Nearly half a century ago, the economic historian Harold Innis
pointed out that the geographical limits of empires were determined
by communications and that, historically, advances in the
technologies of transport and communications have enabled empires
to grow. This power of communications was demonstrated when
Japanese Emperor Hirohito's radio speech announcing Japan's
surrender and the dissolution of its empire was broadcast
simultaneously throughout not only the Japanese home islands but
also all the territories under its control over the
telecommunications system that had, in part, made that empire
possible.
In the extension of the Japanese empire in the 1930s and 1940s,
technology, geo-strategy, and institutions were closely intertwined
in empire building. The central argument of this study of the
development of a communications network linking the far-flung parts
of the Japanese imperium is that modern telecommunications not only
served to connect these territories but, more important, made it
possible for the Japanese to envision an integrated empire in Asia.
Even as the imperial communications network served to foster
integration and strengthened Japanese leadership and control, its
creation and operation exacerbated long-standing tensions and
created new conflicts within the government, the military, and
society in general.
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