Is the likely next Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, a Freemason?
Many people are asking themselves if Yukio Hatoyama, the head of the Democratic Party of Japan and the man polls say will become Prime Minister of Japan in September is a Freemason. His grandfather Ichiro Hatoyama was a Freemason. The wife of Naoto Kan, the deputy head of the DPJ, told me Yukio Hatoyama was also a Freemason. However, when I asked Hatoyama directly, he told me he was not a Freemason.
The Freemason Lodge that Hatoyama’s grandfather belonged to is a subsidiary of the Philippine lodge which in turn reports to the grand lodge in England. This branch was set up by General Douglas McArthur after WW2. A friend of mine who was Douglas McArthur’s personal doctor said he often saw McArthur and post-war Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida discuss the future of Japan inside that lodge. Yoshida was the grandfather of Taro Aso, the current Prime Minister. Yoshida was defeated by Hatoyama’s grandfather.
Even if the Yukio Hatoyama is a Freemason, he has a reputation for being clean. Since his family owns the Bridgestone Tire company, he has never had to accept money from shady power brokers.
He will now be given a chance to prove whether he will be like a Gorbachev presiding over the collapse of a country or a Putin, rebuilding a country that was sabotaged by the Americans. History will give us the final answer.
