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To: AmericanInTokyo; Dr. Marten; tallhappy; TigerLikesRooster
In terms of dealing with Japan, enter at your own risk.

I won't dispute you there, and I'm sure President Bush feels the same way. By the way this is a good time to mention that State Department wonks decided not to purge all the communists from Japanese positions of leadership after the war. Furthermore, there were a number of Hirohito supporters who were allowed to remain in office. Some say that MacArthur failed to root them out because he was so attached to his idea of power transition. I think Japan has a long way to go before it has dealt with all of the problems created by the post war environment. Hopefully it will continue to do so as a strong ally. But we'll verify that every step of the way.

25 posted on 08/10/2004 3:36:03 PM PDT by risk
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To: risk

I in fact met some of them, before they passed away, including Shunichi Suzuki, former governor of Tokyo, who was in the horrid 771 unit of the Japanese imperial army in China. Many communists and fascists were kept on in power. Kichi was another one of them.


27 posted on 08/10/2004 8:09:52 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Hitlery Recently Seen Throwing Banana Peels in Front of Kerry and Edwards' Residences)
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