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Enumerating the influence that Japan possesses on the United States

After winning the Sino-Japanese War, Japan contracted Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and Korean Empire (August 22nd 1904). Then in 1904, a local fisherman at Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, Nakai, petitioned for Tokdo/Dokdo’s territorial annexation and lease to Japanese ministers who in turn decided to grant such petition without any on-site, historical, and geographical study of Tokdo/Dokdo. Then Japanese cabinet announced February 15th, 1905 as The Day of Takeshima on which Second Korea-Japan Convention, blatant symbol of invasion of Korea, was also conducted.

After that, Japan concluded Taft-Katsura Agreement (July 1905) with the United States, an action which blatantly shows the US’s acknowledgement of Japan’s exclusive right to rule over Korea. In addition, Japan conducted Anglo-Japanese Alliance (August 1905) to attain international approval, and reaffirmed its policy to render Korea its protectorate through the Treaty of Portsmouth (August 1905). After the conclusion of Second Korea-Japan Convention (November, 17th 1905), a treaty conducted under the coercion of Japan, US was the first country to withdraw its troops from Korea.

The year after, in 1906, Japan planted Cherry Blossom, now a well-known character of Washington, at Tidal Basin. Due to the Treaty of Korea-Japan Annexation (1905), Korean Empire(大韓帝國)officially collapsed. Only after these painful experiences of the collapse did Korean learn that the inability to distinguish between moral obligations and the obligations of the law, naïeve expectations on the role of US as an arbiter, even though the American policies only turned out to be of benign neglect, and ignorance of the reality of the international politics expedited the passage to total collapse.

How should Japan avert the US’s censure toward itself?

※ The subjects of Japanese strategy to avert US’s criticism are Asia’s Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS- Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea). Employing the crafty strategy of making its way out of the criticism by dispersing the blame, Japan succeeded in inserting NICS’s Division of Responsibility Clause at 1987 Venetia G-7 summit Conference. In addition, Japan utilized a back passing strategy of submitting this case as a formal agenda at the G-7 summit conference held in Canada. Then Japan cunningly explained as if US turned NICS’s case into a formal motion of the G-7 summit conference and pretended to be on the side of NICS. In terms of the foreign relations and the relations with the US, Japan is implementing the strategy of allying with Korean and Taiwan.

※ In manner of preemptive strike to manipulate the American Public, In 1986 under the auspices of the Japanese government, the book "so far from Bamboo's groves " was published and ironically publishing company was same as "the diary of Anne Frank". The book is an English textbook in US Middle and High School and it still uses in the US. Mrs Yoko Watson (born in 1934, at that time 11years old) is the author of the book what she is all contrary to the truth.

※ So thus the fabricated book was led to organization of the Parents for an Accurate Asian History Education to educate the public and have worked hard to provide correct information and links to help audience find books, web sites, and other resources that will help educate and enlighten people of all ages about the history and culture of Korea.  Please avail yourself of the ample resources contained within this site of the Parents for an Accurate Asian History Education (www.paahe.org) in USA.

※ Furthermore, in contrast with the Japanese War Crimes, under the auspices of the Japanese government, on September 22, 1987, at the 200th anniversary of Constitution (the 100th US Congress), "Civil Act of 1987" (H.R.442-To implement recommendation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians) was passed US Congress a compensation of US $20,000 for Japanese-American who were Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians during the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese Military on December 7, 1941.

※ In 2005, 100th anniversary of the victory at the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, the result of Meiji Restoration, Japan began employing national strategy of ‘The Great Japanese Resurgence’. It is imperative to resuscitate the modern meaning of Russo Japanese War in that the current situation of Japan since the impending Japanese deployment of the Iraqi self-defense forces and the Japanese right wing’s revival of militant nation bear political and military resemblances. Also, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lobbied against respective governments, international organizations, international websites, and has succeeded in inscribing Tokdo-Takeshima in over 2010 websites including that of CIA.

Ingeniously, The Second Armitage Report (The US-Japan Alliance: Getting Asia Right Through 2020), published on February 16th, 2007, expects Japan to function as US’s greatest ally in all of Asia. Japan is also cultivating the dream of becoming a member of Security Council of the United Nations. It is known that this report was a piece of consideration for Japan as the report includes plans that Japanese government has already undertaken, including the establishment of Japanese version of National Security Council, and that the report was the result of the combined wisdom of supporters of Japan within the US. However, this report was designed according to Japanese government’s strategy.

