KODAMA YOSHIO AND ULTRA-NATIONALIST ACTIVITIES IN HOKKAIDO

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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2022
• Case Number: F-2021-00762
• Publication Date: November 6, 1953

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COUNTRY Japan REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT KODANA Yoshio and Ultra-nationalist DATE DISTR.
6 November
1953
Activities in Hokkaido
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KODAMA Yoshio (030/3768/1807/1133), one of the leading ultra-nationalist figures
in japan, arrived in Hokkaido on 2 September 1953 to make a survey of ultra-nation,.
alist groups there. Recently, through the efforts of SHIMADA (fnu), president of
the Hokkaido Colliery and Steamship Company Ltd., KODANA gained control of the
Hokkaido Construction Company, Ltd.1, ousting SEKINE (fnu), the former president,
The Hokkaido Constrilotion Oompanv is reported to be a major source of funds for
the u1trau4Ationalist activities or !COMMA, who is closely affiliated with TSUJI
Nksancbu, MIURA Giichi, and the HATOYAMA Faction of the Liberal Party.'
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Comment TSUJI, former colonel and one of Japan's best known ultra-
nationalists, is presently an independent member of the House of Representa-
tives, is affiliated with numerous rightists groups, and h9ads the Toa Remmei
DOEhikai. TSUJI and KODAMA have been close associates since 1944 when both
men were in Nanking.
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