A Study Of Post-war Japanese Right-wing Historical View

After the Meiji Restoration,Japan quickly embarked on the road of aggression and expansion,which brought profound national disasters to the people of the Asia-Pacific countries.However,since the end of the World War II,Japan’s right-wing forces have not only failed to reflect on their guilt for the war of aggression,refused to apologize,apologize and compensate the invaded countries and nations,but also attempts to overturn such major historical events as the September 18 th Incident,the Lugou Bridge Incident,the Pearl Harbor Incident,and the trials of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East have disappointed the countries and nations of the Asia-Pacific.The fallacies of "war of self-defense","war of liberation","the United States and the United Kingdom sharing the same crime",and "Tokyo Trial revenge" put forth by the right-wing forces in Japan not only greatly hurt the national feelings of the people of the invaded countries and seriously damaged the diplomatic relations between Japan and its neighbors,but also posed a potential threat to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.There is even a danger of leading Japan to repeat its past mistakes.Under the worrying situation that Japan is speeding up its "return to the pre-war" and Japan and the United States are becoming increasingly tightly bound,systematically sorting out and comprehensively refuting the Japanese right-wing historical view not only has the academic value of restoring the true face of the history of Japanese aggression against China,which has been distorted beyond recognition by the Japanese right-wing forces,but also has the warning significance to guard against the revival of Japanese militarism.This paper consists of the introduction,seven chapters and the conclusion:The introduction part,mainly to the origin of the subject,academic value and practical significance,domestic and foreign research status,research focus and difficulties,innovation points are comprehensively elaborated,for the body part of a systematic study.The first chapter mainly longitudinally and macroscopically combs the evolution track of post-war Japanese right-wing forces and their right-wing historical views.This chapter divides the historical evolution of postwar Japanese right-wing forces into three periods: " resurrection period "(1945-1960),"rise period "(1961-1980)and "rampant period"(1980-2019),and expounds and summarizes the trend and characteristics of Japanese right-wing forces in each period.On this basis,a section is made,which divides the evolution process of Japanese rightwing historical view into three stages: "origin","spread" and "inundation",and makes a preliminary longitudinal analysis and horizontal analysis of the right-wing historical view in each stage,which provides the background for the micro-specific research in the following chapters.The second chapter mainly combs and refuts the blaming theory thrown by the Japanese right-wing forces around the September 18 th Incident.This chapter points out that Nakamura ’s claim of "Manchuria is not Chinese territory" is a serious distortion of the historical facts of Japan’s invasion in the September 18 th Incident,because ethnography and historical records are sufficient to prove that Northeast China has been an inherent territory of China since ancient times.The "theory on the initiation of the Japanese Exclusion Movement" cooked up by Nakamura is not only to stigmatize the anti-Japanese patriotic movement set off by the Chinese people in those years,but also to shirk the responsibility of the war for Japan’s launching of the September 18 th Incident.However,in the face of conclusive historical facts,any attempt to discharge responsibility is futile.Before the September 18 th Incident,the development of China’s revolutionary forces was far from threatening Japan’s so-called "special rights and interests".The so-called "Zhang Xueliang’s theory of tyranny" advocated by Nakamura and others is just a malicious slander on Zhang Xueliang’s patriotic action to build Northeast China and resist Japanese aggression.It is also an attempt to shift the blame for the September 18 th Incident onto Zhang Xueliang’s despicable trick,which cannot be refuted.In short,no matter how much the right-wing forces in Japan shift the blame on China,they will not change the historical fact that the September 18 th Incident is a set step of Japan’s "mainland policy".The third chapter mainly combs and refutes the remarks of shirking responsibility produced by Japanese right-wing forces around the the Lugou Bridge Incident.This chapter points out that patriotic students in Beiping had already raised slogans such as "supporting the29 th Army’s resistance against Japanese aggression" before the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident,that Zhang Kexia’s "battle plan against Japan" was designed to cope with the threat of aggressive military drills by the Japanese,and that Liu Shaoqi was not in Peiping at the time of the Lugou Bridge incident.All these historical facts are enough to show that the so-called "the Communist Party responsibility theory" peddled by the Japanese right-wing forces is a malicious fabrication and simply does not hold water.The "no-expansion policy" declared by Japan back then was a delaying measure;its creation of "autonomy in North China" was a violation of the armistice Agreement;its so-called "peace efforts" were aimed at fostering a puppet regime in North China;and its stigmatizing accusation that China "deliberately brought the war to Shanghai" was a pretext for expanding the war.All these are enough to show that the "Kuomintang responsibility theory" put forward by Japanese right-wingers is subjective speculation and not worth refuting.Historical facts such as the Lugou Bridge Incident being the inevitable result of Japan’s "mainland policy" and the two Fengtai incidents being a rehearsal for the Lugou Bridge Incident are sufficient to show that the so-called "accidental theory" peddled by the right-wing forces in Japan is unfounded.In a word,no matter how Japanese right-wing scholars try to pass the buck,they cannot change the historical fact that the Lugou Bridge Incident was Japan’s long-planned aggression against China.The fourth