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.
Below is the disturbance caused by the South Korean citizens pretending to be Japanese rightists while Japanese nationals were staging authorized peaceful demonstration against Fuji TV on August 21. Fuji TV is a Japan's private television network said to be functioning as a South Korean propaganda organ and is biased against Japan and her people.
The sole purpose of the pseudo Korean rightists is to undermine the image of Japan and her people.
The pseudo Korean rightists shout through loud speakers:
North Koreans! Get out of Japan! Defeat crushingly the Democratic Party of Japan! Smash up PM Kan!
While Japanese demonstrators shout at the pseudo Korean rightists:
Don't come here! Go away!
Below is the post published on August 25.
08/25/2011
Believe it or not!: Who's supporting the Democratic Party of Japan?
It is often observed that those exposed to the cultures of the nations who fought against Japan during the Greater East Asia War tend to habitually regard “the people driving around in the black-colored vehicles with loudspeakers and with Japan’s national flag hoisted high” as the Japanese rightists.
To describe better some realities in Japan by pointing out one crucial flaw quite possibly resulting from biased views commonly found in them, the following paragraph is taken from “ Japanese Right-Wing Lunatics ” written by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers :
Some who visit Japan say that leftist and rightist groups are everywhere. So what's new? The big difference? The leftist clowns drive around in big white buses and vans with loud speakers blaring out some sort of nonsense about this or that. The rightist clowns drive around in big blue buses and vans with loudspeakers blaring out nonsense about that or this. The funny part is that both groups hire the same people to drive their vehicles. You will often see a huge bus screaming down the street blaring out some message that the emperor should be restored to head of state or that Japan should re-militarize the Rhineland, er, I mean, re-militarize the four small islands north of Hokkaido that the Soviets "stole" at the end of World War II. I chuckle every time I see these buses because even though the bus could ride 60 people, there is usually only one inside; the driver.
As pointed out in the paragraph, there is no big difference between “leftists” and “rightists”. However, one must recognize one important flaw in his paragraph above; that is, “leftists” are not just the clowns driving around in white buses and vans screaming nonsense but they are those who organized “Democratic Party of Japan” whose members are mostly ex-members of “Japan Socialist Party” (reduced to a minority party), now renamed as “Socialist Democratic Party”. Democratic Party of Japan has been the ruling party headed by Prime Minister Kan and former Prime Minister Hatoyama since September, 2009. The ruling party has been closely connected to the Korean peninsula in a number of ways. And, “Rightists” are mostly Korean citizens living in Japan.
Therefore, there is no big difference between them in a sense that both harbor an ulterior motive of politically influencing Japan and her people, so as to restrain them not to seek any hostile moves toward the Korean peninsula while generating cash for promoting their propaganda against Japan and for developing missiles and nukes on the Korean peninsula.
In the video, you will find Japanese Rising Sun flag and South Korean flag being hoisted on the vehicle with banners saying “Promoting and Strengthening Friendship between Japan and South Korea” and “President Chun Doo-hwan! Welcome to Japan!”
“Pseudo Rightist groups” have been organized and have existed here in Japan for the purpose of undermining an image of Japan and her people. They have been quite effective in having planted distorted image of true Japanese rightists in the minds of not only Japanese but also of foreigners.
The video describes a case (reported by a weekly magazine “Shukan Shincho” on July 20 , 2006) in which a Sumo wrestler named Asa Shouryu (Mongolian Grand Champion) was asked by a South Korean if he had ever experienced discriminations in Japan and if they had been severe.
Asa Shouryu said: No, nothing at all.
South Korean said: Don’t hide it. Just say it.
Asa Shouryu said: No, nothing particular at all.
South Korean said: By nothing particular, you mean you have experienced some?
Asa Shouryu said: I told you "Nothing at all". You! Kimchi f-cker! (Kimuchi is a Korean pickle)
“You! Kimchi f-cker!” angered “rightists” in Japan. “Rightists groups” began their protests against him. They tried to pressurize Japan Sumo Association, the Ministry of Education and Science (in charge of sumo wrestling), his Sumo stable, Prime Minister’s Official Residence, Japan-South Korea Parliamentarian group, etc. into punishing Asa Shoryu.
