Red Scare in Japan
The Red Scare in Japan refers to the promotion of fear of the rise of communism or radical leftism in Japan.
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Throughout the history of Imperial Japan, the government suppressed socialist and communist movements.[1] In order to combat the Communist International, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and Italy in Nov. 6, 1937.[2]
Near the end of World War II, Prince Konoe Fumimaro promoted the fear of a communist revolution as a result of Japan's defeat.[3]
In response to Cold War tensions in Asia, the CIA funded the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in an effort to turn Japan into a bulwark against communism during the 1950s and 1960s.[4]
See also
Further reading
- Tetsuya Kataoka (1991). The Price of a Constitution: The Origin of Japan's Postwar Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 28.
- Richard H. Mitchell (1992). Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 153–154.
External links
- Interview with Richard B. Finn. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. April 8, 1991. pp. 24–25.
References
- Elise K. Tipton (1990). The Japanese Police State: The Tokkô in Interwar Japan. University of Hawaii Press.
- "Anti-Comintern Pact". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Jun'ichiro SHOJI (1 September 2010). Konoe Fumimaro and Konoe's Memorial to the Throne in February 1945 Japan's Wartime Diplomacy and the Postwar Visions. National Institute for Defense Studies.
- "C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's". New York Times. October 9, 1994.
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