was a Japanese
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
who joined the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
during the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
. Aoyama was on good terms with the
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
, despite openly admitting he was a Communist. While Aoyama was in
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
, he successfully sold a printing plant to the
Office of War Information
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(OWI). Aoyama replaced
Wataru Kaji
or (1901–1982) was the nom de guerre for Mitsugi Seguchi (瀬口 貢 ''Seguchi Mitsugi''), a Japanese writer, literary critic, and political activist.
Biography
Wataru Kaji was born in Kyushu in 1903. He became involved with activism. Kaji wa ...
as a "psychological advisor", re-educating captured Japanese soldiers.
See also
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Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan covers individual Japanese dissidents against the policies of the Empire of Japan.
Dissidence in the Meiji and Taishō eras High Treason Incident
Shūsui Kōtoku, a Japanese anarchist, was critical ...
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Japanese in the Chinese resistance to the Empire of Japan
Throughout the Second Sino-Japanese war (1937–1945), Japanese dissidents and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) joined the Chinese in the war against the Empire of Japan.
An IJNAF A5M fighter pilot who was shot down on 26 September 1937, had a ...
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Japanese People's Emancipation League
The was a Japanese resistance organization that operated in communist China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and World War II.Roth, Andrew (1945). Dilemma in Japan. Little, Brown. pp. 162-188
In 1944, the Japanese People's Emancipation Leag ...
References
Further reading
* Kuroda, Zenji, (1972). 反戦政略 中国からみた日本戦前・戦中・戦後. Misaki Shobō Publishing
OCLC 44418352
* 青山和夫, (1957)
妙義出版株式会社.
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