Ex-PM Nakasone's memorial service held amid stir over academic freedom

And, of course, the other thing Ex-Prime Minister Nakasone will be remembered for is his WWII invention of "comfort stations," where "comfort women" entertained the troops.

According to military documents, Nakasone ordered his troops in Southeast Asia to “gather the local women (土人女) and make a comfort station.” It’s unlikely to be a place where people played shogi (Japanese chess).

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/01/national/media-national/uncomfortable-truth-comfort-women/

The state and LDP have evenly split the cost, which totals nearly 200 million yen.

What's this difference? When the "state" is controlled and run by the LDP. they are the same, and they just used Suga's slush fund!

It was cringe worthy watching people make speeches to a huge photo. But as a way to funnel tax payer funds to Nippon Kaigi through a commemoration, have to admit moral adaptability was definitely on display.

The state and LDP have evenly split the cost, which totals nearly 200 million yen.

Disgusting. Why couldn't his family pay for it like other citizens?? Its not like THEY don't have the money.

The state and LDP have evenly split the cost, which totals nearly 200 million yen.

Why the HELL should it cost THAT much?? And why should the public have to pay for it??

The people deserve what they are getting over and over and over again.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ... cited the accomplishments of Nakasone, describing the Japanese leader between 1982 and 1987 as having "executed the necessary reforms and contributed to international peace and prosperity."

Nakasone "significantly raised the international profile of our country," Suga said ..., referring to the Cold War-era and a time when Japan was experiencing trade friction with the United States.

As far as I can remember, Nakasone was the very prime minister who let the USFJ use Japanese soil more freely as U.S. bases, boasting Japan was an unsinkable aircraft carrier; started to build nuclear power plants all over Japan, eventually leading to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.

In other words, under the Nakasone government, Japan increased its color more as a U.S. vassal. It’s from the perspectives of the U.S. side that one may be able to say the Japan-U.S. alliance has strengthened under Nakasone.