Thank you for clearing up some details. Yes that would make sense, to have Japanese speakers available in Japan. And of course they could serve elsewhere.
It was not always clean and neat; due to the fear of Japanese-American collusion in Japanese attempts to attack the mainland, fear which was borne out by intelligence programs secret then but public today, the Japanese-Americans in some geographical areas had valuable property seized and corralled with only token compensation. When Congress made a blanket apology payout years later, ignorant of this intelligence which was still classified at the time, it enraged thousands of Pacific veterans who had seen vicious cruelty at the hands of the Japanese. These were not exactly connected issues, but the very term Jap had become a curse word for a reason.
Anyhow, back to this guy, it seems that we were PC blind to the signs of trouble brewing. And I’d bet that Bummer tries to cover over any similar signs rather than ferret them out.
Sadly, I think your final remark is right on. The Obama Administration will most likely try to sweep the missed clues under the rug, rather than fire people who missed the signs and seek to spot others in the future.
John
Thanks!