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Japan's outspoken ‘weak’ confront the ire of the masses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Shin Sugok
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If public hatred against the socially weak were organized and came under the control of power, it could even pave the way for the emergence of a new fascism.

The families of 10 missing Japanese believed abducted to North Korea unexpectedly found themselves caught in a vicious crossfire. Their crime? They had expressed their disappointment and anger at Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's failure to find out what happened to their missing relatives during his Pyongyang visit on May 22.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 8 , August 2004 , e6
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