Japanese Police Raid North Korean Offices
CHAN: Japanese police raided the headquarters and
several offices of a pro-Pyongyang group of Koreans living in Japan on Monday. They did it on
suspicion of a pharmaceuticals law violation.
STORY: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Monday that raids were made on the headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. Other branches were also raided elsewhere in Tokyo.
[Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Chief Cabinet Secretary]: ¡°The national security branch of police this morning is investigating the charges of infringing a pharmaceutical law and has raided the Tokyo, Shibuya, Setagaya branches and the Nigata branches of the Soren (Chongryun). As this investigation is ongoing I would like to decline from commenting except to say that I am confident that the police has acted according to the law and with evidence and investigation they¡¯ll get to the bottom of the truth.
According to media reports, a woman linked to a group affiliated with the pro-North Korean company, was given 60 bags of intravenous solution by a doctor... in what they say was an unauthorized transaction around May.
She subsequently attempted to take the bags to North Korea without declaring them on a ferry used by ethnic North Koreans in May.
Japanese media report that the intravenous solution is often used as a nutritional enhancement. About 600,000 ethnic Koreans live in Japan, many of them descended from the 2 million Koreans brought to Japan as forced labor during Tokyo's
1910-1945 colonization of the peninsula.
Of those, about 80,000 are pro-North, while 220,000 support South Korea and the rest are neutral.
(cc) MacArthur's Policy Shift from Weak-Japan to Strong-Japan against Communism soon after WWⅡ
GHQ had many communists and Soviet moles.
General Douglas MacArthur finally recognized communism threat in East Asia.
Why the American five-star general made policy shift from weak-Japan to strong-Japan.
Douglas MacArthur served as the chief executive of GHQ (General Headquarters) during the Allied occupation of Japan following WWII.
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NGO calls for Taiwan to be allowed to use ‘proper name’ at Tokyo Olympics
The Taiwan United Nations Alliance held a demonstration on the streets of Tokyo yesterday afternoon, calling for Taiwan to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the name Team Taiwan rather than Chinese Taipei. Their petition has already attracted more than 70,000 signatures. Members of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance shout a chant to announce the start of their five-day demonstration in Japan. Their goal is to allow Taiwan to use its ‘proper name’ at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Michael TsaiTaiwan United Nations AllianceFor 20 years, we’ve used the name Chinese Taipei. This name has been forced on us by the Chinese Communist Party. We, the Taiwanese people, are not willing to accept the name Chinese Taipei. We wish to use the name Taiwan to compete in the 2020 Olympics.Michael Tsai, director of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance, makes a speech on the streets of Tokyo. He calls on members of the public to sign the group’s petition, which already has over 70,000 signatures.Michael TsaiTaiwan United Nations AllianceAmong many countries from all around the world, the biggest donations to the relief effort for Japan’s Fukushima disaster came from Taiwan.Japan is one of Taiwan’s key strategic partners in the Asia-Pacific region. Tsai mentioned that the smaller island’s unparalleled donations to the relief effort of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake disaster had laid down a good foundation of friendship between Taiwan and Japan. This March, Yamada Hiroshi, a member of Japan’s Upper House, publicly called for Taiwan to be allowed to use its proper name at the Tokyo Olympics. The Taiwan United Nations Alliance is hoping that their trip to Japan will help them gather a million petition signatures.
Japan sets up fund to boost export of weapon by offering buyer capital finanical assistance
The Japanese government is looking to bolster state financing for the country’s growing weapons exports. According to an exclusive report by Reuters based on Japanese government sources, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government plans to “convene an advisory panel to consider specific proposals to create a way to finance military sales by Japanese firms and fund defense industry cooperation abroad.” The move would be in line by other policy moves by the Abe government to move Japan away from its post-Second World War pacifist stance toward becoming a more normal military power in Asia. Japan recently lifted its self-imposed ban on weapons exports and has since concluded several defense development cooperation agreements with countries both in and outside of Asia.
The new financing arm would allow for considerable growth in Japan’s weapons exports. According to Reuters, current plans involve modeling this government-backed body in a way such that it would provide concessional financing for defense projects. The body would likely model itself financially and bear regulatory resemblance to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Based on current reports, the process remains in flux and is being kept relatively quiet by the Japanese government. The issue of Japan’s growing defense cooperation with a range of countries including the United States, India, France, and the U.K. remains sensitive as Tokyo and Beijing continue to have cold bilateral ties. Additionally, given the current political uncertainty in Japan, the government will likely conclude this process in early 2015.