Japan's newest and largest aircraft carrier has been named Izumo
at the launching ceremony attended by Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Aso.
248 meters long
Full-load displacement: 19,500 tons
Designed to carry helicopters for the purpose of defending Japan's remote islands and for the rescue operations. Another aircraft carrier similar to Izumo will be launched soon.
A Japanese expert says, "Izumo will play an important role in carrying out integrated operation of air, sea and land forces Japan's Defense Forces aims to achieve in the future."
Izumo will be needed as one of the pillars to support Japan's amphibious function, so as to defend or re-take any of Japan's thousands of remote islands from a hostile force as already demonstrated in amphibious warfare training with U.S. Marines on San Clemente Island, Calif., in July this year.
The Ministry of Defense states that Izumo is not offensive and is expected to chiefly perform functions required to deal with natural disasters. However, the expert says, "Depending upon security situation surrounding Japan, Japan may add offensive power to Izumo, so that Japanese Navy will cooperate with US Navy in maintaining peace and security in the region."
Updated on August 6, 2014 at 8:15 the time when A-Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Pray for those non-combatants incl. babies who evaporated in Hiroshima massacre!
August 6 is not only one of the most important memorial days for the postwar Japan and her people but also it symbolizes despicable brutality of the white Americans still desperately groping for an answer to their guilt while USA exerts in vain every possible effort to water down the worst human rights violation in the history of mankind by all means to educate the whole world in cahoots with China and often with its puppet state called South Korea (created by USA on August 13, 1948 after seizure of the southern half of the Korean peninsula from Japan on September 8, 1945, who in fact liberated the entire Korea from brutal Chinese ruler when Japan defeated China in 1895 and defeated an agreesor Russia in 1905).
Whenever leftists in Japan refer to atomic bombings both Hiroshima and Nagasaki witnessed on August 6 and August 9, 1945 respectively, they outrageously leave out "who did it" but just say repeatedly "never be pardoned again". It really sounds like those responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki massacres have been forgiven by Japan and her people long ago. It strongly suggests that although they are regarded as leftists in Japan, they seem to have been either closely related to or influenced by USA trying to whitewash the carefully premeditated human experimentations carried out to prove the effectiveness of the white ruled USA (chiefly Jews who denounce "Holocaust" relentlessly executed by the Nazis.) -developed nuclear weapons and at the same time to demonstrate their superiority over the Japanese race who once hindered them from fully dominating Asia.
The East Asia has witnessed changes since the Greater East Asia War (also called the World War II or the Pacific War in USA) formally ended on September 2, 1945. Japan was placed under the military administration of the Allied Forces for about 6 years and 8 months from September 2, 1945 to April 28, 1952.
MacArthur, so-called Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) committed a crime of establishing the constitution and the fundamental law of education, violating the Hague Land War Convention that prohibits the occupation forces from enacting any laws being permanent in nature in the occupied areas while allowing them to exercise very strong authority to control the occupied areas by giving such orders as agricultural land reform order, Zaibatsu dissolution order, etc. being temporary in nature to those in the occupied areas. More importantly, US-led Tokyo Trials (formally called The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) was concurrently held from April 29, 1946 to November 12, 1948, thereby threatening the leaders of Japan, Japanese politicians, and the ordinary citizens at gunpoint. In other words, the post war Japan started with life threatening terror orchestrated by the white-ruled USA who arrested and purged anyone found to be disobeying or running counter to the basic design of the post war Japan crafted by the white-ruled USA.
Just before the Tribunal was adjourned on November 12, 1948, the white ruled USA created its puppet state called "the Republic of Korea on August 13, 1948, whose basic national policy is to pursue anti-Japan, so as to ensure that the white-ruled USA would control Japan and South Korea in an old fashioned way of "divide and rule". Thus, the post war regime was fully set up for US to control Japan and South Korea.
