War with America - Our National Mission
TheMakoto
There is a time for the arts, for culture, for developing our ties as human beings between each other and to cherish the great national identity our nation has forged as a bastion of values that are often lacking in other parts of the world.
And there is a time for blood and sweat, for fierce determination, for sacrifice and to stand united as one people and one nation to fight for what we believe is right and just, if needed until the very end.
This is the time we live in now.
Minutes ago, the newly elected American President has announced his intentions to invade the Japanese Empire, without a casus belli and without pressing political animosities existing between our nations previous to this unprovoked and unexpected act. The American President decided to invade the country adhering to the Righteous Nation Philosophy, one of the most transparent, peaceful and neutral democratic societies known to us.
To quote and paraphrase, ironically, an American:
"the Japanese Empire was at peace with that nation. [...] The facts of today speak for themselves. The people of the Japanese Empire have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation."
There had been suggestions that I, as the Emperor, should speak to the American people and urge them to vote against this invasion, to urge Congress to not adopt the stance of the President. I decided against this.
It is clear to us now that the criminal invasion of our peaceful nation has been planned a long time ago by the American elites, wishing to force their imperialistic and totalitarian vision upon the rest of the world in the name of petty revanchism and nationalism.
The Righteous Nation has not and will never engage in aggressive actions against peaceful states. Japan has and will continue to support righteous undertakings across the globe in the defense of liberty and democracy. That is our national mission, our national resolve.
As we have helped the world, we are now hoping for its help. We will resist. We will fight. And we might loose, but we will keep our heads high, so that we can say 'We did not cease resisting until the very last moment'.
Our way of life, our approach to the game and our national integrity and future security are in grave danger. There is no doubt about that.
However, we are a strong community, a strong people. I urge the people, the political parties, the president, to forge a grand national unity, to put petty political differences aside and emerge in the grand collective that is the united Japanese people. There is a time for political competition. This time is not now.
I have confidence in our leaders, our people and our armed forces; I have confidence in the steadfastness of our allies and freedom loving people everywhere, that our struggle will not be in vain.
With the gods on our side, we will achieve ultimate and lasting victory and secure for ourselves a place in the new world order that is to be, having defended our constitution and ourselves with our own blood.
Never forget the criminal treachery of December the 7th. Let us celebrate Christmas in a free and united Japan, so the gods will.
Kokawayoshi Makoto
Emperor of Japan
Comments
天皇陛下萬歳!
This has been a long time coming I suppose. I'm not sure whether to tell Japan to worry less or more though.
Russia WILL FIGHT FOR U !!!
Prepare ur weapons and be rdy for the fight against aggressor!
BANZI!
For the Emperor!
For Japan!
United, we can do it!
This is all probably a part of the American plan to get to HelloKitty...Opps! Did I say that out loud?
Good luck eJapan! I salute you and the Emperor! 10,000 years~!
holy crap
You have my stache
Hungary will support Japan!
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"Never forget the criminal treachery of December the 7th."
Lulz
Remember that you are Japanese the bravest fighters in Asia you know the meaning of honor, something Americans will never be able to understand!
Banzai!
Make them cry!
"without a casus belli"
You let Indonesia attack us.
Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Unfortunately, the Hungarian MPP seems to be a bit late...
America is stronger than us.
America is bigger than us.
America is richer than us.
But no enemy, regardless of their power, can defeat a people united. Put aside your grudges. Put aside your rivalries. On this day, we fight as one.
LONG LIVE JAPAN!!!! MAY THE EMPEROR REIGN FOR 10,000 YEARS
We the eJapanese citizens will fight for our country! TILL THE DEATH!!!
As an American with eJapan citizenship I say "😉EATH TO AMERICA!"
You gave PEACE teritory for invasion in the past. Did you guys really think Americans wont hold a grudge for it? 🙂
万歳!
Attempts by the eUSA to portray this as a vengeance action for something that happened five months ago are an ineffective cover for their future plans of aggression in east Asia. eJapan will oppose this unprovoked aggression.
