Media, Propaganda and Politics in 20th-Century Japan

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.>

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: The Asahi, The Asahi Shimbun Company, The Asahi Shimbun Company, The Asahi Shimbun Company
• Assisted by: Christopher Gerteis (Editor), Yoichi Funabashi (Foreword), Funabashi Yoichi (Foreword), Barak Kushner (Translation), Barak (University of Cambridge Kushner (Translation), Kushner Barak (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2016
• EAN: 9781350002005
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00200-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan; Soas Studies in Modern and Con; SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Japan, Media Studies, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Politics and government, Asian History