Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix Read Free Book Online Page A

Military Councillors, 422, 424
    Confucianism, 30, 36, 69
    Congress, U.S., 55
    Immigration Act of 1924 passed by, 148–49
    Connaught, Duke of, 103
    Conservative Party, British, 264
    Constitution, Japanese, 567–79, 585, 623, 636, 637, 657, 680
    abdication issue and, 571–73
    Akihito’s pledge of support for, 686
    Article 1 of, 660
    Article 3 of, 577
    Article 9 of, 569, 571, 576, 627, 639, 648, 651, 656, 660
    Article 55 of, 577
    attempted revisions of, 648–49, 654–55, 656, 659, 660, 670
    and concept of state, 578
    drafting of, 567, 568–69
    emperor redefined in, 575, 577
    Hirohito’s opposition to, 571–72
    Hirohito’s sanctioning of, 571–76
    Hirohito’s symbolic status and, 571, 579, 575, 627
    imperial family and, 571–72
    and Japan as constitutional monarchy, 577–78
    Kellogg-Briand Pact and, 571, 573
    monarchy reformed in, 568–69, 571, 670
    national identity and, 579
    and preservation of kokutai, 570, 576
    problems generated by, 578–79
    promulgation of, 573–74
    and remilitarization of Japan, 635
    renunciation of war in, 571, 573
    status of emperor in, 568, 575, 577
    in textbooks, 624
    war responsibility and, 577
    Constitution, U.S., 55
    Constitution of the Empire of Great Japan, see Meiji constitution
    â€œConstructing the New Japan” (Akihito), 514–15
    Coral Sea, Battle of, 447, 449
    Corregidor, 447
    Council of Foreign Ministers, 543
    court group, 172–81, 183–84, 211, 219, 241, 245, 251, 253, 296, 405, 519, 523, 536, 614
    characteristics of, 197–98
    chief tasks of, 80–81
    and coup attempt of Oct. 1931, 244
    criticism of, 225–26, 283–84
    goals of, 208
    as guardians of the throne, 174
    Hirohito as seen by, 207
    imperial will and, 80–81
    information collection and processing by, 178–79
    international law as viewed by, 221
    Inukai cabinet and, 245–46
    Kellogg-Briand Pact and, 223–24
    leadership of, 172–73
    Manchurian Incident and, 237
    secrecy and deception of, 197–98
    secretaries of, 172–73
    shakeup of, 292
    Tanaka’s clash with, 212–14
    Court of Cassation, 50, 141
    â€œcrab walk” incident, 632–33
    â€œCriteria for National Policy,” 308–9, 312
    Cultural Revolution, 671
    Cunningham, Owen, 596
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    Daikairei Number 14, 446
    Dan Takuma, 252
    Dark Ocean Society (Genyosha), 98
    Darwin, Charles, 60
    â€œDeclaration of Humanity” ( ningen sengen ), 560, 562, 565, 567
    Defense Department, U.S., 542, 626, 640
    deification ( daijsai ) ceremony, 191, 192–93
    democracy, 103, 105, 107, 118, 148, 203, 226, 374, 511, 518, 536, 561, 563, 579, 588, 624, 646
    kokutai debate and, 162–63, 165
    see also Taishdemocracy movement Democratic Party, Japanese, 574
    Denmark, 356
    Depression, Great, 228, 245, 250, 265
    die-for-the-emperor campaign, 495
    Diet, Imperial, 8, 33, 59, 78, 98, 100, 112, 127, 157, 175, 179, 196, 197, 208, 212, 245, 247, 252–53, 288, 291–93, 305, 325, 337, 417, 480–81, 552, 566, 575, 626, 627, 652, 656, 662, 666
    breakdown of cooperation in, 158–60
    brothel scandal and, 160, 183
    constitution debated in, 573
    â€œcrab walk” incident in, 632–33
    enthronement rituals and, 186
    Imperial House Law passed by, 577
    Kellogg-Briand pact debated in, 221–22
    kokutai debated in, 159–61
    Meiji holiday created by, 181–82
    in new constitution, 569
    Pak Yol incident and, 160–61
    party politics in, 28–29
    Peace Preservation Law enacted by, 158–59, 161
    Taishdemocracy movement and, 41
    Tanaka cabinet and, 184–85, 216–17
    Toranomon incident debated in, 141
    Wakatsuki cabinet and, 183–84
    Wartime Emergency Measures Law passed by, 495
    Yasukuni Shrine protection bill in, 682
    Directive Number 11, 362
    â€œdivine winds” ( kamikaze ), 314, 451, 496
    Dodge, Joseph M., 635, 640
    Doihara Kenji, 423, 609
    Dmei News Service, 500
    Doolittle, James, 448
    Douhet, Giulio,