Eastern question (Far East)
On the morning of September 27, 1940 the cables hummed with news of a momentous ceremony. Japanese diplomats in Berlin had signed a military pact with Germany and Italy. That evening in Tokyo the Japanese people received a message from Emperor Hirohito. In their newspapers the...
On the morning of September 27, 1940 the cables hummed with news of a momentous ceremony. Japanese diplomats in Berlin had signed a military pact with Germany and Italy. That ev...
2. Part 2In the field of government the Japanese also imitated the T’ang system. They declared the land “nationalized”--or subject only to the Emperor’s control. They reorganized local g...
3. Part 3These clans, you will remember, were ruled by so-called “outer lords,” who were denied a part in the Tokugawa administration. The fact that they were so far from the center of g...
4. Part 4The Privy Council is likewise a useful piece of machinery for Japan’s ruling group. It is the supreme advisory body to the Emperor. It consists of 26 life members, usually of gr...
5. Part 5During and after the war, Japan’s business groups had come of age. They were no longer subordinate to the other ruling forces in the state. Japan’s effort to overtake the West,...
6. Part 6A long death list had been prepared. Actually only three high officials were killed: Takahashi, the moderate Finance Minister; Admiral Saito, the former Premier, then Lord Privy...
7. Part 7Japanese statesmen continually stressed this idea of an East Asiatic bloc in their speeches. To make its realization possible, they concluded the alliance with Germany. Barring...