The following statement shows a true nature of General Douglas MacArthur:
The Allied power will never recognize Japan as being equal in every respect. As Japan is our enemy who lost the war, she has no rights to occupy any position in the civilized world. We will not negotiate with Japan.
The above statement was issued in reply to the article published on September 15, 1945 by The Asahi Shinbun.
As long as the United States of America champions “Power is justice.”, she will not refuse to accept her own violations of international laws and war crimes as evidenced in the use of the Atomic bombs, massacres of the innocent civilians, indiscriminate attacks on hospital ships, and the use of poisonous gases.
We will make the Americans observe terrible spectacles of the bombed areas as much as possible and will make them realize that they should nurture their own sense of responsibilities for compensation and reconstruction by means of sincerely revealing the fact that Japan alone will never envision reconstruction and also by placing an emphasis on our determination that we will make them recognize Japan’s democratic recovery and her participation in international trade as being nothing disagreeable to the US interests and also to the international wellbeing, thereby making them actively cooperate with Japan in reconstruction. by Mr. Ichiro Hatoyama -end of the translation.
Since September 18, 1945, the Japanese media ceased to report anything which General MacArthur might consider damaging to the interests of the allied power, followed by an order for the Japanese media to observe the code of practice issued on September 19, 1945, by which MacArthur scrutinized every article before publication.
MacArthur had already ordered The Associated Press (AP) not to report anything the Allied power might find damaging to its interests on September 1, 1945, one day before the official ceremony of Japan's surrender aboard the USS Missouri.
Therefore, September 18, 1945 is another substantially significant date that US actually began its brainwashing activities in Japan under "War Guilt Information Program=WGIP" executed by MacArthur, trying to make the entire Japanese population believe that only Japan is bad and wrong in every respect while US and its allies are good and right in every respect.
One of the foreign journalists who were arrested and deported by MacArthur was Mark J. Gayn well known in Japan for his book titled "Japan Diary" first published in 1948. He was critical of US bombings and Tokyo Trials condemned as "travesty of justice". He wrote, ''As a newspaperman, I feel incensed every time I hear of violence done to the free press. But as a citizen of a democratic state I also see each such instance as a denial of my right to know, and therefore of my ability to understand the world in which we live.''
Finally, two of the recent US efforts, inter alia, to palliate the infamous human rights violation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki massacres are a story of comfort women and a story of Nanking massacre known as those fabricated in cahoots with leftists in Japan, therefore, allowing USA to enjoy its arrant pride in the achievement done by B29 Enola Gay that dropped A-bomb on Hiroshima and that has been shamelessly displayed at the U.S Air and Space Museum.
Mr. Nariaki Nakayama, graduated from Faculty of Law, Tokyo University.
Currently serving as a member of the Lower House, the Diet (Japan's national legislature).
Ex-government official of the Ministry of Finance.
Ex-Minister for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
I regret that recently I've kept tweeting on South Korea. But Ms. Park! I have seen your recent meeting with President Obama as a slander about Japan. What wicked character are you? Is it only me who saw it that way? Japan's involvement in the issue of nuclear aresenal development by North Korea will produce nothing since North Korea will never give up nukes, anyway. We should look at this situation as the best chance for Japan to deal with our own defense issues, thereby helping us improve our diplomacy.
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.
Tweets as follows; Calmly putting my hands together, I paid the fullest respect and the highest tribute to the souls of the war dead enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine with other 212 members of the Diet (Japan's National Legislature). Compared with the last years, the number of politicians who visit Yasukuni Shrine has considerably increased. I regard this increase as a clear indication of the public will, well evidenced in the general election held in the last December. Obviously, we must stay vigilant of the Chinese movements including the Chinese government ships.
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!
General Toshio Tamogami (田母神 俊雄, Tamogami Toshio, born July 22, 1948)is a retired Japanese Air Self-Defense Force career military officer. He served as the Chief of Staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force from March 2007 to November 2008.