※ In 2007 federal investigation diagnosed a number of potential dangers in Toyota cars and trucks and Toyota "failed to disclose ongoing safety issues and quality control problems with Toyota's automobiles, especially the fact that accelerator pedals installed in many of Toyota's cars were defective and could become stuck in the depressed position, leading to unintended acceleration," in the suit. but the automaker resisted the findings and escaped a broad recall. Instead Toyota used ‘game plan’- the-lobbying to escape early recall.

※ In 2007, the government has tried to deter the adoption of the resolution by using big lobbying firms and pro-Japan politicians in the U.S. Congress, just as it had done with previous resolutions on comfort women. Japanese political leaders including Hiroshige Seko, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s special adviser on media relations, visited the U.S. to point out to American academics, politicians, government officials, and journalists the flaws of the resolution. Japanese ambassador to the United States Ryozo Kato invited House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos to a tea ceremony, in an effort to block the voting of the resolution at the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The scope of lobbying efforts by the Japanese government was wide and far-reaching. 

In early March, to avoid such political pressure, Prime Minister Abe said that there had been no coercion in the recruitment of comfort women in the narrow sense, and that even if the resolution were passed, there would be no governmental-level apology for the women. His remark came under fire from the governments and the media of victimized countries, including Korea, and also other nations such as the U.S., Canada, and Germany. Meanwhile, Korean-American organizations launched campaigns to support the House Resolution 121 in an unprecedentedly systematical, aggressive manner. These developments surrounding the resolution led to a dramatic increase in the number of U.S. congressmen in support of the resolution, which raised its chances of making it past the House Committee.

※On September 5, 2008, a Japanese Defense White Paper released and claimed that Tokdo(Dokdo) was part of Japanese territory. In May also, Japanese Education ministry guidelines for junior high school students stated that the islands were an "integral part of Japan," though at present in Korean possession. As expected, the South Korean government came out with strong condemnation of the Japanese claim and recalled its Ambassador to Japan for a while. Furthermore, the South Korean Prime Minister made a widely publicized visit to Tokdo(Dokdo) to strengthen the South Korean claim over the islands.

To change the Japanese image, Japan wanted to abolish article 9 of its constitution, which prohibits it from having its own military. It opted for a more aggressive and assertive foreign policy. Rather than being apologetic for its colonial past, Japan ventured to a blunter and more provocative foreign policy by iterating its claim over Tokdo/Dokdo, by repeated visits by Japanese Prime Ministers to the Yasukuni Shrine, and by being less accommodating to the demands of "comfort women."

The Law of the Sea, which was signed in 1982 and came into force in 1994 had the provision of an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) up to 200 nautical miles, revising the earlier limit of 12 nautical miles. Japan realized the importance of Tokdo/Dokdo, which is rich in natural resources on and around it, and it began a systematic campaign to claim it. The another reason for Japan's repeated claim could be derived from that country's efforts to become a “normal state.”

Japan's aggressive foreign policy, which has been reflected in its unyielding posture on historical controversies, has further marginalized Japan in the Northeast Asian political arena. It is a strange fact of Asian politics that a “rising China,” which shares borders with 14 countries, has been able to establish a workable relationship with almost all its neighbors, but a “pacifist Japan” does not have a smooth relationship with any of its neighbors, except the United States.

※ On January 19, 2009, Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the U.S. is engaged in an "economic Pearl Harbor." In an interview that aired Sunday on "Dateline NBC," said the nation's economic situation is not as bad at World War II or the Great Depression, but it's still pretty severe.  It caused from Japan's zero interest and US borrowed money and imported sensitive components from Japan.

※ In February 24th, 2010, the president of Toyota sat at before the Congressional hearing using big lobbying organization of more than 200 Toyota dealers in US and pro-Japan politicians in the U.S. Congress, just as it had done with previous resolutions on many issues. The scope of lobbying efforts by the Japanese government was wide and far-reaching.

One suit is on behalf of shareholders who purchased stock between Dec. 22, 2009 and Feb. 2, 2010(during NHTSA has received more than 3,300 complaints, and 51 deaths). The suit charges that Toyota issued "materially false and misleading statements" regarding Toyota's operations, business, and outlook. It seems that Toyota didn't think that it would be the kind of problem that it turned out to be.

The following is words in a speech at Clinton, 8 September, 1858 by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America:

              You can fool all the people some of time,

              Some of people all the time,

              but you can not fool all the people all of the time