The following is from Masayuki Takayama's latest book, "Henken Jizai: Who Buried Shinzo Abe?
This book is the latest in a series of bound editions of his famous columns in weekly Shincho, but the original text has been polished to make it even easier to read.
He deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature for this one book alone.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but for people worldwide.
Inhumane Newspaper Lays Out Lies to Humiliate Even His Majesty
Islamic scholar Akari Iiyama's dares are crisp and clear.
In "Rethinking Islam," Iiyama takes a good swipe at the Japanese scholars who have been calling Islam a "good religion" in recent years, linking faith to terrorism.
I was in Tehran with Ayatollah Khomeini.
Even if you put up with alcohol and women, you can't help but marry a woman as soon as she gets her first period, and if she has an affair, you can stone her to death, which is beyond comprehension.
I don't mean to mention Junichi Ishida, but adultery is part of the culture.
What is most unforgivable is the prevalence of suicide bombings in the Arab world, saying, "If you become a martyr, 72 blonde-haired, blue-eyed virgins will be waiting for you in heaven.
I understand that she cannot forgive the scholar for disregarding the Islamic monk who converted his religious beliefs into terrorism.
She has now cut both ways with the Asahi Shimbun.
In one section, she argued that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "just like Japan's invasion of Korea and China in the past.
She says, "It is Russia that is at fault.
When the Ukraine of today could be the Japan of tomorrow," she said, "they try to change the subject and turn it into a criticism of Japan.
"Using the shock of people being brutally murdered to assert one's ideology as if it were correct is an act against humanity.''
(Sankei Shimbun column (a thundering voice against newspapers!).
Japan has not bombarded poor manure-stained Korea with artillery shells.
On the contrary, Japan built schools, railroads, and electricity.
The same is true of China.
Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communists broke the Yellow River and set fire to the city of Changsha.
Three hundred thousand people drowned in the Yellow River.
The Japanese army repaired the broken parts of the river and sent out boats of all sizes to save the drowned people.
The Russians, who attacked, destroyed, and looted villages, were rather like Chiang Kai-shek's army.
Reporting white as black is truly inhumane.
Another thing I would like her to read is the Asahi editorial on the 50th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan.
The writer is Nemoto Seiki, but he starts with the well-worn "Okinawa is an abandoned stone" lie.
If Okinawa is a deserted stone, who would send out suicide planes?
Who would launch the battleship Yamato with one-way fuel?
Without answering that question, he brings up Emperor Showa's words from September 1947, "I hope for the continuation of the military occupation of the Ryukyus.
Look," he said, "even the Emperor has taken the initiative in abandoning Okinawa."
It is entirely plausible.
However, history shows that the meaning of the words is quite the opposite.
MacArthur announced early on that the islands south of 30 degrees north latitude, including Okinawa, would be removed from the Japanese administrative circle and placed under the administrative authority of the U.S.
Truman further promoted this and issued a presidential decree in October 1948 that "the islands shall be permanently under U.S. jurisdiction" (October 1948), the same as Guam and Hawaii.
As a strategic base in the Pacific, the U.S. has been obsessed with Okinawa since Perry.
Knowing this, His Majesty was pained by the "incorporation of Okinawa into U.S. territory.
However, His Majesty has been made a mere symbol and has no authority.
But at the very least, he hoped that Okinawa would "remain an occupied territory," not a possession.
Then, one day, it would return to Japan.
That is the meaning of this phrase: "continuation of occupation.
Kazutoshi Hando, who is now deceased, intentionally took it as a bad thing.
He plausibly wrote that during the meeting between the Emperor and MacArthur, I told them to give me Okinawa and take all the U.S. military bases from the mainland.''
The editorial was written by an editorial writer of Asahi, using Hando's delusion, which has no evidence or verification.
In the mood of a conquering king, the editorial states that High Commissioner Paul Carraway said, "Okinawa's autonomy is a myth.
That, too, is a lie.
He lavished money, technology, and aid on Okinawa to make it more attractive than Hawaii or Guam.
People's eyes lit up, and they thought the city would come alive, but nothing happened.
The people had a grudge because their relatives had been killed.
They are not inclined to wholeheartedly agree with the United States.
In addition, many of Okinawa's top officials are of Chinese descent and mean-spirited.
The bosses pocketed U.S. funds, and antibiotics and other advanced medicines were diverted to the mainland.
Autonomy is a myth" is a term of endearment for such Okinawans.
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper is full of lies that even humiliate Ηis Majesty.
I would want to dare Asahi to do something about it if I were not for her.
(June 2, 2022 issue)
2024/1/11 in Kyoto
