What's in a name?
He got merk by the Yakuza+CIA because he wanted the US to leave Japan. Now it's a vassal state that sold its soul to the US for 30 pieces of silver. They enjoyed a boon in material gain, but they are now a dying civilization. Western indeed. What could never gain traction again is freedom for the Japanese people, socialism is on par with the West. They have large social welfare system on par with Sweden as a % of GDP and are increasing their immigration faster than any country not name canada or south korea.
It's such a shame, a young nationalist killed an old nationalist. They couldn't even let Otoya live, they had to merk him in his prison cell too, that's how much they needed to kill the nationalist spirit of Japan.