The Japanese rightist

Monday, August 29, 2005

What's happening to other Japanese history textbooks?

You may know that Chinese and Korean governments or many citizen groups claim that Japan is about to publish "radically rightish history textbook".

Some would say that it's a totally whitewashing of history. Others insist that it is freedom of speech. Many newspapers pick up both opinions, and you get confused, "which is right?"

Here I disclose a very important fact hidden behind this incident on Japanese textbooks. I would say, why don't we focus on other Japanese textbooks rather than "the controversial one"?

The photo of a human statue in the picture is a Korean hero who attacked Japanese troops which invaded Korea peninsular in 16C. And a pic of porcelain is shown to tell how Korean had technique in porcelain at the time. Sparing 1 page and describing Korean victory.. What kind of textbook do you think it is ?

Surprisingly, its a most-sold Japanese history textbook!

And you will find that many Japanese heroes are not described in this book published by "Tokyo Shoseki". I can pick another instance. For Japanese people, the victory against Russia in 1904 should be a significant history, but the name of General Togo is erased from this textbook.

Those books are written after too much compromise against China and Korea. Note that much pressure from China and Korea has been on publishers from long time ago. It's just "Tsukurukai" quit being amenable to those two countries. You don't think this page vividly tell the truth, don't you? Plus, its written from a point of view of "Marxism-Leninism". Consider that Japan still has a number of communist party members in diet in Japan. Believed or not, this is what is happening in Japan.

The picture above is the one from 3.1 movement (for independence) in Korean peninsula in the begining of 20 century. I understand this is from Korean history textbooks, but again, this is scanned from one of four major publishers, Tokyo Shoseki, which sells Japanese history textbooks. Tokyo Shoseki's attitude is based on Marxism, and it can't help looking the history as the conflict between exploiters and the victims. Plus it is talkative when it comes to Korean.

On the contrary, great personages of the past are considerably omitted from Tokyo Shoseki. For instance, General Togo, who led Japan to win ove Russia in 1904, is not described because his achievement may mislead the students and arouse their nationalism. This is what the major textbooks really fear in the bottom line. What Togo did totally changed Japanese history, and that is why he should be the first one to be appearing in Japanese history textbooks whatever it takes.

Now you know which has the twisted history? "The controversial textbook" is written based on those weird backgrounds; they just erased Korean heros' name and add some Japanese names, because it's a JAPANESE text book. The other books are the ones which should be revised!

If you still can't believe, just go to this pdf file.
If you need Chinese or Korean version, go to
and download pdf. It's funny if it's impossible to download it from China because of censorship.

Please just think, while they strongly protest, why they don't specify which part is inappropriate. It's just they can't specify because the book is SO normal. It's not rightish, but other ones are just a collection of exaggerated care to China and Korea.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

You have no idea how North korea educate children

I've watched a TV grogram in Japan where they obtained Math textbooks for 8 year old children published in North Korea.

Whoa. There are some troops. Who are they?

It says, "Rangers defeated Jap bastards"

Yes, yes. it says "Jap bastards".

There you can find other espressions, "savage officer bastard", also referring to japan.

Now you know how North Korea educate children to hate Japan. Come on! it's math, not history textbook! It's now easy to imagine how they hate America as well.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

The whole contents

Main Menu

What Japan did in WWII

Whitewashing history ? ---- truth of alleged Nanjing massacre
Whitewashing history? ---- truth of alleged Nanjing massacre (2)
What Japan did in WWII - Malaysia (prologue)
What Japan did in WWII - UK
What Japan did in WWII - Myanmar
What Japan did in WWII - Indonesia
What Japan did in WWII - Taiwan
What Japan did in WWII - Palau
What Japan did in WWII - Korea
What Japan did in WWII - Thailand
What Japan did in WWII - (epilogue)

Comfort women? No, they are prostitutes (1)
Comfort women? No, they are prostitutes (2)

Whale Hunting
Whale and Tuna (1)
Whale and Tuna (2)

Zainichi (在日コリアン:Korean permanently staying in Japan)

The textbooks for school children are written not in Japanese, but in Korean. There are many Korean schools in Japan where ethnic education is made. So now you understand many Korean are living in Japan, don't you? The number is said to be around 600,000 as of 2000. Those who "permanenly" stay in Japan due to historical reasons are called Zainichi Korean or just "zainichi" (在日:staying japan) in this blog. While many of them have contributed to development of this society, others are known to engage in subversive activities such as abductions, drug smuggling, or spying. Although I mainly focus on the latter, don't forget general zainichi are conciliatory as long as they are raised and educated in Japanese public schools. They become radical just because they are educated in such special Korean schools scattered in every prefecture in Japan, and juche philosophy (Korean ethnic ideology) is implanted.
How was ZAINICHI treated - seeing Maeda
Behind the terrorism by Aum Shinrikyo - North Korea
Raid North Korea's house
Raid on North Korean Science Agency again
Raid again! I'm full already.
Now the police is doing their job
Heightened tensions between Zainichi and Japanese

Fake Uyoku

What's Uyoku? "Uyoku" means rightists, so I could be referred to as one of Uyoku. There's a type of Uyoku typically make noise from a black van. The spooky and radical impression let the world think "Japanese rightists still are wrong-minded." It should be taken for granted the elimination of these groups. But they are not extinct, nor can we know the real identity of them. It's taboo. We are not allowed to know that for mass media's sake. Why? Who are they? OK, then take a close look at the van above. Don't you see a Korean flag next to Japanese flag? Why, why Korean flag? Are they Korean?
Fake Uyoku - the obscure cult
Fake Uyoku - the obscure cult (2)
Fake Uyoku - the obscure clans (3)
Fake Uyoku - the obscure clans (4)

Prime Minister Koizumi

The end of Koizumi's era
Retirement is coming soon - Koizumi
Careless Koizumi
Is Koizumi a popularist?
No one was able to predict Koizumi's win
Koizumi's tactics - to seize East Asia's first summit

Japanese mass media
Those who are way too rightish
The new generation, 20's and 30's, doubt massmedia
Can Japan's mass media hold the decisive vote?

Imperial Family

Is it a male heir ? - Princess Kiko expecting child
Quagmire of imperial family
We all are pissed off with Princess Masako
A boy ! you know what I mean

Korea and China

I'm jealous of Korean's life without frustration
Standoff over the island
Giant Jellyfish and garbage
Way too patriotic
Korean cult leaders - Here it comes again
What's happening to other Japanese history textbooks?
You have no idea how North korea educate children
They say it's one of the evidences - Korea had right to put on their culture
Harsh colonial rule with freedom of skiing? Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945
Perfect duplicate, Super Z1

YasukuniYasukuni shrine and Princess Mononoke
Yasukuni shrine and Chinese attempt

Society or culture
Women-only train coach
Spectacular ASIMO but just think about that
Japanese girls are stupid. Am I sexist?
Pachinko industry

Who is Aso? The new foreign minister?
Anti-discrimination is the most troubousome.
Can Democratic Party change itself?
Who are inside Japanese Democratic party?Let's see an aspect of candidates for the election on 9/11


At last we'll see Yakuza's agony
Livedoor, Yakuza, and politicians

National Defense

TV Asahi, Way too judgmental to nuclear argument
Naive antinuclear movement
Ready for nuke-armed alliance with Taiwan
You get it all wrong, CNN.

Soka Gakkai - High possibility of North Korean

Buraku discrimination
Buraku, the biggest taboo

Comfort women

Fact being revealed: father of Park Geun-hye directly managing Korean Comfort women for UN/US

The defenition of the "rightist" here is:

Libertarian (minimum sate power).

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