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Hi Blog. \u00a0As PM Abe becomes further emboldened by a lack of organized political opposition<\/a>, his administration is\u00a0becoming more reactionary towards\u00a0Japan’s Left. \u00a0According to the Japan Times, it will subject the Japan Communist Party<\/a>\u00a0to the Anti-Subversive Activities Law (Hakai Katsudou Boushi\u00a0Hou<\/em>), reserved for subversives who resort to violence<\/a>. \u00a0Of course, the JCP is a legitimate party (in fact, Japan’s oldest political party<\/a>) with a (declining) number of seats in the Diet, and it is allowed to agitate for reforms and even non-violent revolution, as it has for decades now. \u00a0But Abe seems bent on a return to Japan’s old form, when Leftists were incarcerated, tortured, and killed in custody in Wartime\u00a0Showa Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to him similarly\u00a0cracking down on\u00a0Japan’s violent rightists as well, but I wouldn’t hold my breath<\/a>. \u00a0I presume violent rightists wouldn’t be considered “revolutionaries” by the Abe Administration in the same sense — their form of revolution would take Japan back to a status quo of inter alia Emperor worship, unaccountable elite rule, and military adventurism. \u00a0To Abe’s clique\u00a0that is also part of Japan’s history<\/a>, even\u00a0if that would “subvert” Japan’s current democratic institutions. \u00a0Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

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NATIONAL \/ POLITICS<\/strong>
\n Abe Cabinet says JCP promoting \u2018violent revolution,\u2019 subject to anti-subversive law<\/strong>
\n BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI, THE JAPAN TIMES,\u00a0MAR 23, 2016<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2016\/03\/23\/national\/politics-diplomacy\/abe-cabinet-says-jcp-promoting-violent-revolution-subject-anti-subversive-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Japanese Communist Party remains a \u201cviolent revolutionary\u201d group subject to the scrutiny of a law restricting the activities of subversive organizations, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\u2019s government has declared.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A statement approved by Abe\u2019s Cabinet on Tuesday highlighted the government\u2019s stance that the leftist JCP continues to uphold its longtime policy of promoting what the National Police Agency calls \u201cviolent revolution.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The statement, issued in response to a question by former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Takako Suzuki, went on to declare the JCP as being among the organizations targeted by what is known as the anti-subversive activities law.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yoshiki Yamashita, the high-ranking secretariat chief of the party, responded Tuesday by expressing his strong displeasure over the statement. The party will \u201clodge a strong protest\u201d with the government and demand that it be retracted, he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Originally founded in 1922 as an underground organization, the JCP insists that Japan undergo revolution to transform into a socialist country.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It rocketed into notoriety in the 1950s when it masterminded what the NPA calls a litany of \u201cviolent, destructive activities\u201d nationwide \u2014 including assaults against police.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Such extremist activities, the NPA says, stemmed largely from a controversial platform the JCP adopted in 1951, in which the party declared it is \u201cwrong\u201d to try to achieve Japan\u2019s democratic revolution through peaceful measures.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the economic field, the JCP has traditionally championed the goal of wrestling power from capitalists and improving the life of the working class. In recent years, the policy has led to its objections to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as well as the planned consumption tax hike.<\/em><\/strong>
\nENDS<\/p>\n

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As PM Abe becomes further emboldened by a lack of organized political opposition, his administration is becoming more reactionary towards Japan’s Left. According to the Japan Times, it will subject the Japan Communist Party to the Anti-Subversive Activities Law (Hakai Katsudou Boushi Hou), reserved for subversives who resort to violence. Of course, the JCP is a legitimate party (in fact, Japan’s oldest political party) with a number of seats in the Diet, and it is allowed to agitate for reforms and even non-violent revolution, as it has for decades now. But Abe seems bent on a return to Japan’s old form, when Leftists were incarcerated, tortured, and killed in custody in Wartime Showa Japan. <\/p>\n

Looking forward to him similarly cracking down on Japan’s violent rightists as well, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. I presume violent rightists wouldn’t be considered “revolutionaries” by the Abe Administration in the same sense — their form of revolution would take Japan back to a status quo of inter alia Emperor worship, unaccountable elite rule, and military adventurism. To Abe’s clique that is also part of Japan’s history, even if that would “subvert” Japan’s current democratic institutions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4,14,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-japanese-government","category-japanese-politics","category-tangents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}