? September 1, 1923 ?

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[cstaylor]

What about the roving gangs of rightwing goonbahs?

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What about the roving gangs of rightwing goonbahs?

What CS is referring to is . . .



The 1923 Kanto Massacre of Koreans in Japan:Korea WebWeekly, South Korea - 29 Aug 2003
... on September 1, 1923, a large earthquake, the Kanto Quake, hit many parts of Japan including Tokyo. During the week following the Quake, some 6,000 Koreans resident in Japan were murdered. Many Japanese blamed falsely the Koreans for the calamity ..."The massacre of Koreans and Chinese in the aftermath of the Kanto Quake was the darkest chapter of Japan's modern history." So said Prof. Matzuo Shoich, professor emeritus at the Hosei University, famous for his research on the Quake. Prof. Shoich asserts that the Japanese government and people must repent their sins and take responsibility for the massacre. The military started the massacre and incited the citizenry into a killing frenzy by spreading false rumors.
According to Prof. Matzuo, the massacre has been blamed on misguided Japanese citizens but the fact of the matter is that the massacre was perpetrated by the army troops and police in charge of civil security under a martial law.

1923 massacre anniversary marked by tolerance appeal
2003Japan Times, Japan - 29 Aug 2003
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations appealed Friday to the government to prevent a recurrence of the 1923 slaughter of thousands of Koreans and Chinese by the Japanese army and vigilante groups following a massive earthquake in the Tokyo area...
...Despite the events of seven decades earlier, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara told troops at a Ground Self-Defense Force ceremony in April 2000 to be prepared for rioting by illegal foreigners in the event of a major disaster.

In his remarks, which drew a firestorm of criticism, Ishihara used the term "sangokujin." The term, which literally means "people from third countries" was used as a derogatory label for people from Japan's former colonies, Korea and Taiwan, after World War II.