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>>26364725

>Japan’s far-right won a two-thirds majority in the legislature, they will begin the process of amending Japan’s constitution to:
>remove the “post-war theory of natural human rights”
>remove the “masochistic view of history” wherein it accepts that it committed crimes during the Second World War. In fact, in their view, Japan was the wronged party in the war
>Japan should be applauded for liberating much of East Asia
>the Tokyo War Crimes tribunals were illegitimate
>the rape of Nanking was either exaggerated or fabricated
>return the Japanese army to its former glory — something outlawed by Japan’s current constitution
>return to worshipping the emperor
>the internal affairs and communications minister warned that broadcasters could be shut down if they aired programming that the government deemed was “politically biased.”

The old imperial “Rising Sun” flag was flown, pledges to “break away from the postwar regime” were made, and the (very short and controversial) imperial national anthem was sung. The lyrics are addressed to the emperor:
“May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles grow into boulders
Lush with moss.”

http://archive.is/LvOIB

>>14938802
My point is, who doesn't like more money?

Japs like to think of the west as large amounts of rich untapped oil. The best shit they've gotten from the west is crude ass oil from filthy weebs, while having the good stuff largely untouched. They desire those shekels more than anything and are willing to practically give everything up for the slightest chance to get them.
To answer your question, It's because they're doing so well domestically that they're taking the risk on a western audience, or at the very least the asian market that's making kpop groups more popular than Perfume will ever be.