https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220708/k10013707601000.html

You've been avenged Asanuma! DIE BITCH! :japan-cool::stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I feel like it's pretty safe to assume "fuck that guy" but what did he do now? All I know is he was some conservative in charge of Japan for a long ass time

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I'm about to sleep but I'll quickly say that he was involved in a lot of wwII era denialism and visiting the war shrine of war criminals that committed crimes in Korea and China. He shifted Japan into a more aggressive foreign policy by courting NATO and the US military in the name of "peace." He's been praised by Steve Bannon for his hard-right conservatism. Abenomics basically being Reaganomics and the Ainu and Okinawan people suffering more under his nationalist policies. Oh yeah. Didn't allow refugees unless they were women, which is very sus. Not sure if that's still the case anymore.

        • Vncredleader
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          2 years ago

          In Edwardian England maybe. My gut feeling seeing that is just a reminder of human trafficking and how Chinese immigrants largely had to be female to the US, and forced to be prostitutes sometimes contractionally to pay off the person who secured them a passport. Maybe it was just some sexism, but it sent a chill up my spine to be sure

        • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Sure, but I should add this this was pretty much Japan's immigration policy with people moving from poorer countries like the Philippines. Not even refugees. Just people working in Japan who decided they wanted to stay longer.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      All I know is he was some conservative in charge of Japan for a long ass time

      that basically makes him a fascist tbh

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Something the other person missed is that Shinzo's party "reinterpreted" the part of Japan's constitution that forbids them from having a non-defensive military, clearly signaling the country's intent to join the US on any imperialist adventures in Asia despite the overwhelming majority of Japanese people being against it.