The Quiet Return of the Gun: Japan, the United States, and the Quiet Normalization of War

An Associated Press report presents Japan’s remilitarization as reluctant self-defense rather than a political choice shaped by power. Beneath the calm language, constitutional erosion and alliance discipline are reframed as common sense. Placed in historical and geopolitical context, Japan’s military buildup appears as a reassignment of roles within a U.S.-led imperial order in crisis. Against... Continue Reading →

January 1, 2026 0

Rearming the Past to Police the Future: Japan, the U.S., and the Return of Empire in the Pacific

How a $70 Billion Defense Budget, Missile-Riddled Islands, and a Manufactured “Security Crisis” Are Rewriting the Map of Asia By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | December 4, 2025 Budgets, Islands and the Quiet Manufacture of Consent If you just skim the surface of this USNI News piece, it looks like any other routine defense... Continue Reading →

December 4, 2025 0

The Occupier’s Script: U.S. Military Empire, Asian Compradors, and the Battle for East Asia’s Future

The Atlantic Council, Asia Times, and U.S.-funded scholars like Hanjin Lew are scripting a future where peace is only possible under American military occupation. This essay dismantles the psychological operation that frames Asian sovereignty as instability and imperial presence as protection. It excavates the buried histories of U.S. war crimes, suppressed diplomacy, and regional movements... Continue Reading →

July 24, 2025 0

Theater of Protection: CNN, Japan, and the Manufacturing of Pacific Militarism

How corporate media scripts war as defense, omits empire from view, and repositions Japan as a frontline state in the U.S. Indo-Pacific war machineBy Prince Kapone | Weaponized InformationJuly 17, 2025🟥 Weaponized Neutrality: How CNN Manufactures Consent for Pacific MilitarizationOn July 16, 2025, CNN published an article by Brad Lendon titled “China, North Korea and... Continue Reading →

July 17, 2025 0

China and the U.S.: Naval Power, Propaganda, and the Battle for Maritime Sovereignty

U.S. media mocks China’s naval rise to soothe imperial ego. The facts reveal a strategic shift in global sea power. China’s modernization signals multipolar recalibration, not mimicry. Our struggle is to disrupt empire’s maritime infrastructure from within.By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | July 14, 2025 Disciplining the Horizon: How Empire Manufactures Maritime Panic On... Continue Reading →

July 14, 2025 0

Empire by Spreadsheet: U.S. Command Restructure and the Bureaucracy of War

Debt. Doctrine. Domination. How the U.S.–Japan alliance became a logistics chain for empire. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | July 1, 2025 Empire by Spreadsheet: The Paperwork of War On June 30, 2025, Stars and Stripes published a piece that reads like a memo passed between Pentagon functionaries: “U.S. Restructures Pacific Command—Containment Gets... Continue Reading →

July 2, 2025 0

Default of the West: Japan’s Bond Meltdown and the Shrinking Empire of Debt

From Tokyo to Washington, the crisis of monopoly finance capital reveals a collapsing imperial order. Austerity is not the cure—it’s the cover story. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information May 22, 2025 Part I – The House Is on Fire, But They’re Selling Sprinklers: How the Financial Media Manages Imperial Decline The article in question,... Continue Reading →

May 23, 2025 0

“A Clarification or a Confession?”: Excavating Reuters’ Coverage of Japan’s Treasury “Card”

Excavating the Empire’s Bonds: A Revolutionary Analysis of Japan’s Treasury Trap and the Global Dollar OrderBy Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | May 5, 2025They want you to believe it’s all a misunderstanding. That Japan’s finance minister “clarified” his earlier comments. That nobody’s threatening to sell U.S. Treasuries. Just a slip of the tongue, an... Continue Reading →

May 5, 2025 0

Redlines: April 10, 2025

Redlines is a daily political digest from Weaponized Information. It cuts through the noise to reveal the fractures and fault lines of the global capitalist-imperialist system. These are not just headlines—they are coordinates in the unfolding struggle for human liberation. Africa Congo in Doha, Not Kinshasa: While Congo bleeds from imperialist-backed insurgency, its so-called peace... Continue Reading →

April 10, 2025 0

As the Empire Cannibalizes Itself: Trump’s Tariff War and the Collapse of Illusions

By Prince Kapone Weaponized Information (WI)April 9, 2025 This report is not an obituary but a warning shot. The latest tremors in the U.S. economy—shaken by Trump’s spectacular tariff war and the ensuing bond market rout—are not isolated disruptions. They are signs of a collapsing imperial architecture. And as the scaffolding of U.S. supremacy rattles,... Continue Reading →

April 9, 2025 0