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