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Zusatztext Lively, engaging, and frank, Media, Propaganda and Politics in 20th Century Japan is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the complex forces that produced Japan’s tumultuous 20th century. Focusing on the key events and developments of the Showa years (1926-89)—the rise of militarism, World War II, the emperor’s role in the Occupation, postwar economic prosperity and pollution, relations with the Soviets, the Americans, and China—the paper’s former editor-in-chief sheds new light on the way the press and the public influenced each other, often positively and often disastrously. Funabashi is particularly strong in analyzing the pre-World War II years and the paper’s erratic role in sometimes fighting, sometimes defending nationalism and militarization. Rich in little-known human stories and in quotations from company and state documents, the work also has much to tell us about nationalism, censorship, and the media today. Informationen zum Autor Funabashi Yoichi is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Newspaper and author of many books. He received his Ph.D. from Keio University, Japan and has held numerous academic positions in the US and Japan. Currently, he is chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF). Barak Kushner teaches Japanese History at the University of Cambridge, UK and is the author of The Thought War - Japanese Imperial Propaganda (2006), Slurp! A Culinary and Social History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup (2012) and Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice (2015). Klappentext Investigates the social and political impact of the Japanese mass-media during war! defeat and Japan's postwar rise as a superpower. Vorwort Investigates the social and political impact of the Japanese mass-media during war, defeat and Japan's postwar rise as a superpower. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordTranslator’s PrefaceIntroduction 1. The Last Days of an Era2. The Beginning of the Showa Era - Economic Depression3. Supreme Command Violated!4. The Manchurian Incident5. The Age of Terrorism6. On the Road to Developing a National Mythology7. The Road to the Japan-US War8. The Wartime Greater East Asia Conference9. Countdown to the War’s End10. The Puzzle of the August 15th Edition11. The Fate of 6.6 Million Abroad12. Newspapers Under the Occupation13. Layers of Responsibility14. The Korean War and Peace Treaties15. The Bandung Conference16. Restoring Soviet-Japanese Relations and Joining the United Nations17. The 1960 Security Treaty18. High Speed Growth and the Tokyo Olympics19. The Polluted Archipelago20. Gazing at the Two Koreas21. Youth Revolts22. Military Bases – Okinawa23. The Cultural Revolution and the Re-opening of Sino-Japanese Relations24. The Lockheed Incident25. The Oil Shock26. Yasu...
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Barak Kushner is Professor of East Asian History at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice (2015), Slurp! A Culinary and Social History of Ramen (2012), and The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propoganda (2006). He is also the co-editor of Examining Japan's Lost Decades (co-edited with Funabashi Yoichi, 2015).Yoichi Funabashi is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Newspaper. He acquired his Ph.D. from Keio University and has held academic positions at Harvard University, the Institute for International Economics, Columbia University and the University of Tokyo.
