From the Wikipedia page "Antisemitism in Japan", talking about the Japanese's reaction to being exposed to "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by White Army Russians, citing Dr. David Kranzler:
The key to the distinction between the Japanese and the European form of antisemitism seems to lie in the long Christian tradition of identifying the Jew with the Devil, the Antichrist or someone otherwise beyond redemption…The Japanese lacked this Christian image of the Jew and brought to their reading of the Protocols a totally different perspective. The Christian tried to solve the problem of the Jew by eliminating him; the Japanese tried to harness his alleged immense wealth and power to Japan's advantage.
by SirKazum
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BTW, I was going to put a Nazi flag on the guy, but upon cursory research, found out that would be inaccurate. The whole trope about the Japanese thinking “these Jews sound like a mighty people, we should ally with them” dates to when they got their antisemitism from the Russians; by the time they became allied with the Nazis, the Nazi doctrine re: Jewish genocide had unfortunately already made its way into Japan.
Reminds me of Nietzsche. He was surprisingly complimentary of Jews…from a Nietzschean perspective.
I’ve seen a lot of Japanese anti Kurdish meme recently
Rothschild:
When I was an ESL teacher in China, many years ago, a student came to tell me that they had read the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and more about the Jewish people. Before I could interject, they continued, “what an amazing people! Such a small group and they accomplished so much!”
Movie idea: A jewish dude flees Germany and goes to Japan. Japanase government mistake him for some genius banker/mastermind and put him in a important position but since he is lazy he makes the most stupid decisions. Which ends up working all the time in Japan’s favor on accident.
Many such cases
That’s how I feel about illuminati. If it’s real, where do I sign up?
White Russians: ‘No, you’re supposed to be AFRAID!’
Crazy how this same sentiment is so prevalent on social media today.
Japanese live in an island isolated from the world, they know nothing about jews or muslims.
When my brother was stationed in Japan he said it was full of “the nicest racists you’ll ever meet.”
South Korea has one of the largest populations of Talmudic scholars in the world because of its effectiveness as a learning model
Also what Ive seen with Indian 1940s alt right
Jews believe this about themselves too
I mean yeah, that’s not even the most influential example.
The Balfour Declaration was issued because the British cabinet thought that promising to create a Jewish state in Palestine would make the Jewish oligarchs use their behind the scenes influence in the Entente’s favour. The declaration is literally addressed to baron Rothschild.
Also American support for Israel is largely based on the Evangelical Christians believing that Israel will bring about the Apocalypse, along with a few antisemitic conspiracies given a positive spin.
Based
This is why WWII japan treated other Asians horribly but didn’t target Jews