-KITA Ikki, Minister of Defense
Hail Emperor Kokawa!
Am ready to move to defend Japan anytime!
Lackfi
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unprovoked...lol
Our imperialistic and totalitarian vision?
Notice that the US holds only its own territories, while the nation you ally with, Hungary, is known world wide as an imperialistic power.
Knew this would happen...
Listen eAmericans, you guys are sheep and you need to wake up. This is bigger than Japan. This is corrupt government politics at it's best.
What a speech Kokawa. Made my skin crawl!
Why? Japan and her allies thought vengeance for past events were decent justification when they used such rationalization for invading the eUS. However; I agree it is wrong. It was wrong when you did it, and It is wrong now that we are doing it. Recognize though that Japan has been agressive in the past and don't paint yourselves as the pacifist martyrs that you failed to be when you helped America be invaded.
This is not some long standing plan of the "American Elites" This is a crazy result of the election and a betrayal by the newly elected president. And most of America actually wanted to invade the UK and didn't think much of anything about you till this point.
I find it interesting that you have decided against any attempts to resolve this peacefully because of your conspiracy theories. It is sad, I didn't expect them to work, but you were my last hope that some sanity would intervene on these affairs. I guess that Japan wants this war as much as Jewitt.
Perhaps it is because a war gives you an excuse to ditch the "righteous nation" act that you adhere to so strongly untill you feel the slightest bit threatened. If you haven't felt necessary to ditch it when America was conquered and Malaysia was threatened, you wouldn't have been such an easy mark now for the whimsy of a crazy president.
Kyushu will live!
Aurelius, if you took a quick glance at the war proposal you would realize that only one member of the American Congress voted against the proposal. There is no hope in talking peace with a government and a political apparatus that has already decided the way it wishes to go - the way of war.
I could ask the American people for peace, but what good would there be in it? Propaganda and nationalism have already started to do their work - only few people are opposed to the war to come. As sad as it is, but I believe that any words I would speak would be in vain.
Japan has always acted in accordance with its national philosophy, and we are unwilling to 'pay' for something which back then was the only choice we had. Execution by firing squad or by hanging? That were the options that were up to us, really. But if you have never been in a similar situation, I suppose it is difficult to understand our reasoning and feelings back then, which I guess I can even understand to some degree.
Nevertheless we will continue to work for peace, to strive for it and will be willing to enter into peace negotiations involving returning to the status quo ante bellum at a moment's notice. We are sincere in our desire for peace. Is America?
米国を攻撃する理由があるか?
Do the Americans have a reason to attack us?
これは私がこのゲームに参加する前に起こったことについてですか?`
Is this about something that happened before i joined this game?
eUS prez: Like we could stop eIndo from doing anything. You just want to have some fun bullying a small country.
Nippon banzai!!
I will die for the Emperor. We stand by our ideals, and the attack was unprovoked and uncalled for. I have been the firmest supporter of neutrality and of the Righteous Nation philosophy, and stand by my beliefs, however hear me clearly eUSA -- by attacking Kyushu you have opened a big can of worms.
"He who sows wind shall reap whirlwind"
Ten Thousand Years! We died for Drago and now we will die for Kokawayoshi Makoto and eJapan!
LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR
LONG LIVE IMPERIAL JAPAN
Ten Thousand Years!
>American ... imperialistic and totalitarian vision
Please expand your thoughts here, as I would love to see how you came to this conclusion.
At kokaw
We had a similar choice. We were told to Join PEACE or be conquered, we chose to be conquered because we believed betraying our friends was against our national beliefs. Japan had a similar choice, be conquered or help attack the US. Japan decided that helping Indonesia attack the US was against its beliefs, but then did it, because they didn't want to be conquered.
