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This is a most important new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan’s leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author and translator of the original Japanese edition ( Hirohito Tenno itsutsu no ketsudan , first published in 1987 and republished in 1994), it was inevitable that there would be a delay in publication of the English edition, which is finally now available. In his extended Foreword as editor, referring to the nature of Hirohito’s power, Jansen states: ‘We are left with puzzles that will probably never be resolved. Clearly, as Professor Hata and others have shown, the Emperor Hirohito had immense power, but the condition of retaining it was judicious restraint in exercising it.’ In offering a view on the merits of Hata’s research, Jansen points to the hitherto unknown plots (in parallel but unrelated) by both the Army and Navy to preserve, and if necessary resuscitate, the imperial line in the event the victors decided to depose Hirohito. Jansen also points to the merits of Hata’s particular focus on the contribution Hirohito made to Japan in its post-war relations with the United States. Jansen added substantive notes to help place the author’s material in historical and historiographical perspective. The book, which is not a biography or a general history of the Showa era, focuses on five decisions taken by Emperor Hirohito, which the author considers the key turning points of his reign: these concern the 26 February 1936 insurrection of young army officers, the termination of the Pacific War, the post-war constitution, the issue of abdication and the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

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With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People's Emperor, his study of the monarchy's role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan. Many Japanese continue to define the nation's identity through the imperial house, making it a window into Japan's postwar history. Ruoff begins by examining the reform of the monarchy during the U.S. occupation and then turns to its evolution since the Japanese regained the power to shape it. To understand the monarchy's function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes issues such as the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the intersection of the monarchy with politics, the emperor's and the nation's responsibility for the war, nationalistic movements in support of the monarchy, and the remaking of the once-sacrosanct throne into a "people's imperial house" embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. Finally, Ruoff examines recent developments, including the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the heir crisis, which have brought to the forefront the fragility of the imperial line under the current legal system, leading to calls for reform. -- Publisher

Monarchy --- Constitutional history --- Democracy. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Executive power --- Royalists --- History --- Democracy --- Akihito, --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁 --- 明仁, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- Japan --- Japan. --- Japon --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I͡Aponii͡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Empire du Japon --- Nihon-koku --- Zen-Nihon --- Zenkoku --- Dainihon --- Dainippon --- Japão --- Japaner --- Kings and rulers. --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Since 1900

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Beatrice Trefalt describes and charts the various discoveries of Japanese soldiers who were still fighting World War II in South East Asia and the Pacific region long after it had ended. She also addresses their repatriation to Japan and the ambivalence of memories of the War in Japan. This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in South East Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties, families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war in Japan.

World War, 1939-1945 --- East Asia --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Veterans --- Social aspects --- Japan. --- Demobilization. --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- Imperial Japanese Army --- Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun --- I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ armii︠a︡ --- 日本. --- History, Modern --- Southeast Asia --- Pacific area --- Japan --- J3388 --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II -- Pacific war (1941-1945)

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This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad perspective including social, economic and political aspects. Historical data, research and contesting arguments are amply supplied. Japan's unique experience is contrasted with the practices of today's developing countries. Negative aspects such as social ills, policy failures, military movements and war years are also covered. Nineteenth-century Japan already had a happy combination of strong entrepreneurship and relatively wise government, which was the result of Japan's long evolutionary history. Measured contacts with high civilizations of China, India and the West allowed cumulative growth without being destroyed by them. Imported ideas and technology were absorbed with adjustments to fit the local context. The book grew out of a graduate course for government officials from developing countries. It offers a comprehensive look and new insights at Japan's industrial path that are often missing in standard historical chronicles. Written in an accessible and lively form, the book engages scholars as well as novices with no prior knowledge of Japan.

331.100 --- Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden --- J4300.70 --- J4300.80 --- J4300.90 --- Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century --- Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Banks and banking. --- Economic development. --- Economic policy. --- Japan --- Economic conditions --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Agricultural banks --- Banking --- Banking industry --- Commercial banks --- Depository institutions --- Finance --- Financial institutions --- Money --- Economic development --- Banks and banking --- History.

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Diplomats --- Intelligence officers --- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust --- Sugihara, Chiune, --- Japan --- Soviet Union --- Foreign relations --- Relations --- J3388 --- J4810.80 --- J4811.63 --- J4813.67 --- J2284.80 --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II -- Pacific war (1941-1945) --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Judaism --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Europe -- Lithuania --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century