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The Black Dragon Society (Kyūjitai; 黑龍會; Shinjitai: 黒竜会, kokuryūkai), or the Amur River Society, was a prominent paramilitary, ultranationalist group in Japan. History [ edit ]
Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山 満, 27 May 1855 – 5 October 1944) was a Japanese far right and ultra nationalist politician who founded secret societies called Genyosha (Black Ocean Society) and Kokuryukai (Black Dragon Society). [1] [2] Tōyama was an Anti Communist and a strong proponent of Pan Asianism. [3]
Takahashi's Society for the Development of Our Own was a major organization in Black America responsible for the dissemination of pro-Japanese propaganda. [4] He recruited several thousand members to the Pan-Asian cause, most of them of African-American, Filipino, or East Asian descent.
Nihon Seinensha (日本青年社, "Japan Youth Society") – one of the largest organizations with 2000 members. Set up by the Sumiyoshi-ikka syndicate in 1961. Since 1978, members have constructed two lighthouses and a Shinto shrine on the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyutai), a collection of uninhabited islets claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. [ 8 ]
In 1940 Kinoaki Matsuo published a book on how Japan planned to win a war with the United States. The war would not formally begin for another thirteen months. The Three Power Alliance And The United States-Japanese War , written by Matsuo while he was serving as a liaison between the Japanese Foreign Office and the Admiralty, openly discussed ...
The right-wing, ultranationalist Kokuryūkai (Amur River Association/Black Dragon Society), was founded in 1901. Kita—who held views on Russia and Korea remarkably similar to those espoused by the Kokuryukai—was sent by that organization as a special member, who would write for them from China and send reports on the ongoing situation at ...
This claim appears to have been debunked in an Axis History Forum entry by Dachhase on 13 October 2012. Agent Umeda – local agent in North Queensland, Australia. Kinoaki Matsuo – member of the ultra-nationalist Black Dragon secret society, and an officer in Japanese intelligence.
The Japanese ultra-nationalist Black Dragon Society was an influence upon the PMEW. The Black Dragon Society was a paramilitary organization, with close ties to Japan, which viewed the United States as Japan's enemy in World War II. The organization was frequently taken advantage of by one of its founders, Ashima Takis, who ultimately was ...