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Wahaha ago

In the 1930s Asanuma was a member of several pro-military, far-right uyoku dantai [...] He grew dissatisfied with the direction World War II was taking and withdrew his candidacy from the 1942 election and retired from politics until after Japan's defeat. When he returned to politics, it was as a socialist and left-wing activist.

.... what happened?

IronFelix ago

Soviet money.

LiberationArtFront ago

Two Atomic bombs

nxc1974 ago

Those nukes did nothing to Japan.

1.5+ million Red Army personnel on the other hand...