"Asia Current Affairs" - Asiajiron

...The platform proclaimed that Japan should be a leader in the rise of Asian nations, and called for the elimination of the ill effects of clan-based bureaucracy, the display of the "mystery of Emperorism," strengthening the foundations of the "Imperial Nation" by reforming the current system, strengthening national defense, and building a nationalistic education for the people. They published the journal "Kokuryu" (later "Asia Jiron"), founded the Black Dragon Language School, and advocated Greater Asianism and Japan's advance into the continent, and their name became known overseas as the "Black Dragon Society." They supported many continental ronin (masterless samurai), and secretly worked to stimulate anti-Russian sentiment and realize the annexation of Korea, and were involved in the activities of Philippine independence activist Aguinaldo and Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen. ...

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…綱領は日本がアジア民族興隆の指導者となるべきことを宣言し，藩閥官僚主義の弊害除去，〈天皇主義の妙諦〉の発揮，現行制度の改造による〈皇国〉の基礎の強化，国防の充実，国粋主義的国民教育の建設などを主張している。機関誌《黒竜》(のち《亜細亜時論》)を発行，また黒竜語学校を創設して大アジア主義，日本の大陸進出を唱え，その名は〈ブラック･ドラゴン･ソサエティBlack Dragon Society〉として海外にも響いた。多くの大陸浪人を擁して対露強硬論の喚起や韓国併合の実現に裏面の画策を行い，フィリピン独立運動家アギナルド，中国の革命家孫文らの活動にも関与した。…

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