The Rising Sons of Japan with Tim Shorrock

<em>Today, on our podcast, The Rising Sons of Japan with Tim Shorrock. </em><br/><br/>Summary of Podcast Episode<br/><br/>Since the murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, there has been many hagiographies that distort his historical role and his rise to power, in the process of doing so, they also end up distorting the history of post war Japan. <br/><br/>Today, we have Tim Shorrock, self described &#8220;Writer, guitar player, author (SPIES FOR HIRE). Working on investigative memoir of US intervention in Korea & Japan after WWII.&#8221;<br/><br/> Tim Shorrock has previously published article in He has written articles for several magazines, including <em>Harper's</em>, <em>Mother Jones</em>, <em>The Nation</em>, and <em>Salon. </em>He also appeared on a previous episode of historicly to talk about COIN<br/><br/>Show Notes for the Podcast Episode -<br/><br/>0:45 - Unconditional Surrender <br/><br/>2:23 - US had complete control of the occupation. For the first few years, they forbade fascists and the working class flourished. <br/><br/>6:09 - The Corporate Empire strikes back<br/><br/>10:09 - Start of US Military Buildup in Japan<br/><br/>13:00 - Korean War as a boon for industrialists in both US and Japan<br/><br/>19:19 - Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Grandfather, class A War Criminal<br/><br/>21:00 - Japan&#8217;s One Party rule The <strong>Liberal Democratic Party</strong><br/><br/>22:17 - Secret Treaties with US <br/><br/>23:24 - Protest so Massive, they could not guarantee Eisenhower&#8217;s Safety<br/><br/>26:00 - Article 9, why Neocons and Class A War Criminals Hate it. <br/><br/>34:00 - Japanese investments in Occupied Korea<br/><br/>35:00 - Power of US military in Japan<br/><br/>40:51 - Okinawa<br/><br/>48:00 - Nixon, Japan, Taiwan and China.<br/><br/>You can find <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TimothyS">Tim Shorrock </a>on twitter. <br/><br/>Get full access to Historic.ly at <a href="https://www.historicly.net/subscribe?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMjI3OTU2LCJpYXQiOjE2NTg4NTMwOTksImV4cCI6MTY2MTQ