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"Basically, these books draw upon the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to explain the current Japanese economic situa- tion," Schudrich wrote recent- ly in an unpublished paper. "They blame the rising value of the Japanese yen on a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to control Japan. One 'proof' is that multi-national com- panies are a 'Jewish inven- tion;' IBM, Exxon, Ford and Chrysler are Jewish owned; Rockefeller, George Shultz and Stalin are 'Jewish.' Jews are also responsible for the Tanaka-Lockheed case, AIDS and the pillage of the Incas in the 15th century." Books based on these out- rageous themes — especially those produced by Masami Uno, the leading "Jewish Con- spiracy" theorist in Japan — have sold millions of copies in the last few years. More im- portantly, they have achieved a legitimacy in mainstream Japanese society that spreads their message far beyond small, xenophobic political sects. The Japanese, Schudrich says, are increasingly worried about their economic future as competition between the world's economic super- powers heats up. This fear, as well as the long Japanese tradition of distrust of out- siders, has made these conspiracy-oriented books particularly appealing to broad segments of the Japanese public. "The Japanese," he said, "have no reason to like or dislike Jews. However, since they know so little, when a plausible anti-Semitic book comes along, it's believable. And it builds on older fears; they're very vulnerable to im- ages that suggest that Jews are the embodiment of everything they distrust in the outside world." Curiously, all this negative imagery has not produced overt expressions of anti- Semitism. One reason for this is obvious; aside from the small community of Jewish foreigners in the major cities, there are almost no potential victims in Japan. Schudrich's congregants generally meet only a special class of Japanese, mainly members of the international business and diplomatic com- munities, groups that are the least likely to be influenced by the gross images of popular authors like Uno. "We can't help but be aware of the anti-Semitism, but it's not something we're forced to deal with on a daily basis," he says. "We are exposed to a very limited sliver of Japanese life." But this lack of contact, he suggested, may also serve to strengthen the hold of anti- Semitism. "Without contact with Jews, they have nothing to go by," he said. "There's nothing to balance these im- ages and provide a more realistic perspective on Jews and Judaism." This concern has given rise to Schudrich's pet project, the creation of a Jewish cultural center in Japan. One reason for his recent trip to the United States was to arouse interest among potential financial donors. Ibkyo is an extraordinarily expensive ci- ty, and the creation of a cultural center is far beyond the means of Japan's tiny Jewish community. "Basically, what we have in mind is a center that would help the Japanese put these images in perspective," he said. "Japan is going to become more and more im- portant in the world; the fact that we are allowing millions of people to have the wrong image of Jews is something that just doesn't make sense to me. "It behooves the world Jewish community to sit up and take notice of the impor- tance of Japan, particularly since this problem would be relatively easy to rectify now Let's deal with it while it's still just images, not ac- tion." 0 "'"'""1 N EWS Waldheim TV 'Trial' Blasted New York (JTA) — The Home Box Office program, "Waldheim: A Commission Of Inquiry," in which Aus- trian President Kurt Wald- heim would go on "trial", has drawn strong reservations. Experts questioned the pro- priety of a cable television special which probes Wald- heim's guilt for wartime crimes. The program was to pre- mier in several countries worldwide last Sunday, an unusual television "trial" of a living person for alleged wartime crimes not tried by any other court. According to HBO, 20 re-