HIST 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Imperial Rule Assistance Association, South Manchuria Railway, Peace Preservation Law
27 Jul 2019
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Ww1: japanese global power increased: expanded production and asian markets, gnp grows 40, 3rd largest navy. Peace preservation law: 1925: increased suffrage and repression, 10 years hard labor for advocating change or an end to private property. Shift to dictatorship emperor hirohito 1926: protective tariffs impact japanese economy, shift to militarism complete after 1931. 1931: explosion to the south manchurian railroad: pretext to take over manchuria, taiwanese and korean colonies, mainland china. 1933: repression at home: critics of military and uncooperative business people. State/official religion=shinto, incorporated into propaganda: emperor and state are sacred. 4 million men were forced labor workers under japanese rule: japanese retreat: us tactic of island hopping, nuclear bombs dropped at hiroshima and nagasaki. Sun yat-sen (president by name only: forms the guomindang (not very popular, frustrated democratization, factional and regional conflicts, guomindang=nationalist party. Japan and europe: discipline, moral purpose, united citizenry.
