Red Scare in Japan explained

The Red Scare in Japan refers to the promotion of fear of the rise of communism or radical leftism in Japan.

Throughout the history of Imperial Japan, the government suppressed socialist and communist movements.^[1] In order to combat the Communist International, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and Italy in Nov. 6, 1937.^[2]

Near the end of World War II, Prince Konoe Fumimaro promoted the fear of a communist revolution as a result of Japan's defeat.^[3]

In response to Cold War tensions in Asia, the CIA funded the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in an effort to turn Japan into a bulwark against communism during the 1950s and 1960s.^[4]

See also

• Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
• Political repression in Imperial Japan
• Japanese Red Army
• Red Purge

Further reading

• Book: The Price of a Constitution: The Origin of Japan's Postwar Politics . Tetsuya Kataoka. Taylor & Francis . 1991 . 28.
• Book: Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan . Richard H. Mitchell. University of Hawaii Press . 1992 . 153–154.

External links

• Book: Interview with Richard B. Finn . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project . April 8, 1991 . 24–25.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Japanese Police State: The Tokkô in Interwar Japan . University of Hawaii Press . Elise K. Tipton . 1990 .
2. Web site: Anti-Comintern Pact. Encyclopædia Britannica .
3. Book: Konoe Fumimaro and Konoe's Memorial to the Throne in February 1945 Japan's Wartime Diplomacy and the Postwar Visions . Jun'ichiro SHOJI. National Institute for Defense Studies . 1 September 2010 .
4. Web site: C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's. New York Times . October 9, 1994 .