Today there is a common refrain going on among the usual anti-Japanese crowd (mostly the republican regimes of Communist China and South Korea) has taken up as a slogan for their mindless, zombie-like followers. This slogan is “Japan is Nazi of Asia”. This has even been taken up as an official line by the bandit government in Peking in response to some western historians who have compared China to Germany just before World War I. Trying, as always, to shift all negative focus toward Japan, their officials have said that it is Japan that is ‘just like Germany’ but prior to World War II or, in other words, saying the Japanese are the Nazis of Asia. This is so stupid and asinine that it really should require no response, however, the republican enemies of Japan have been able to get away with too much for too long when it comes to slandering the honor and integrity of His Majesty the Emperor’s land and faithful children. So, we will take this seriously for a moment and let the facts show who, exactly, is most like the regime of Nazi Germany in East Asia today. This will not be opinion, this will be strictly the facts of history and the present day.
First of all, what was Nazi Germany like? Nazi Germany was a militarily aggressive state ruled by one dictator and where only one political party (a workers party) was allowed to participate in politics. Nazi Germany was also a state where racial minorities were persecuted, primarily the Jewish minority but also any other non-German group of which there were not many in Germany to begin with. There was no democracy in Germany, no contested elections between multiple parties because, as we have said, there was only one legal party allowed. Real religious freedom was limited. There was certainly no religious freedom for the Jews and the Christians in Germany, whether Catholic or Protestant, were allowed only under strict state control. If they were suspected of any lack of enthusiasm in their support of the regime they were persecuted. For Catholics, letters from the Pope in Rome had to be smuggled into the country secretly in order to be read at mass. Nazi Germany was officially racist and preached a doctrine of the racial superiority of the “Aryan race” and was openly aggressive towards its neighbors. Nazi Germany was always claiming territory held by their neighbors. They claimed Austria, the Sudetenland (later all of Czech territory) and parts of Poland and Lithuania really belonged to Germany and should be taken back. They even started to obtain these territories by intimidation or by military force when necessary. This was preceded, of course, by a massive build-up of the German military just before World War II.
Does that sound anything at all like modern Japan? The State of Japan is certainly not militarily aggressive; it has a policy of pacifism written into its constitution. Japan is not ruled by a dictator but is governed by a Prime Minister under the august reign of His Majesty the Emperor according to constitutional law. Japan is not a single party state as there are parties representing a wide array of political opinions that stand for election and participate in politics. Racial minorities are not persecuted in Japan as even the most vocal critics of Japan, usually the Korean minority, have remained in Japan for decades so they must not be treated very badly. In fact, many in Japan hesitate to show any pride in their own country such as raising the national flag or singing the national anthem because of concern over offending foreign people living or going to school in Japan. There is religious freedom in Japan with communities of Christians, Buddhists, Shintoists, people who hold to a variety of religious beliefs and some who hold to none. In fact, Japan is so open to religious minorities that quite a few Christians have been elected Prime Minister in Japan even though the Christian population is extremely small. As for racism, Japan certainly has no official policy or position supportive of racial hatred. In fact, Japan was the first country to call for an international condemnation of racism after World War I (the other Allied powers rejected this proposal). And, finally, as for being aggressive with their neighbors, this certainly does not describe modern Japan. There are, of course, some territorial issues Japan has with neighboring countries but Japan has only ever pushed for discussions to resolve these issues (such as with Russia and South Korea) and was met with anger simply because Japan would like to talk about it. Japan has taken no military action against any neighbor or any country at all since 1945.
Obviously, anyone can see that the State of Japan is nothing, at all, in any way, like Nazi Germany. However, that description of Nazi Germany did have a ring of familiarity to it, didn’t it? What country in east Asia does that sound like? Let us take a look at the People’s Republic of China. The PRC is a militarily aggressive state, having invaded Korea, Vietnam, India, Tibet etc. The PRC is also ruled by a dictator and it too has only one political party (a workers party) which is the only one allowed to participate in politics. Communist China has also persecuted racial minorities such as the Manchurians, Mongols, Tibetans and Uyghurs. They have flooded their ancestral lands with Han colonists to eliminate these minorities in a demographic flood. There is no democracy in Red China and those who call for democracy and multi-party elections are shot in the street or run over with tanks. There is no religious freedom in Red China with Catholics loyal to the Pope rather than the Communist Party, Tibetan Buddhists loyal to the Dalai Lama, Muslims in Xinjiang and even Falun Gong practitioners all among the persecuted. Even those religious groups that are allowed to worship must always support the policies of the government or face similar persecution. Also, just like Nazi Germany, the Chinese Communist Party is dominated by one race, one nationality, the Han, and all others must take second place and they have long believed in their own superiority over all other peoples. Also, just like Nazi Germany, Communist China is constantly claiming territory belonging to neighboring countries. Red China has territorial disputes with Japan, Korea, Vietnam, The Philippines, almost every neighboring country and have used both intimidation and military force to gain control of disputed territory. Finally, Red China has also been building up its military forces rapidly so that it has a large nuclear arsenal, a huge air force, an expanding navy and the largest army in the world.
The facts should be obvious for all to see. Japan has nothing at all in common with Nazi Germany. It is a peaceful, constitutional monarchy and not an aggressive military dictatorship. If there is any country in east Asia that most resembles that of Nazi Germany, it is another one-party dictatorship: the People’s Republic of China.
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