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Japan to establish a new 'Special Higher Police' on July 31 - its intentions are despicable
"731" - a designation that once stood for the Japanese military's atrociously inhumane germ warfare unit - will become the "birthday" of a new Japanese intelligence agency.
On July 31, a "national intelligence bureau" will officially be established in Japan, and the "national intelligence council," chaired by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, will convene its inaugural meeting on the same day.
While the Japanese government claims this move aims to consolidate intelligence capabilities and counter "foreign espionage," external observers widely view it as a resurrection of the Tokko - Japan's notorious Special Higher Police prior to and during World War II (WWII).
That the specter of militarism embodied by the Tokko comes back to life on July 31 is a coincidence, yet not entirely so.
For more than 80 years since the end of WWII, Japan's intelligence architecture was deliberately maintained in a decentralized state - partly to prevent the resurgence of militarism, and partly due to the deep-seated fear within Japanese society of pre-WWII militarist secret police and the repressive Peace Preservation Law.
However, starting from Shinzo Abe, Japan steadily moved toward untying and unifying its intelligence system.
Upon taking office, Takaichi rapidly pushed through institutional reforms and legislative changes, attempting to build an intelligence apparatus centered around the "national intelligence council" as its core and the "national intelligence bureau" as its executive arm. This has created a centralized, top-down chain of command led directly by the Prime Minister's Office.
Under this setup, the daily interactions, political expressions, and anti-war activities of ordinary citizens fall under surveillance - all without parliamentary checks, judicial oversight, or third-party monitoring. Its institutional design is a carbon copy of the Tokko.
The ambitions of this new system extend far beyond Japan's domestic shores. The Japanese government has explicitly signaled its intention to enact an anti-spy law, expand wiretapping, and explore establishing a foreign intelligence agency modeled after the US Central Intelligence Agency.
The newly established organization's "national intelligence strategy" will directly serve the Self-Defense Forces' so-called counterstrike capabilities - meaning the ability to attack enemy bases - signaling a shift in intelligence work from passive defense to proactive reconnaissance and preemptive strikes. Simultaneously, Japan's Ministry of Defense is pushing to create a new bureau-level unit, rapidly pivoting the country's entire security architecture toward an offensive posture. Intelligence centralization and military expansion work hand in hand, tightly locked in step.
Choosing July 31 as the launch date for Japan's new "national intelligence bureau" is a brazen challenge to the post-WWII international order posed by Japan's right-wing forces.
"731" is inseparable from the atrocities committed by Japan's militarist regime, making it unsurprising that Japan's right-wing forces remain fixated on the number.
Abe's triumphant pose inside the "731" aircraft and Takaichi's insistence on launching the new intelligence hub on "731" reveal the political message behind the symbolism all too clearly.
As Japan once again raises the banner of centralized intelligence authority and removes yet another post-WWII restraint imposed by its "pacifist constitution" and the principle of an exclusively defense-oriented policy, countries across Asia and the broader international community must not remain silent.
#Tokko #ImperialJapaneseArmy
#EastAsia
#JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism
#NeoMilitarism #Japan
#TakaichiSanae #Sanae
#Takaichi #SanaeTakaichi
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