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Editor says, what if shocking public revelations of North Korean abductions had provoked the re-militirization of Japan? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the December 2011 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1977, on this day an ethnic Korean Japanese (Zainichi) monster called Sin Gwang-su abducted thirteen year old Megumi Yokota (pictured) on her way home from school in Niigata, forcing her (and seventeen others) to help train North Korean spies to pass as Japanese citizens during the late seventies and early eighties.
Repeal of Article 9
By Ed and Eric OppenThe kidnapper was finally arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1985. But by then the political fall-out had already happened. Long before this criminal resolution for Yokota's suffering parents, public opinion in Japan had demanded a different kind of justice.
Because the submarine that ferried the North Korean agents carrying the stolen identies of the abducted Japanese citizens had gone aground in the Yellow sea. Megumi Yokota was rescued by the South Korean Navy; now free, she had spoken openly of her plight in captivity which had led to several attempts at suicide. Enraged by its inability to protect its own citizens, the Government of Japan repealed Article 9 of the Constitution which renounced the right to declare war or use military force in international disputes.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Politicians Source: Wikipedia Labels: Megumi Yokota, Japan, North Korea, Remilitirization, Asia. Editor says, in this post we explore a left-field idea by Eric Oppen. Extensive content has been repurposed from Wikipedia which concludes ~ In 2002, North Korea admitted that she and others had been abducted, but claimed that she had committed suicide on March 13, 1994 (originally announced as 1993 and later corrected to 1994) and returned what it said were her cremated remains. Japan stated that a DNA test proved they could not have been her remains, and her family does not believe that she would have committed suicide. It is widely believed, especially in Japan, that Yokota is still alive.
~ Second Korean War with North Korea on one side and South Korea/Japan on the other by 1985? I could see it happening.
~ The Chinese wouldn't be happy about their precious Norks being threatened, but I think that if this had happened, the Chicoms might figure on letting the Kims lie in the bed they'd made for themselves. And if the kidnapping was successful, how was Megumi rescued? She wouldn't have been on a sub after getting to North Korea.
~ If China left Kim Il-sung to fend for himself, as is most likely in the post-Nixon era, in KWII, it'd be probable that he would unleash whatever weapons his arsenal had, especially since he'd already be suspected for crimes against humanity. It'd be a massively destructive war.
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