Japan as an American Colony

by Kazuhiro Hayashida

Kazuhiro Hayashida argues that contemporary Japan misjudges China, confuses friend and foe, and remains an American colony.

For some time, I have spoken about a peculiar inversion of interpretation in Japan. Ordinarily, it should be simple to grasp the relationship between friend and foe. Yet, strangely, many Japanese appear unable to recognize this basi…