Japan at the crossroads : conflict and compromise after Anpo / Nick Kapur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kapur, Nick, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (1960 January 19).

Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan.

Kishi, Nobusuke, 1896-1987.

Kishi, Nobusuke.

Protest movements--Japan--History.

Protest movements.

History.

Japan--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Japan.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

United States.

Japan--Civilization--American influences.

Civilization.

Japan--Relations--United States.

Relations.

United States--Relations--Japan.

Civilization--American influences.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Japan at the Crossroads explains how massive protests in Japan against the US-Japan alliance in 1960 produced enduring transformations in Japanese politics, society, and culture, as well as in US-Japan relations and the Cold War international system. The protests were the largest popular protests in Japan's modern history, lasting more than a year and reaching a violent climax in June 1960, when thousands of radical activists stormed the National Legislature, precipitating a battle with police and yakuza thugs which injured thousands. Although the protests ultimately failed to prevent passage of the Security Treaty, which remains in force to this day, they did shock the nation and the world, leading to the cancelation of a greatly anticipated visit to Japan by US president Eisenhower, the resignation of Japanese prime minister Kishi Nobusuke, and ultimately, the reformulation of US-Japan diplomacy and Japanese political and social relations.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Reformulating the US-Japan alliance

Stabilizing conservative rule

The waning of the opposition parties

The collapse of the 1960 coalition

New directions in literature and the arts

Reshaping the landscape of expression.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674984424

0674984420

OCLC:

1019837789