Media, propaganda and politics in 20th-century Japan / the Asahi Shimbun company ; translated and abridged by Barak Kushner ; foreword by Funabashi Yoichi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kushner, Barak, 1968- editor.

Series:

SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan.

SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and propaganda--Japan--History--20th century.

Mass media policy--Japan--Colonies--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book investigates the role played by the Asahi Newspaper, one of Japan's largest daily newspapers, as a mediator of information and power during the 20th century. Members of the staff at the paper, including Funabashi Yoichi, former Editor-in-Chief and one of the most trusted public intellectuals in Japan, examine the paper's role in Japanese history, showing how news agencies assisted in the creation and maintenance of the nation's goals, dreams and delusions. The book draws on internal documents, committee meeting notes and interviews with the staff at the company as a means to narrate what newspaper editors chose to publish during Japan's journey through the 20th century. As well as offering an original insight into wartime media, Media, Propaganda and Politics in 20th-Century Japan explores the relationship between media and society during the postwar era and into the 21st century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Foreword

Translator's Preface

Introduction

1. The Last Days of an Era

2. The Beginning of the Showa Era - Economic Depression

3. Supreme Command Violated!

4. The Manchurian Incident

5. The Age of Terrorism

6. On the Road to Developing a National Mythology

7. The Road to the Japan-US War

8. The Wartime Greater East Asia Conference

9. Countdown to the War's End

10. The Puzzle of the August 15th Edition

11. The Fate of 6.6 Million Abroad

12. Newspapers Under the Occupation

13. Layers of Responsibility

14. The Korean War and Peace Treaties

15. The Bandung Conference

16. Restoring Soviet-Japanese Relations and Joining the United Nations

17. The 1960 Security Treaty

18. High Speed Growth and the Tokyo Olympics

19. The Polluted Archipelago

20. Gazing at the Two Koreas

21. Youth Revolts

22. Military Bases - Okinawa

23. The Cultural Revolution and the Re-opening of Sino-Japanese Relations

24. The Lockheed Incident

25. The Oil Shock

26. Yasukuni Shrine Visits

27. The Bubble Economy

Translator's Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Originally published by the Asahi Shimbun company, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350002005

1350002003

9781474218856

1474218857

9781472514172

1472514173

OCLC:

900781160