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I'd have imagined that the first thing that "Japan First" would imply would be to kick out the US-bases, defend against the feudatory-lord like shake-down measures by the US.

It's so strange - the "Japan First" gang infact appears to be pro-occupation (let's not pretend this is not what this is), and have even been raising funds for the likes of imperialists like Kirk.

Almost seems like it's meant to keep Japan artificially glued to the US and out of Asia, and not let geography work. Reminds me of what Brezhinsky feared about Germany / Russia getting together (and is now playing out in Europe).

Really sad though, since JICA and the prev. generations really gave Japan a very good name across Asia.

Wasn't that mostly because Basmati rice actually ended up becoming less expensive than Japanese rice - and so the spike in demand would basically ensure people from the Indian-subcontinent to get their rice supplies ?

(Japanese rice is very different from Indian-rice).