and occupation issue" regardless of the mere fact that they are now desperately trying to seek pardon from Japan by obscuring a number of major indiscretions South Korea has tirelessly, foolishly, imprudently, and tactlessly committed against Japan and her people.
Since the videos of South Korean pres. Lee illegally landing on Takeshima islets have gone viral this week, many expect that his outrageous and unacceptable act would cost him at least a job of presidency one could define as chiefly extorting money from Japan by reinforcing "so-called Comfort Women issue" based on the stories fabricated in collaboration with leftists in Japan.
To sever diplomatic relation with deranged S. Korea in view of its repeated distortion of historical facts (including fabrication of stories with no objective evidences at all, etc.), its insulting behavior and words shown against Japan and her people (including "blasphemy against those souls of Japanese soldiers enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine"), frauds, violation of Japan's sovereignty and territory, violation of international laws and Japan's domestic laws, economic terrorism, etc. that portray South Korea as a state only hazardous to Japan and her people. This is the best possible decision we have prudently made so far.
The outrageous action of landing on Takeshima islets by s. korean pres. Lee on August 10 has obviously helped Japan remain convinced that Japan will inevitably enforce some of the countermeasures Japan has long withheld. It is reported that Japan has been in a process of working out the best possible countermeasures at this moment to deal with absurdity suddenly and deliberately demonstrated by Lee. Not only at the governmental level but also at the citizens level, the necessary execution of countermeasures against s. korean pres. Lee's absurd action appears to be rapidly gaining momentum. Many strongly voice an opinion that Japan's initial action should be in the area of economic sanction such as immediate termination of currency swap agreement with s. korea as Japan only agreed to help s. korea ease s. korean currency exchange situation.
Japan still owes USA two summer gifts painstakingly created by Pres. Roosevelt in collaboration with UK and CA with full support from a Jewish scientist Einstein and then presented by Pres.Truman via B-29. Japan has not come up with any clear idea of what to do with them. Both Roosevelt and Truman regretably ignored Japan's diplomatic effort to bring an end to the war because USA strongly desired to conquer Japan and her people.
In view of what's reported in this article whose gist convinces the people sharing the same values of democracy that South Korea is nothing but a terrorist state as the government of South Korea encourages its people to terrorize Japan and her people, Japan should designate South Korea as a terrorist state. Regardless of what the United States of America, a South Korean lover, says, designation of South Korea as a terrorist state should be done without any delay. No effective legal action has so far been taken against those Koreans who attacked and continue to disturb the Embassy of Japan at all.
Below is a few of the reported crimes so far committed in July by U.S. forces personnel stationed in Japan
Kanagawa Prefetural Police Department reports:U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Jackie Lee Thompson was arrested on suspicion of property destruction. He allegedly punched hood of a taxi with his bare hand and dented it when a taxi driver aged 60 was parking his car on the street waiting for customers at around 10:30 PM in July 17. The driver overpowered the suspect and handed him over to the police officers who rushed to the scene.
Nagasaki Prefectural Police Department reports: U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Joey Centeno aged 30 of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, was arrested for violating Japan's traffic law (Driving while intoxicated) at 10:10 PM in July 16.
According to the police, he was found sleeping at the wheel while stopping for traffic signals in Sasebo, Nagasaki.
Aomori Prefectural Police Department reports: U.S. Misawa Base Airman Markus Jeremy Ryan aged 21 was arrested for indecent exposure in public in July 12.
He allegedly exposed his lower body at the convenient store in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture at around 00:30.
According to the police, police officers rushed to the convenient store in response to 110 (119 in U.S.) call from the store manager and arrested the suspect. He entered the store all by himself and was not drunk at all. His motive is not known.
Naha Police Department reports: U.S. Marine Private First Class (PFC) Ryan Palmer aged 20 of Camp Foster in Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of trespassing in July 1. In response to 110 (119 in U.S.) from a passerby saying "Somebody is shouting so loud in English.", the police officers rushed to the scene where a suspect was found sleeping atop the private house. He was drunk at the time of arrest. His motive is not known yet.
As I stated "Japan will achieve independence by acquiring nukes." in my talk with a high ranking officer of the U.S. State Department, he smilingly replied "Go ahead! Become independent but we will enforce economic and military sanctions against Japan! Would it be all right with you if we did so?" Then, I said "Go ahead! Please do so. Why not the Great Tokyo Air Raid again! That would be fine with us because the whole world would know all the motives U.S. has kept hiding." From a book jointly written and published by Mr. Kimindo Kusaka and Mr. Kan Ito
Definitions: from Wikipedia
Economic sanctions
Economic sanctions can vary from imposing import duties on goods from, or blocking the export of certain goods to the target country, to a full naval blockade of its ports in an effort to verify, and curb or block specified imported goods.
Well known examples of economic sanctions include the United Nations sanctions against South Africa, United Nations sanctions against Zimbabwe, United Nations sanctions against Iraq (1990–2003) and the United States embargo against Cuba (1962–present). Since 1993 many countries have imposed trade sanctions on Burma (Myanmar). South Africa is the typical case study used for giving sanctions credibility, though that is a contentious claim itself.
On May 13, 1998, the United States and Japan imposed economic sanctions on India, following its second round of nuclear tests. However, these have since been lifted.
In 2001/2002, the United States imposed economic sanctions against the state of Zimbabwe, through the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 or ZDERA, S. 494, restricting access to financing, debt relief and rescheduling, forcing the government to operate on a cash only basis.
Military sanctions
Military sanctions can range from carefully targeted military strikes to degrade a nation's conventional or non-conventional capabilities, to the less aggressive form of an arms embargo to cut off supplies of arms or dual-use items.
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