North Korea is playing almost like a peevish preschool child as it has no significant military capability. TV reports on its strategy meeting, which in fact is part of its information warfare, designed to make us accept its demands since it is widely known that no real military strategy meetings should be disclosed. Japanese TV stations should demand North Korea to pay fees for commercial advertisements on TV.
Winning a battle is not an evidence proving a victor has been right. It only means such victors as US, etc. have committed more killings. Often wondering how the Americans could forget a nunber of atrocities committed in the course of conquering the continents & islands.
Japan has never educated her people in such a manner as to defame South Koreans (Note: in fact not only South Koreans but also any nationalities) in the history of Japan. Rather, Japan's education is extremely biased toward always denouncing any acts even in defending Japan by simply denying anything related to "war". However, South Korea across the Sea of Japan has been steadfastly and eagerly promoting anti-Japan education (Note: usually based on fabricated stories and twisted historical facts) among its young generations.
A scary story on the scariest night of the year! Just in case you are interested in Japan's struggle to dispose of the bombs indiscriminately dropped in Japan by the US government during the Greater East Asia War (See "The Greater East Asia War" VS. "The Pacific War" , Japan Self-Defense Forces has disposed of 122, 204 live bombs found from 1958 to 2007, not including those (961 tons) found and disposed of from 1954 to 1957. As far as Japan is concerned, the war has not ended yet, costing Japan a lot not only in terms of money but also in terms of human lives.
If you are a US soldier and are given a chance to station in Japan, you will become immune to any charges against the crimes you may comit in Japan. Whether they are serious or not, you will have almost 100% chance of evading criminal charges as US government deprived Japan of her right to arrest and prosecute the criminal suspects here in Japan for the mere reason that Japan was defeated in the Greater East Asia war. (see The Greater East Asia War" VS. "The Pacific War" ) And, they will be just sent back to the homeland where freedom and democracy flourish for U.S. justice.
The crimes committed by US servicemen in Japan range from shoplifting to murders. They are all free back in US where they have been actively engaged in raping and killing the American citizens.
So, if you have already committed crimes here in Japan, you are strongly advised to join the group of your kind as soon as you are sent back to US, thereby contributing to the crime rate there.
What The Japan Times has either intentionally or inadvertently failed to report is that the incident occurred while a Japanese Navy destroyer was executing landing and take-off drill of shipborard helicopters at high seas about 50 kilometers east of Takeshima before the destroyer joined "search and rescue operations" to be jointly conducted with the Russian Navy off Vladivostok, Russia.
My comment:
Korea Air Defense Identification Zone was unilaterally established by ROK without any legal basis after ROK invaded Takeshima. Japan can fly over there whenever Japan wants since Takeshima islands have been historically a part of Japan.
日本男児Traveled to 59 countries where I was exposed to different cultures and recognize some of them irreconcilable, however, I dare attempt to mitigate them.
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.
Cinq mois avant le Japon et la République de Corée signé "traité sur les relations de base entre le Japon et la République de Corée" le 22 Juin 1965 à Tokyo, M. Ichiro Kono du Parti libéral-démocrate, le Japon et M. Chung Il-kwon, le Premier ministre de la République de Corée ont tenu une réunion secrète, où ils ont discuté question Takeshima par rapport au traité et conclu un accord secret sur la question Takeshima comme une condition préalable à la conclusion du traité.
L'accord stipule que le Japon et la Corée du Sud interpréter question Takeshima comme ayant été réglées sans solution, rien ne sera donc mentionnée dans le traité pour la réalisation de la normalisation des relations diplomatiques entre le Japon et la Corée du Sud, mettant ainsi de côté et ignorer question Takeshima pour toujours.
Toutefois, la République de Corée a renforcé le contrôle sur Takeshima, soit violer ou de l'abandon de l'accord secret comme une pré-condition pour la conclusion «Traité sur les relations de base entre le Japon et la République de Corée". Et, même ROK président Lee débarqué illégalement sur des îlots Takeshima sur Août 10, 2012, afin de démontrer le contrôle de la République de Corée au cours Takeshima, ce qui pourrait invalider unilatéralement le traité.
