Editing Katipunan (section)

===Attempt to solicit Japan's aid===
Despite Rizal's rejection of an armed revolution, Bonifacio continued to plan for an armed conflict with Spain. The Katipunan cast its eyes on Japan, which loomed then as the probable champion of Asian liberties against Western oppression at the time. In May 1896, after Valenzuela's visit to Rizal, a delegation of Katipunan members, headed by Jacinto and Bonifacio, conferred with a visiting Japanese [[naval officer]] and captain of a Japanese ship, named ''Kongo'', and the Japanese consul at a Japanese [[bazaar]] in Manila.<ref>{{Harvnb|Retana|1897|pp=348–350}}</ref> The interpreter, a friend of Valenzuela, was José Moritaro Tagawa who was married to a Filipino woman of [[Bocaue, Bulacan]].<ref name="zaide 159"/>

After the usual exchange of courtesies, Jacinto submitted the Katipunan memorial for the [[Emperor of Japan]] in which the Filipinos prayed for Japanese aid in their projected revolution, "so that the light of liberty that illuminates Japan may also shed its rays over the Philippines."<ref>{{Harvnb|Retana|1897|p=351}}</ref>

It was with good reason that the Katipunan solicited Japan's aid and alliance. Japan had been friendly to the Filipinos since the Spanish colonial era. Many Filipinos who had fled from Spanish persecution had been welcomed there and given full protection of Japanese laws. Bonifacio tried to purchase arms and [[ammunition]] from Japan, but failed due to lack of funds and the uncovering of the Katipunan, José Dizon was part of the committee that the Katipunan formed to secure arms from Japan with the connivance of the Japanese ship captain. Three months later, however, the Katipunan was uncovered and Dizon was among the hundreds who were arrested for rebellion.<ref name="zaide 160"/>