Owing to recent economic news indicating that Japan has entered a period of economic recession despite a series of bold economic reforms by Shinzo Abe, the country will head to the polls in the coming weeks to vote in a new government. This election will likely not threaten the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe’s party. The election will further serve as a referendum on Abe’s efforts at domestic economic reform and determine if the Japanese government will remain on schedule regarding incoming sales tax increases. Japanese consumer spending and demand took a major hit following a scheduled rise in the sales tax this year. While the LDP and Abe will likely survive the coming elections, Abe’s efforts to normalize Japan’s military posture — particularly his government’s decision to controversially reinterpret Japan’s constitutional ban on self-defense — have been polarizing in Japanese society.
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Occupation of Japan | Wikipedia audio article
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Occupation of Japan
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The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth. Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan. This foreign presence marks the only time in Japan's history that it has been occupied by a foreign power. The country became a parliamentary democracy that recalled New Deal priorities of the 1930s by Roosevelt. The occupation, codenamed Operation Blacklist, was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereignty – with the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored.
According to John Dower, in his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq, the factors behind the success of the occupation were:
Discipline, moral legitimacy, well-defined and well-articulated objectives, a clear chain of command, tolerance and flexibility in policy formulation and implementation, confidence in the ability of the state to act constructively, the ability to operate abroad free of partisan politics back home, and the existence of a stable, resilient, sophisticated civil society on the receiving end of occupation policies – these political and civic virtues helped make it possible to move decisively during the brief window of a few years when defeated Japan itself was in flux and most receptive to radical change.
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Occupation of Japan | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:09 1 Japanese surrender
00:02:19 1.1 Initial phase
00:05:34 1.2 SCAP
00:10:10 1.3 Organs running in parallel to SCAP
00:11:22 2 Outcomes
00:11:31 2.1 Disarmament
00:13:14 2.2 Liberalization
00:14:18 2.3 Emphasis on stability and economic growth
00:16:15 2.4 Democratization
00:18:29 2.5 Trade Union Act
00:19:13 2.6 Labor Standards Act
00:20:18 2.7 Education reform
00:21:23 2.8 Release of political prisoners
00:21:46 3 Impact
00:21:56 3.1 War criminals
00:25:08 3.2 Rape
00:27:23 3.3 Censorship
00:28:49 3.4 Industrial disarmament
00:30:07 3.5 Prostitution
00:32:04 3.6 Expulsions
00:33:45 3.7 Soviet activity
00:34:31 4 Politics
00:38:12 5 Japanese American contribution
00:40:01 6 End of the occupation
00:41:55 7 Criticism
00:42:51 8 Cultural reaction
00:45:22 9 Japanese women
00:48:24 10 See also
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- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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SUMMARY
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The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth. Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan. This foreign presence marks the only time in Japan's history that it has been occupied by a foreign power. At MacArthur's insistence, Emperor Hirohito remained on the imperial throne. The wartime cabinet was replaced with a cabinet acceptable to the Allies and committed to implementing the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, which among other things called for the country to become a parliamentary democracy. Under MacArthur's guidance, the Japanese government introduced sweeping social reforms and implemented economic reforms that recalled American New Deal priorities of the 1930's under President Roosevelt. The Japanese constitution was comprehensively overhauled and the Emperor's theoretically-vast powers, which for many centuries had been constrained by conventions that had evolved over time, became strictly limited by law. The occupation, codenamed Operation Blacklist, was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereignty – with the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored.
According to John Dower, in his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq, the factors behind the success of the occupation were:
Discipline, moral legitimacy, well-defined and well-articulated objectives, a clear chain of command, tolerance and flexibility in policy formulation and implementation, confidence in the ability of the state to act constructively, the ability to operate abroad free of partisan politics back home, and the existence of a stable, resilient, sophisticated civil society on the receiving end of occupation policies – these political and civic virtues helped make it possible to move decisively during the brief window of a few years when defeated Japan itself was in flux and most receptive to radical change.
From coast to coast people pay tribute to Steve Jobs
Flowers were laid at the Apple HQ in New York and at stores coast to coast in the home country of the designer who transformed the daily lives of millions.
As Manhattan mourned the world joined in the tears and tributes. From President to Prime Minister to the public all have their memories of the Jobs brand.
We should keep what he did in our mind and try to do what he wanted to do because he made the world much better in terms of creativity, said
Japanese tourist, Daichiro Tashiro
ボルシェビズムを日本に輸入した男 近藤栄蔵【やらかし革命家列伝】
日本共産党を作った男、『コミンテルンの密使』の近藤栄蔵の紹介です。本当はゆっくり解説にしたかったのですが、YoutubeのAIの覚えが悪いようなのでCevioのONEを使ってみました。
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