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Pendant les 36 années d'annexion Japon-Corée, M. Chung Il-kwon fièrement servi comme officier de la police militaire (Kenpei =憲兵将校 ) de l'Armée Impériale Japonaise Grande après avoir terminé ses études à l'Académie Impériale Japonaise Armée à Ichigaya, Tokyo où Internationale Tribunal militaire international pour l'Extrême-Orient a eu lieu en 1946. Il a ensuite travaillé pour Walton Harris Walker, un officier de l'armée américaine et le premier commandant de l'armée américaine huitième lors de la guerre de Corée et a servi comme Premier ministre de la République de Corée sous le premier président sud-coréen Syngman Rhee.
AUne photo de l'Académie impériale japonaise Armée prises lors fondée en 1907
Japan’ military drill is held once in a year at the foot of Mt. Fuji to demonstrate their routine activities to the public. The video shows 2012 military drill executed in the presence of Defense Minister Mr. Morimoto, assuming that islets around Japan are invaded by enemies. About 2,400 military personnel participated in the drill, involving 80 tanks and armored vehicles, 80 artilleries, and 30 aircraft.
Japan’ military drill is held once in a year at the foot of Mt. Fuji to demonstrate their routine activities to the public. The video shows 2012 military drill executed on August 26 in the presence of Defense Minister Mr. Morimoto, assuming that islets around Japan are invaded by enemies. About 2,400 military personnel participated in the drill, involving 80 tanks and armored vehicles, 80 artilleries, and 30 aircraft.
日本国沖縄県石垣市登野城- Tonoshiro, Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
The First Tokyo Metropolitan Government Senkaku Survey Team has left Ishigaki island tonight September 1, aboard a salvage ship named Kouyou Maru (2,474 tones) to carry out various studies in the waters surrounding Senkaku islands from the early morning to the evening of September 2 and is expected to come back at night of the same day.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government considers the survey as a preliminary step toward another detailed survey in October, to be accompanied by Governor Ishihara. According to Ishihra, he met PM Noda on August 19 in the presence of Mr. Sonoda, Chief Secretary of The Sunrise Party and told him to complete construction of at least a ships emergency shelter, radio relay station, and weather observatory as one condition for his withdrawing a bid to buy the islands from the Japanese owner who promised not to sell them to anyone else but the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
If accepted, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hand over to the Central Government JPY 1.8 billion donated by individuals supporting the project of purchasing Senkaku islands.
At the press conference, Mr. Ishihara stated that he would not mind establishing a new party as his last work, and that he would willingly sign and seal, even with his blood if necessary, a memorandum of mutual obligations related to Senkaku islands with PM Noda.
Mr. Eiji Kosaka, a member of Arakawa Ward Council, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
before landing on Senkaku Islands on August 19, 2012.
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.
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.
You tweeted yesterday on the reality that U.S.-ROK alliance depends upon Japan-U.S. alliance. If that is the case, there arises a question of why Japan has to bear expenses for keeping U.S. forces stationed here in Japan for defending ROK quite hostile to Japan. This question may jeopardize the East Asian security, however, Japan should communicate with ROK on the matter through the U.S. government.
Many South Koreans are not accessible to the reality that U.S.-ROK alliance depends upon Japan-U.S. alliance. 7 U.S. military bases in Japan, including Yokota, Japan are vital to UN forces logistics whose importance has unchanged since the outbreak of the Korean war. There is only the United Nations Command (Korea) (UNC) in South Korea while combat forces are stationed in Okinawa and Iwakuni. Similarly, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force in Japan are supporting South Korea. You will get a whole clear picture of what I say here if you examine the configuration of U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. Forces in Korea.
The above translation is provisoional and subject to change.
@VOA_News This is exactly what Washington has long wanted to happen before invasion into Japan. Both Roosevelt & Truman must be laughing in their graves! I repeat "Define War Crimes and War Criminals" in the context of the Greater East Asia War, in which Japan helped the Asian nations and people gain independence from the brutal colonization by the west.
Taylor Washburn@washburnt
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