A political essay warning that Japan is facing a situation eerily reminiscent of the Hotsumi Ozaki spy case.
By examining Renhō’s testimony demands, nationality ambiguity, and prolonged study in Beijing, the article raises alarms about media influence and Chinese intelligence operations.

A warning that modern Japan may be facing a situation comparable to the Ozaki spy case, hidden in plain sight within politics and media.

2017-03-24

Consider the possibility that Hotsumi Ozaki is standing right before our eyes today.
Renhō, the leader of the Democratic Party, spoke with a plausibly serious expression and plausible-sounding logic, claiming that Akie Abe should be summoned as a sworn witness.
Nothing could be more misguided than this.
Renhō, it is you who must be summoned for testimony.
The Japanese people must ask why she refuses to clearly disclose her nationality.
At the same time, they must thoroughly investigate her actual circumstances during the three years she spent studying at Peking University after becoming a celebrity in Japan’s television industry.
China, whose national policy of anti-Japanese propaganda arguably surpasses even that of South Korea, and which is moreover a one-party communist dictatorship, would never overlook such a situation.
There is no way that the intelligence agencies of such a country would ignore the fact that an extremely famous female television personality—one who had become one of the most influential figures in Japanese broadcasting and even served as a news program anchor—was studying at Peking University.
Readers should already know that all of my conjectures have proven correct.
This is truly a chilling story.
Imagine that Hotsumi Ozaki is standing right before our eyes today.
If you do so, everything may suddenly become clear.
It is indeed a deeply chilling story.