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Promotion of fear of the rise of communism in Japan
The
Red Scare in Japan refers to the promotion of fear of the rise of communism or radical leftism in Japan.
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.
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"C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's" . New York Times . October 9, 1994.