Term Papers on The Factors That Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism

Term Paper Title	The Factors That Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism
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The Factors that Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism

Japan's political journey from its quasi-democratic government in the
1920's to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930's, the collapse of democratic
institutions, and the eventual military state was not an overnight
transformation. There was no coup d'etat, no march on Rome, no storming of the
Bastille. Instead, it was a political journey that allowed a semi-democratic
nation to transform itself into a military dictatorship. The forces that aided
in this transformation were the failed promises of the Meiji Restoration that
were represented in the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the perceived
capitulation of the Japanese parliamentary leaders to the western powers, a
compliant public, and an independent military.

The ground work for Japanese militarism was a compliant Japanese public.
This pliant public was created through a variety of factors. Beginning in the
1890's the public education system indoctrinated students in the ideas of
nationalism, loyalty to the emperor and traditionalist ideas of self-sacrifice
and obedience. Thus ideas that were originally propagated to mobilize support
for the Meiji government were easily diverted to form broad support for foreign
militarism. Japanese society also still held many of the remnants of feudal
culture such as strong confusion beliefs that stressed support for social order
and lack of emphasis on individualist values. These values taught obedience not
to a democratic but to the emperor; so the fact that the militaristic government
of the 1930's ruled under the emperor meant that the Japanese were loyal to this
government just as they had been to the government of the 1920's. So when
Japan's militaristic government implemented programs characteristic of
totalitarian governments such as strong media control, a thought police, and
community organizations the public did little to protest. ...

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