I would like to refer you to France. PEACE told them to attack the US, they refused to further participate in the war of aggression. France knew that Spain would destroy them in a moment without their allies, but they chose conquest before further subjugation of their values. So you did have a choice, a choice the US and other nations had to make. Just cause both options were unpalatable doesn't mean that you didn't have one. You gambled that a conquered United States would be less likely to retaliate against you then a angry Indonesia and that sacrificing your "righteous nation" stance was preferable to being conquered.
I admit that my country is wrong to do this. But never have I heard from Japan that it was wrong to make the decision it did, only that it is not responsible for it.
@ Emerick
They are probably referring to conquering territories of a neutral nation for furthering national ambitions. Can you deny that this is in fact an imperialistic act?
>LONG LIVE IMPERIAL JAPAN
Imperial Japan died when they released South Corea~~
>They are probably referring to conquering territories of a neutral nation for furthering national ambitions. Can you deny that this is in fact an imperialistic act?
I was mostly referring to the insane "totalitarian" part
Ah "totalitarian" was probably added because of its negative connotation. Its probably more aesthetic then substantive.
I would simply interpret it in terms of imperialism, since that is the major concept in its company. A word is know by the company it keeps after all.
Stay strong eJapan! eSerbia is with you! O7
>Ah "totalitarian" was probably added because of its negative connotation. Its probably more aesthetic then substantive.
I assumed that, but I hoped that Emperor Kokawayoshi had the ability to write an article without adding useless fluff. I await his comment on the issue.
lmao
america has been the side of the weak allways defending and now we attack all the good weve done is erased and were suddenly imperialistic and evil lmao
yall had it coming
Emerick, I consider the entire ideology of radiant nationalism and black/white labeling that is driving the current American political mainstream to be totalitarian in nature, because it does not permit any other views and sees America on a holy mission of vengeance and revenge.
Japan is the most democratic and peaceful nation in the game. To attack it is a crime.
>Emerick, I consider the entire ideology of radiant nationalism and black/white labeling that is driving the current American political mainstream to be totalitarian in nature, because it does not permit any other views and sees America on a holy mission of vengeance and revenge.
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state, usually under the control of a single political organization, faction, or class domination, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
Please tell me how the US meets those standards in any way.
>Japan is the most democratic and peaceful nation in the game. To attack it is a crime.
Every country is democratic, and I fail to see how facilitating an invasion of the US is peaceful. I'm fully aware of the situation, and I do sympathize, but you cannot say that you strived to keep peace to your fullest capacity.
India and Denmark seem much more peaceful in their nature then Japan. Not that I mean to say that Japan doesn't tilt toward the peaceful side when their national self interests aren't at stake. However, I have fervently and continuously made loud proclamations against the policy of the US and here allies, especially Poland and Spain. Not once have I been criticized for my positions against the invasion of France, Peru, or Japan. So as I said before, the use of the word Totalitarian is for effect not substance. You simply "label" Americans conveniently to shore up your own "national image" about a country with a "holy mission" persecuted by others.
Totalitarianism is not institutionalized in a political fashion in America, I concede (although some would debate that considering the stance of the USWP, but I digress). However totalitarianism can also express itself in an all-pervasive Zeitgeist, an idea that goes beyond party lines and institutions. A society can totalitarianize itself from the bottom, not only from the top. Foreign policy wise, or indeed, in the general outlook on eWorld affairs, I consider the current American mindset to be totalitarian in nature, driven by the key component of revanchism-fueled nationalism. You don't have to agree with me, but I stand by my point that this is a valid way to look at the issue.
Countries may be formally democratic, but they vary in how they express that democracy. Theocracy runs an autocratic oligarchy, other nations are strongly dominated by one party or by parties that all exhibit roughly the same political agenda, marginalizing other political ideas. Other countries again create authoritarian structures by the way they run the outgame mechanisms often vital to advanced in the game, such as the national forum or chat channels or by economic factors. Really, I believe that while overtly all nations have the same freedoms, they are different in how they express and realize that supposed freedom.
Anyone who didn't see this coming, is just silly.