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With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book
examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and
society, and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on
contemporary Japan. Focusing on two central themes -- democracy and
the interplay of US-initiated reforms and Japan's endogenous drive
for democratization and social justice -- the contributors address
key questions: How did the US authorities and the Japanese people
define democracy? To what extent did America impose their notions
of democracy on Japan? How far did the Japanese pursue impulses
toward reform, rooted in their own history and values? Which
reforms were readily accepted and internalized, and which were
ultimately subverted by the Japanese as impositions from outside?
These questions are tackled by exploring the dynamics of the reform
process from the three perspectives of innovation, continuity and
compromise, specifically determining the effect that this period
made to Japanese social, economic, and political
understanding.Critically examines previously unexplored issues that
influenced postwar Japan such as the effect of labour and
healthcare legislation, textbook revision, and minority policy.
Illuminating contemporary Japan, its achievements, its potential
and its quandaries, this book will appeal to students and scholars
of Japanese-US relations, Japanese history and Japanese politics.
With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book
examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and
society, and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on
contemporary Japan. Focusing on two central themes - democracy and
the interplay of US-initiated reforms and Japan's endogenous drive
for democratization and social justice - the contributors address
key questions: How did the US authorities and the Japanese people
define democracy? To what extent did America impose their notions
of democracy on Japan? How far did the Japanese pursue impulses
toward reform, rooted in their own history and values? Which
reforms were readily accepted and internalized, and which were
ultimately subverted by the Japanese as impositions from outside?
These questions are tackled by exploring the dynamics of the reform
process from the three perspectives of innovation, continuity and
compromise, specifically determining the effect that this period
made to Japanese social, economic, and political understanding.
Critically examines previously unexplored issues that influenced
postwar Japan such as the effect of labour and healthcare
legislation, textbook revision, and minority policy. Illuminating
contemporary Japan, its achievements, its potential and its
quandaries, this book will appeal to students and scholars of
Japanese-US relations, Japanese history and Japanese politics.
From the late nineteenth century, Japan sought to incorporate the
Korean Peninsula into its expanding empire. Japan took control of
Korea in 1910 and ruled it until the end of World War II. During
this colonial period, Japan advertised as a national goal the
assimilation of Koreans into the Japanese state. It never achieved
that goal. Mark Caprio here examines why Japan's assimilation
efforts failed. Utilizing government documents, personal travel
accounts, diaries, newspapers, and works of fiction, he uncovers
plenty of evidence for the potential for assimilation but very few
practical initiatives to implement the policy. Japan's early
history of colonial rule included tactics used with peoples such as
the Ainu and Ryukyuan that tended more toward obliterating those
cultures than to incorporating the people as equal Japanese
citizens. Following the annexation of Taiwan in 1895, Japanese
policymakers turned to European imperialist models, especially
those of France and England, in developing strengthening its plan
for assimilation policies. But, although Japanese used rhetoric
that embraced assimilation, Japanese people themselves, from the
top levels of government down, considered Koreans inferior and gave
them few political rights. Segregation was built into everyday
life. Japanese maintained separate communities in Korea, children
were schooled in two separate and unequal systems, there was
relatively limited intermarriage, and prejudice was ingrained.
Under these circumstances, many Koreans resisted assimilation. By
not actively promoting Korean-Japanese integration on the ground,
Japan's rhetoric of assimilation remained just that.
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