The following is an excerpt from an article by economic security analyst Koji Hirai, which appeared in the monthly magazine WiLL on September 26 in a three-column format on pages 98 to 105.
This article also proves that he is one of the national treasures defined by Saicho.
It is a must-read not only for Japanese citizens but also for people worldwide.
Airspace and territorial waters violations, seven organizations for Japan-China friendship, Japan-China friendship parliamentary group...
Why not create a counterespionage law?
We don't need a "pipeline to China" that just sucks us in unilaterally.
What is the "true purpose" of airspace violations?
A Y9 intelligence-gathering aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army violated Japanese airspace near the Nagasaki Prefecture Goto Islands for about two minutes (August 26).
The following day, the Japan-China Parliamentary Friendship League, which had visited China, met with Zhao Leji, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China.
They expressed their regret at the violation of Japanese airspace by the People's Liberation Army and called for a recurrence to be prevented, but that was all.
At this meeting, it was decided to strengthen exchanges between Japan and China and continue dialogue.
The delegation returned home without making any claims based on Japan's national interests.
In political warfare, it is essential to spread political propaganda.
China targets the political elite of the country it is targeting.
It is because they are in a position to exercise power and can make policy decisions that directly affect the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.
China's political warfare is said to go beyond the three battles (public opinion, media, psychological, and legal battles) and united front work and to be carried out by combining soft power functions such as disinformation and overt and covert media manipulation with state functions such as espionage and violent operations.
Because it is carried out below the surface, it is the most difficult to analyze and discover, and there is no publicly known information.
What is public opinion and media warfare?
Propaganda is disseminated to the people of the target country through terrestrial broadcasting, online programming, video apps, movies, books, etc.
The aim is to influence public opinion. The major Japanese media reported on the incursion above into Japanese airspace in a way that gave the impression that it was a "careless mistake" by the People's Liberation Army, with headlines such as "Chinese military aircraft violates airspace, Ministry of Defense confirms for the first time, government lodges stern protest."
However, the aim was to gather information.
When foreign military aircraft violate Japanese airspace, radar sites scattered around Kyushu emit radio waves such as radar frequencies.
By having information-gathering aircraft violate Japanese airspace, the Chinese military attempted to intercept and gather information that their uncrewed aerial vehicles could not.
This information would then be analyzed, and the signal data would be loaded into the fighter jets' detection radar and anti-radar missiles, which would then be used to attack the radar of Japanese and American bases.
Why didn't the Japanese media report this fact to the public? The strategy of a united front is one of the "magic weapons" that will be used to achieve Xi Jinping's "Chinese Dream."
It suggests that China's infiltration work, public opinion war, and media war are reaching deep into our country.
A Covert Organization Eroding Japan:
In January 2019, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a report titled "China's Military Power."
The report revealed that the Political Department Liaison Bureau, which is part of the Central Military Commission's Political Work Department Liaison Bureau, is conducting "political warfare" against the US, Taiwan, and especially Japan and gathering and analyzing information related to senior officials in these and other countries.
In June of the same year, Russell H. Siu (Jamestown Foundation) published a report entitled "Preliminary Survey of Chinese Communist Party Influence Operations in Japan."
In the report, Mr. Siu defines political warfare as "a set of overt or covert means used by a government to influence the perceptions, beliefs, and actions of other governments and societies to achieve national objectives."
He states that the means by which the CCP is conducting malicious influence operations against Japan have not been clarified.
He also states that it is necessary to investigate the agencies and methods of these operations and their potential effectiveness in influencing the Japanese government.
The CCP conducts influence operations through "united front work," which involves influencing, indoctrinating, and mobilizing people and organizations other than CCP members to achieve the party's goals.
The Chinese Communist Party's General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused on united front work and brought organizations to the fore with a united front orientation.
The main united front organization is the China Peace and Reunification Promotion Council, or the CCPPR, which is directly under the CCP's United Front Work Department.
The report mentions the names of some of the subordinate organizations active in Japan, including the All Japan Chinese People Promotion China Peace and Reunification Association, the All Japan Overseas Chinese and Chinese People China Peace and Reunification Promotion Association, and the Japan Federation of Overseas Chinese and Chinese People.
Under the guise of private exchange, these organizations are tasked with steering the domestic discussion in a direction favorable to the Chinese Communist Party by creating a united front among the Japanese people.
The China Association for International Friendly Contact, led by Yang Wanming, is an organization that conducts elite recruitment activities mainly through exchanges between high-level (elite) figures in Japan and China.
The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries has a bureau dedicated to Japan-related activities.
The China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC), affiliated with the Central Military Commission's Political Work Department, carries out influence operations through China's diplomatic, national security, united front, propaganda, and military channels.
In Japan, this organization interacts with various sectors of Japanese society, including religious groups, architects, calligraphy associations, and veterans, and guides United Front operations.
The danger of the Confucius Institutes, known as the "Trojan Horse" of the Chinese Communist Party, has also been questioned.
There are 12 Confucius Institutes in Japan (Table 1).
In the United States, there are concerns about the Chinese embassy's interference in student groups, and the US Congress has restricted federal funding for schools that have accepted the establishment of Confucius Institutes.
The State Department has recognized the "US Center for Confucius Institutes" in Washington, which oversees Confucius Institutes across the United States, as an agency of the Chinese government.
According to the US General Accounting Office, the number of Confucius Institutes established within US universities has decreased from around 100 to less than five.
However, in Japan, we have only been able to confirm the closure of three schools.
What is the reason for not closing the Confucius Institutes, which are seen as a danger in the United States?
This article continues.
2024/10/6 in Umeda, Osaka
