39 - Imperial Japan pt. 9 / Spyclopedia #3 - the Many Identities of Nisshō Inoue, pt. 3, or, the Patriotic Terrorist
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Inoe and Nishita Met in Episode 31 - The Manchurian Incident
i did not mention nishita when i was talking about the manchurian incident in episode 31, but he was the ringleader. The theory was that if they could force the emperor's hand in manchuria and in japan at the same time, the imperial wayf action could do a soft coup. Inoa came up with a plan to kill 20 politicians and business leaders,. Many of them were not even liberal in the normate sense. As these ultras saw it, this is not unlike a lot of the russian proto fasciis conservatives prior to the bolshevik revolution.
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