His maternal grandfather was very high up in the Imperial Japanese government during WWII, prior to that he had a leadership role in the genocidal Japanese occupation of China. Kishi was never punished for his actions and was rewarded with a post war position as Japanese PM.
“After World War II, Kishi was imprisoned for three years as a suspected Class A war criminal. However, the U.S. government did not charge, try, or convict him, and eventually released him as they considered Kishi to be the best man to lead a post-war Japan in a pro-American direction. With U.S. support, he went on to consolidate the Japanese conservative camp against perceived threats from the Japan Socialist Party in the 1950s.”
I think that quote is straight from Wikipedia. There was also a two or three part Behind the Bastards podcast episode on him. I know the podcast and people behind it are problematic but that doesn’t mean they can’t do good episodes once in a while.
I just read a NPR summary and the way they gloss over who he is/was and who is “blue blood” fascist father was makes me sick
Who were his family?
His maternal grandfather was very high up in the Imperial Japanese government during WWII, prior to that he had a leadership role in the genocidal Japanese occupation of China. Kishi was never punished for his actions and was rewarded with a post war position as Japanese PM.
“After World War II, Kishi was imprisoned for three years as a suspected Class A war criminal. However, the U.S. government did not charge, try, or convict him, and eventually released him as they considered Kishi to be the best man to lead a post-war Japan in a pro-American direction. With U.S. support, he went on to consolidate the Japanese conservative camp against perceived threats from the Japan Socialist Party in the 1950s.”
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I think that quote is straight from Wikipedia. There was also a two or three part Behind the Bastards podcast episode on him. I know the podcast and people behind it are problematic but that doesn’t mean they can’t do good episodes once in a while.
Jaoanese imperialist official during WWII
yeah this basically, bunch of fasicst fucks