Asia Policy Point: Japan's Conservative Nationalist Project

Research Tools

Selected Websites and Blogs of Japan's Conservative Nationalists, Asia Policy Point, July 2007, 5 pgs.

Organizations

Major Conservative Nationalist Organizations In Japan, An Asia Policy Point Brief, July 2007, 10pgs.

Blogs

Japanese

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English

•AMPONTAN: Est. January 2007 by an American expat in Kyushu. He parrots Japanese reactionary conservative websites and viewpoints. His choice of topics and timing are suspiciously close to one that a PR professional may choose who was speaking for MOFA. Also posts travelogue-type descriptions of charming Japanese festivals. Ampontan is a misspelling of Anpontan, Japanese for a simpleton.

• Comfort Women: Articles, historical documents and other sources about the “ianfu”: Est. March 2007 by a former head of NHK TV, Noburo Ikeda, who was forced to resign after he allowed the station to be intimidated by politicians wanting to change the content of a program on the Comfort Women. Blog posts familiar English-language articles disputing the comfort women’s history.

•English Study: Est. April 2007 by Sea Urchin who appears to be Japanese and quite anti-Korean and concerned about the Comfort Women issue. Likes to note which Korean companies are not Japanese as “This is unpleasant for the Japanese.”

•The Japanese Rightist: Est. 2005 by “Yellowpeeps.” Disjointed collection of musings about Japan and Korea from a “libertarian” and a rightist perspective. Says “A Japanese rightist blowing up various taboos and top secrets you have never known.” Has an interesting translation of a Yoshinori Kobayashi manga on Comfort Women.

•Orientalism: Est. 2005 by an Australian. Essentially negative observations about Korea.

Critical Documents & Translations

N.B.: Translations for your personal research only and courtesy of the publisher.

Analysis

Know Your Visiting Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike And the Conservative Nationalist Groups She Joins, An Asia Policy Point Brief, August 2007, 4pgs.
Know Your Visiting Japanese Politicians And the Conservative Nationalist Groups They Join, Golden Week April 2007, Revised July 2007, An Asia Policy Point Brief, 14pgs.
All the Signatories to the June 14th Washington Post "The Facts" Advertisement, Research by Asia Policy Point, 7/25/2007, 24 pgs.
Who They Are: Signatories to The Washington Post, June 14th “The Facts: Open Letter to Congress on the Comfort Women Issue,” Short Biographies and Recent Published Thoughts of the Five Main Supporters, Prepared by Asia Policy Point, 6/19/07, 5 pgs.

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