Hideaki Kase

Hideaki Kase (加瀬 英明 Kase Hideaki, born December 22, 1936) is a Japanese diplomatic critic known for promoting historical revisionism. His father, Toshikazu Kase, was a diplomat under Shigenori Tōgō who negotiated an end to the Pacific war.

Revisionist organizations

Kase is the Chairman of Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact.[1] In an interview with BBC journalist Bethan Jinkinson, Kase said: "The majority of our people believe that Japan was forced into war by the United States. America was making unreasonable demands upon us. So we were fighting a war of national self-defence".[2]

Also a member of Nippon Kaigi, Kase said about that openly revisionist lobby: "We are dedicated to our conservative cause. We are monarchists. We are for revising the constitution. We are for the glory of the nation".[3]

Revisionist movies

Hideaki Kase has a history of promoting controversial movies that contest Japanese war crimes:

See also

Notes

  1. "About Us". Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4145356.stm
  3. Linda Sieg, Reuters, June 15, 2006
  4. "War flick touting Japan’s role in Indonesia’s birth irks Jakarta" (Japan Times, 27/03/2001)

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