Thanks for publishing this. It’s a side of Japan we just don’t read about anywhere else.
Warren T
1 year ago
Interesting indeed. It demonstrates that corruption is built into mankind’s DNA. And so is violence. Regardless of national origin.
Steve Jolly
1 year ago
Let’s be honest. If Japan’s constitution does get revised, it’s a direct result of the threat from Xi’s China, not Abe’s political history or any weird religion he might have been involved with.
Thanks for publishing this. It’s a side of Japan we just don’t read about anywhere else.
Interesting indeed. It demonstrates that corruption is built into mankind’s DNA. And so is violence. Regardless of national origin.
Let’s be honest. If Japan’s constitution does get revised, it’s a direct result of the threat from Xi’s China, not Abe’s political history or any weird religion he might have been involved with.
It’s certainly been facilitated by it. Kishi also recruited thousands of Yakuza as security for the ultimately aborted visit by Eisenhower in 1960.
Japan is a country that we all think we know about, but in reality, our knowledge of it is pretty superficial.