[War] Japan: "In Response to the Occupation"

[Ian Martell]

"In Response to the Occupation"
Prime Minister Hiroshi Sakai
Japan
Feb 17th 2013

Hiroshi and Misato, his Public Affairs Director, walked together down the 
halls of the Kantei, Hiroshi on the way to his meeting with Foreign Minister 
Jonouchi and General Tanaka, Head of Japan’s Branch Chiefs.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Hiroshi said suddenly.

“What?” Misato said with a slight smile wondering slightly when she got used 
to Hiroshi’s sudden bursts of conversation.

“The situation in North Korea… we’ve been bribing them for years with food, 
money, medical supplies… but still the people suffer… it’s ridiculous.”

Misato nodded. “Well we’ve always figured it would go to their army.”

“True,” he said. “But when I was at the Beijing Conference, I fooled myself 
into thinking we were saving the North Korean’s as much as the Japanese by 
signing the disarmament treaty, and now, they’ve wasted it all.”

Misato kept quiet for a moment and seeing her boss was finished said. “Is 
that going to colour what you are going to do about the Chinese invasion?”

Hiroshi shook his head. “No, of course not. I’m angry not irresponsible. I 
was hired by the Japanese people to do a job for them, I will not let them 
down.”

Misato smiled at that.

“What?” Hiroshi asked as he reached the outer doors of his office.

“Nothing,” she said. “Enjoy your meeting.”

“Hmmn,” Hiroshi said. “Have a good day, Misato.”

She bowed slightly and took her leave and Hiroshi walked into his office 
nodding to his secretary as he passed her into his office.

Inside Minister Jonouchi stood along with General Tanaka as well as a Marine 
Self Defence Force Captain who sat at the General’s left.

The two military men saluted.

Hiroshi returned it with a deep and respectful bow. The PM did not salute, 
it was felt after the amendment of Article 9 that the PM while the commander 
and chief of the Japanese Self Defence Force should hold to civilian methods 
of showing respect. Hiroshi thought of it as Tojo’s shadow on the office.

He took a seat.
General Tanaka lowered his hand. “Sir, this is Captain Nakamura, he’s here 
to speak for the MSDF on the government’s proposed defence initiatives.”

Hiroshi nodded. “Pleased to meet you Captain, please, all of you be seated.”

They took their seats.

“So if you don’t mind waiting a moment Captain, I’d like to start with North 
Korea.”

The Captain nodded.

“This is what I know from the intelligence briefings, China invaded with 
500,000 troops, and has yet to lose even a thousand in taking the country, 
there are local leaders going over to China but more than a few are going to 
the South, and while the Chinese have secured the WMDs, the conventional 
weapons are vanishing at an alarming rate, along with a vast number of the 
trained KPA personnel.”

“Correct,” General Tanaka said.

“Then what do you see happening?”

“Well sir, the KPA had a special forces group of roughly 100,000 thousand 
men, it’s reasonable to assume some of these men have remained loyal to the 
Kim regime or at the very least wish to repel the Chinese, add that to the 
missing weapons and it will likely mean that any occupying force in North 
Korea will face a skilled and well armed insurgency. The other concern is 
what action the South Koreans take, from our satellite images of the border, 
the South was half-way to mobilizing for an attack when the Chinese rolled 
in, they may still be thinking about it, or they may be looking at helping 
the insurgency or supporting one of the commanders who hasn’t gone over to 
the Chinese.”

“Which would ultimately lead to a war between South Korea and China.”

“They could decide to keep it civilized and simply put down the troops in 
the North, but yes, that is an option. Which could drag the US into this.”

Hiroshi nodded. “Which would of course force us to choose sides,” he said.

The General nodded.

Hiroshi let out a breath through his teeth.

“Minister, your thoughts?” he asked.

“I agree with the General, our biggest danger comes from the South Koreans 
going to war with China. I recommend swift action to keep us from being 
drawn into it.”
“Such as?” Hiroshi asked.

“We invite President Park and President Hong to Tokyo for a summit,” 
Jonouchi said. “And we try to hammer out an agreement between them. If they 
succeed, then all is well, if they don’t we have tried for peace and cannot 
be blamed if we decide not to enter the war on either side. In fact, by 
keeping our doors open to both parties we give them a neutral ground on 
which any future negotiations can take place.”

Hiroshi nodded.

“What about aid? We honestly can’t just simply let the North Koreans 
continue like they are.”

Jonouchi nodded. “Well anything we do might be considered cooperation with 
the Chinese occupation, but the humanitarian situation is critical.”

“But it’s also well timed,” Hiroshi said and he tapped the paper on his 
desk. “Africa is not a critical case this year, we can shunt some of our 
usual African aid to the North Koreans.”

The General and the Minister nodded.

“As well I’d like to offer both South Korea and China our assistance in 
dealing with the diseases running through the North Korean populations, 
especially the drug-resistant ones, with the number of refugees the South 
Koreans are seeing, it won’t be long before their people start catching them 
like the Chinese troops have been.”

“I’ll add that to our message to both nations,” Jonouchi said.

Hiroshi nodded.

“One last thing,” Jonouchi nodded. “The Japanese civilians the North 
Korean’s have kidnapped. We should speak to the Chinese about a joint 
investigation of their whereabouts.”

Hiroshi nodded. “Absolutely, could you pass on our wishes in that reguard, 
that we are willing to offer any support nessisary to facilitate the safe 
return of our citizens.”

“Of course,” Jonouchi said.

Actions:

1>	Contact Seoul and Beijing and offer to hold a summit in Tokyo to discuss 
the future of the DPRK.
2>	Contact China about coordinating Japanese food aid for the North Koreans.
3>	Offer to work with both the Koreans and the Chinese in developing 
treatments and eventually cures for the diseases effecting the North Korea 
population.
4>	Ask the Chinese for assistance in finding the Japanese civilians 
kidnapped by the Kim Regime.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese

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