chapter mainly combs and refutes the "theory of self-defense" and "theory of liberation" peddled by the Japanese right-wing forces around the Pearl Harbor incident.This chapter points out that the "ABCD encircle forcing theory" sold by Japanese right-wing scholars is not valid,because no matter from the actual situation of China,Britain,the Netherlands,the United States and other countries,or from the anti-fascist strategic view of "Europe before Asia",there was no "ABCD encircle" against Japan at that time.The "Greater East Asia War Liberation Theory" advocated by Japanese right-wing scholars is also not valid,because Japan’s motives for "advancing south",its cruel rule over Southeast Asian countries,and the objective historical facts of the Southeast Asian people’s liberation of themselves are enough to discredit its "co-existence and co-prosperity","liberation of colonies" and "support for the independence of Southeast Asian countries".In short,Japan launched the "Greater East Asia War" to replace the old imperialist colonial rule of Britain,the Netherlands,the United States and other countries with the fascist colonial rule of Japan,which has no positive or progressive significance at all.The fifth chapter mainly combs and refutes the so-called "revenge theory" thrown out by the Japanese right-wing forces around the Tokyo trial.This chapter points out that the Japanese right-wing forces denigrate the various fallacies of the Tokyo Trial,which is only to overturn the case and exonerate the crimes of the war of aggression launched by Japan.However,the trial of the Japanese war criminals by the court not only reflects the universal requirements and common wishes of the international community,but also has unquestionable legality and progressiveness.It is even more absurd for Japanese rightists to describe the Tokyo trial as the "revenge" trial of the victorious nation against the defeated nation.This trial represents the will of more than two thirds of the world’s population.It is not the "winner’s trial," as rightists call it.The fallacies peddled by Japan’s right-wing forces,such as the right to war is the "legitimate right" of the country and war criminals are "martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country",are merely shirking responsibility for war crimes and rationalizing acts of aggression.However,no matter how much they try to lay down responsibility for the war of aggression and extol the virtues of Japan’s war criminals,their attempt to overturn the key conclusions of the Tokyo Trial is futile.The sixth chapter,on the basis of the vertical sorting and refutation of the right-wing historical view in the preceding chapters,horizontal analysis on the formation of Japanese right-wing historical view of the factors.This chapter points out that there are five contributing factors to the Japanese right-wing view of history.First,the "concept of the Divine Kingdom" and the "Theory of Yamato national Excellence" deeply rooted in the Japanese national psychology are the psychological basis and ideological support for the formation of the Japanese right-wing view of history.Second,the "theory of war innocence" under the influence of "utilitarianism" and the "interest" drive of huge pre-war reparations and huge colonial profits are the economic motivations for the generation of postwar Japanese right-wing historical views.Thirdly,the policies of shielding and compensating war criminals pursued by the Japanese government since the end of the World War II provided policy guarantee for the formation of Japanese right-wing historical view;Fourth,the political ambition and plot of "returning to the pre-war" became the spiritual driving force for the formation of Japanese right-wing historical views.Fifth,in the early postwar period,the United States changed its policy toward Japan from "punishing" to "supporting",which not only restricted the investigation of Japan’s war responsibility by its Asian neighbors,but also provided a loose international political environment for the formation of Japan’s right-wing historical view.The seventh chapter mainly evaluates the influence and harm of Japanese right-wing historical view objectively.This chapter points out that the Japanese right-wing view of history has not only accelerated the rightwing of Japanese politics and made Japan’s future trend full of changes,but also led to the acceleration of Japan’s "return to the pre-war" and the step of "strengthening the military and revising the Constitution".Asian neighbors should pay close attention to this and maintain high vigilance.Japanese right-wing views on history have not only led to frequent acts of political leaders visiting the Yasukuni Shrine and tampering with history textbooks,but also intensified the conflict between Chinese and Japanese views on history and seriously hindered the healthy development of China-Japan relations.The Chinese and Japanese people should pay close attention to and respond to this.Japan’s right-wing view of history has stimulated the rise of narrow nationalism and xenophobia,which has become a major "sticking point" in worsening Japan’s relations with its neighbors.It also poses a potential threat to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.Asia-pacific countries should pay close attention to this and properly respond to it.In the concluding part,the author makes some reflections on how to deal with the spread and overflow of Japanese right-wing historical view,and puts forward some specific suggestions.In a word,the purpose of this article is: through the longitudinal review of the evolution of the Japanese right-wing view of history,accurately grasp its context;Through the horizontal analysis of the Japanese right-wing historical view of the generation of factors,put forward the countermeasures;By accurately assessing the impact and harm of the Japanese right-wing historical view,the world should pay close attention to and be highly vigilant against the dangerous trend of the revival of Japanese militarism.In short,by defending the historical truth,we will restore the true face of Japan’s history of aggression against China and make our contribution to Japan’s peaceful development,the sound development of China-Japan relations and peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.