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Why the pro-Trump QAnon movement is finding followers in Japan
Deutsche Welle ^ | 01.25.2021 | Julian Ryall

Posted on 01/26/2021 3:31:45 PM PST by Olog-hai

Undeterred by the mayhem at the Capitol in Washington and the near-universal condemnation of Donald Trump’s failures in the dying days of his presidency, the small but committed Japanese chapter of the far-right QAnon movement is standing by its man.

It is also advancing some absurd, albeit uniquely Japanese theories: The imperial family was replaced by “fakes” during the mid-1800s; Emperor Hirohito was British, an agent for the CIA, and owned the patent for the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the closing days of World War II. […]

A member of the group who goes by the name Eri claims there are at least 500 QAnon followers across Japan and a further 100 people are part of the QArmy Japan Flynn — an allied group that idolizes Michael Flynn. The former national security advisor to Trump had to step down after just 24 days for lying over his links to Russia before the 2016 presidential election.

As well as being convinced that Trump legitimately won the 2020 election and has been cheated out of a second term as president, QAnon Japan adherents believe that Japanese politics is “dominated by foreigners” who have sold off the nation’s wealth to “global capitalists” through privatization. They also believe that ethnic Koreans are running the government.

Similarly, they believe that “deep state” is implementing a “global human population reduction plan” that has previously relied on war, illness and infertility to control population numbers. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: japan; qanon
Not the first time DW has made up stuff.
1 posted on 01/26/2021 3:31:45 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Interestingly, there are a lot of pro-Trump Japanese on Twitter


2 posted on 01/26/2021 3:34:42 PM PST by struggle
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To: ransomnote

Ping


3 posted on 01/26/2021 3:36:49 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Emperor Hirohito was British, an agent for the CIA, and owned the patent for the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the closing days of World War II. […]

Actually the patent for the atomic bomb was owned by the scientist Leo Szilard

4 posted on 01/26/2021 3:39:34 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Olog-hai

I love Q and awakening..win. Second favorite to Freerepublic


5 posted on 01/26/2021 8:22:25 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Swamp express to hell unless we fix this election !!!)
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I love Q and awakening.

The Japanese eyes are opening.

Get it?

The derp state is not purely an American phenomenon, it is a world wide struggle. Japan isn't the only place that Q has taken hold. Canada, Hong Kong, Europe, England, Australia, and more.

Notice how the derp media takes the whackiest sounding theories and paints the entire movement as if they are common belief. Just like they do here.


6 posted on 01/27/2021 4:34:27 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas.")
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