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Part Three: The Slavery Loving Fascist who Built Modern Japan

Behind the Bastards

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Is the Speaker of the Lower House Trying to Remove the Diet Members by Force?

In Japan, a kishi makes an unexpected snap vote to force a treaty through with no debate. It sets off three general strikes and 30 million people turn out for anti-kesi protests. The japanese public is unbelievably pissed off at the way their politicians are behaving.

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