From their Youtube channel: Whereas the West has seen a sudden spike in their extreme-right nationalist groups, Japan has had our fair share for years. These would-be cosplayers spend their time driving around in loudspeaker vans or invading South Korean islands. Nevertheless, they play a key role in Japanese politics. Just as western parties must appeal to their bases, so must … [Read more...] about Right-wing groups in Japan
Former Obama official says Japanese plutonium reserves a potential threat to NK denuclearization
Japan has enough plutonium for around 6,000 atomic bombsMonju Fast Breeder ReactorThomas Countryman, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation under the Barack Obama administration, voiced fears that Japan’s plutonium reserves – enough to make 6,000 bombs – could have a negative impact on Pyongyang and … [Read more...] about Former Obama official says Japanese plutonium reserves a potential threat to NK denuclearization
CIA: How to shape Okinawan public opinion on the U.S. military presence (by Jon Mitchell)
In 2012, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Open Source Center published a manual for U.S. officials advising them on how to shape Okinawan public opinion about the large U.S. military presence on their island. Categorized For Official Use Only, the 60-page CIA report is titled A Master Narratives Approach to Understanding Base Politics in Okinawa. It was released under the U.S. … [Read more...] about CIA: How to shape Okinawan public opinion on the U.S. military presence (by Jon Mitchell)
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Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once before
In its Korean War bombing campaign, the US ‘burned down every town in North Korea’ ...a “long, leisurely and merciless” US bombing campaign: well over half a million tons of bombs dropped, napalm and chemical weapons deployed, cities levelled [and] although the ferocity of the bombing was recognised as racist and unjustified elsewhere in the world," for many Americans it was … [Read more...] about Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once before