Hidden WWII (Part two)

To know what GHQ did means to know what I am. GHQ's policy strongly affected Japanese education. I am also affected by it because teachers in schools were affected by historical view affected by communist GHQ. I don't think GHQ ruled Japan out of kindness. Well, Nakanishi mentions about GHQ.

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Imperial Japan's historical view was faked. But GHQ one is more faked. It was GHQ's aim to weaken Japan according to official document of GHQ. Most important task was to waken Japanese spirituality, that is, the aim was depriving the history and identity. What America feared was Japanese spirit of self-sacrifice. To cause a collapse of it was central aim. Therefore, GHQ promoted educational transformation, especially about history education. Also crack down on Shinto. Many Japanese civil officer protested the history education policy but 200 thousands civil officers were banished from the jobs.



Remnants of American communist party got into GHQ and they came to ruined Tokyo. They intended to realize communist revolution in Japan and regarded the revolution as first-round match of revolution in America. They support Japanese left wing and Japanese communists become a large leverage. Communist thought also already had affected Japanese imperial parliamentary politics. There were also many communists in imperial government agency. Japan was defined only by communists.



American OSS( Office of Strategic Service) was most influential service to occupation policy. It was sink of Frankfurt School. They were not violent communists. Their thought was; if they cause the destruction of values and institution which is basis to human life, for example view of the family, historical perspective and human environment, people crumble gradually from their inside and become masses which drift. And it collapses social order and then communist revolution become possible.　



Franc Neuman who was a central prayer of OSS's study section was a spy of Soviet Union. Owen Lattimore who strongly insisted to abolish Emperor system was also spy of Soviet Union. In 2010s, we would know Japanese allies.



GHQ's communists brainwashed Japanese that Japanese are vulgar people. "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" was written to brainwash. Office of War Information ask the author to study Japan and the book was written. GHQ recommended Japanese to translate the book. It is said the author recommended not to read the book to her students.

(I haven't read the book and I didn't know the book has such problems. But I read cited sentences and I agree with Nakanishi. Yes, her view is stupid as a researcher.)



She reasoned that when people grew up spoiled like Japanese strongly constrained, it become trauma and somewhere it go off. Japanese people has believed an evil live in their mind and they become not to able to believe themselves. it formed a national character escaping from national benefit.



It is said when the president Bush visit Japan, he wished to visit Yasukuni shrine and offer prayers with former prime minister Koizumi. It maybe a sign prompting Japan to revive pride. Now American researchers re-evaluate Japanese history.



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Well, it is sure that communists deny imperial Japan completely. The people who made our historical view was communists who aim communist revolution. Nakanishi also says Japanese who experienced high economic growth had said yes to transformation by GHQ, and it became cause of drift. Reasons of "flux and reflux" often are same. I suppose Nakanishi's view is not wrong in that sense.



I'll visit Yasukuni shrine tomorrow after noon. Have a nice day!



I took the photo in my neighborhood. What is the flower's name?