The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor

ISBN-13: 9781349055487 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 183 str.

Kiyoko Takeda

Opis

At the end of World War II and through the Allied occupation, the Allies deliberated whether to abolish or to preserve the Japanese Emperor system. This is a study of the transformation of Japan under the impact of the democratizing policy of a forceful military occupation from the West.

Spis treści

Conflicting images of the Emperor in the American State Department; British views of the Japanese Emperor; the Institute for Pacific relations on the Emperor system - a Canadian view; Australia and Japan's "Sacred Destiny" to rule the world; the Chinese people and the military expansionism of Japan; the "key" for Japan's surrender; occupation policy and the Emperor system.