
Episode 444 - The Crysanthemum Taboo
History of Japan
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The History of Right Wing Violence in Japan
Yama guchi was a child of privilege whose family had a history of right wing ties. His grandfather had written novels glorifying the chivalric yakusa, who were so closely associated with the right. Yama's older brother took him to meetings of the greater japan patriotic party, or dinipon a kokto,. led by aka bin, a right wing theoretician who openly called himself j Japan's hitler.
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