Promotion of fear of the rise of communism in Japan
The Red Scare in Japan
Throughout the history of Imperial Japan , the government suppressed socialist and communist movements.[ 1] 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.
