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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

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by Herbert P. Bix


  Nori, Princess, 686

  North China Area Army, Japanese, 352, 362, 365, 459

  Northeast Administrative Committee, 249

  Northern Expedition, 185

  Norway, 356

  No-War Treaty, see Kellogg-Briand Pact

  “Now It Can Be Told” (Shins wa k da) (radio program), 556–57

  Nuremberg trials, 596, 600, 607, 608, 611, 615

  Obata Toshishir, 244

  daira Komatsuchi, 492

  Office of Audits of Imperial Accounts, 173

  Office of Production Management, 401

  Office of Shinto Deities, 384

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 582

  gane Masujir, 621

  Ogasawara Islands, 649, 651

  Ogasawara Naganari, 42–43, 44, 45, 47–48, 63, 77, 85–86, 90, 96, 208–9

  Hirohito evaluated by, 85–86

  Tg’s relationship with, 101

  Ogata Kenichi, 390

  Ogata Taketora, 232, 537

  Ogawa Heikichi, 161, 210, 216

  hira Masayoshi, 673

  Oikawa Koshir, 311–12, 400, 423

  Oka Asajir, 60

  Okabe Makio, 434–35

  Okabe Nagakage, 172–74, 176, 177, 207, 217, 237

  Okada Keisuke, 208, 256, 286, 288, 290, 292, 295, 296, 297, 300, 303, 373, 418, 430, 465, 487, 488, 597

  Okada Tadahiko, 513

  Okamura Yasuji, 362, 366, 594–95

  kawa Shmei, 98, 102, 593

  Okinawa, 476, 487, 510, 671

  Battle of, 483, 484–85, 493, 496, 498, 520, 521, 524

  debate on future of, 625, 626–27

  Hirohito’s 1992

  visit to, 687

  returned to Japan, 672

  U.S. military on, 651

  kubo Toshimichi, 97

  Okudaira Toshiz, 165

  kuma Shigenobu, 93, 146

  Okumura Katsuz, 548

  Oku Yasukata, Field Marshal, 151

  Olympic, Operation, 501–2

  Olympic Games of 1964, 671

  mori Minoru, 637

  motoky, 167–68, 187

  nishi Takijir, 451

  “Open Door Notes” (Hay), 147

  Opium Wars, 149

  “organ theory,” 40, 77, 80, 208, 287–95

  Origin of Species (Darwin), 60

  Osaka World Exposition of 1970, 671

  sako Naoharu, 44

  Oshikawa Masayoshi, 104

  shima Hiroshi, 352, 394

  sumi Mineo, 247

  Otabe Yji, 300

  take Kanichi, 97, 104

  ta Yko, 637

  Ottoman Empire, 83

  Outer Mongolia (Mongolian People’s Republic), 307, 351, 394

  “Outline for Carrying Out the National Policies of the Empire,” 414, 420

  “Outline for Dealing with Changes in the International Situation,” 367–68

  “Outline for Dealing With Disputes Along the Manchuria-Soviet Border,” 352

  “Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan,” 428

  “Outline of the Empire’s National Policies in View of the Changing Situation,” 395, 397–98

  yama Iwao, 23, 37

  Pacific Fleet, Japanese, 259

  Packenham, Compton, 641

  Pact of Paris, see Kellogg-Briand Pact Pak Yol, 160–61, 167, 183

  Pal, Radhabinod, 595–96, 611, 613

  Palau, 453

  Panay, USS, 340–42

  Paris Peace Conference (1919), 68, 83, 92, 97, 101, 102, 133, 146, 176

  see also Versailles Peace Treaty

  Patton, George S., 331

  “Peace Negotiations with China and the Tripartite Pact,” 590

  Peace Preservation Law of 1925, 158–59, 161, 551

  revision of, 187, 206

  Pearl Harbor attack, 1, 392, 445, 479, 549, 555, 574, 601, 608

  Hirohito’s final go-ahead for, 426

  Hirohito’s knowledge of, 421–22, 433

  launching of, 436–37

  responsibility issue and, 542, 546–47, 558, 567, 585, 590

  Peerage Act of 1884, 36

  Peers’ School, 36–37, 57, 59, 60, 103, 177, 619

  Peleliu, 453

  Pescadores Islands, 8

  Pétain, Philippe, 109

  Peter I (The Great), Czar of Russia, 66

  Petrel, HMS, 436

  Philippines, 9, 68, 264, 376, 400–402, 445, 447, 449, 451, 453, 470, 476, 481–83, 545, 593, 595, 648, 651

  Philippine Sea, Battle of, 481

  “Plan for the Fundamental Reorganization of Japan” (Kita), 101

  Poland, 354, 355, 356, 476

  Port Arthur, Second Battle of, 210

  Post and Telecommunications Ministry, Japanese, 669

  Potsdam Declaration, 496, 498–503, 506, 508, 522, 524, 526, 528, 541, 542, 544, 545, 553, 581

  Article 12 of, 500

  issued, 499–500

  surrender debate and, 511–12, 514–16

  Pravda, 394

  Prince of Wales, HMS, 445

  prisoner-of-war (POW) issue, 207, 332–34, 359–60, 447–48

  privy council, 59, 78, 94, 99, 159, 171, 179, 184, 207, 208, 209, 283, 380, 428

  Progressive Reform Party, Japanese, 648

  “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” 168

  Prussia, 76

  Pu Yi, emperor of China, 247, 276

  Rabe, John, 337

  race, racism, 52, 66, 176–77, 195, 197, 274–76, 280, 288, 313–14

  emperor theory and, 11, 69–71

  and fear of occupiers, 538–39

  Hirohito’s beliefs on, 68–69, 148–49

  Konoe’s theory of, 266–69

  nationalism and, 196, 268–69

  Sino-Japanese relations and, 266–67

  Sugiura’s theory of, 68–69

  in U.S., 264

  war crimes trial and, 589–90

  Ranke, Leopold von, 70

  Reagan, Ronald, 681

  “Record of the Emperor’s Conversations” (Seidan haichroku), 6, 589, 678

  Recreation and Amusement Association (RAA), 538

  “Reject the Anglo-American Standard of Pacifism” (Ei-Bei hon’i no heiwashugi o haisu) (Konoe), 268–69

  Report Concerning the Thought and Actions of Returning Troops, 153

  Reports of General MacArthur, The, 514

  Repulse, HMS, 445

  Rescript of 1889, 39

  “Rescript to Promote the National Destiny,” 560–61

  “Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors,” 529–30

  Rhee, Syngman, 663

  Ridgway, Matthew B., 634, 643, 647

  Rikken Seiykai (Friends of Constitutional Government), see Seiykai Party

  Rling, B. V. A., 610–11

  Rommel, Erwin, 453

  Rninkai, 99

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 264, 340, 353, 355, 376, 381, 385, 395–96, 402, 404–5, 408, 416, 427, 432, 436, 600, 602, 617

  and economic sanctions against Japan, 400–401

  MacArthur appointed by, 400–401

  Panay note of, 341–42

  unconditional surrender policy and, 496–98

  Roosevelt administration, 353, 378, 379, 383, 418, 427

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 67

  Royal Family, British, 118–19

  rule theory, 77

  Rumania, 380, 465–66

  Russia, Imperial, 9, 33, 74, 209

  Romanov dynasty of, 76, 83

  Russian Revolution, 45, 52, 76, 116, 177

  Russo-Japanese War, 9, 23, 25, 26, 33, 36, 46, 47, 51, 74, 147, 151, 155, 201, 209, 244, 277, 381, 414, 420, 432, 476, 522

  commemoration of, 209–10

  Ryukyu Islands, 479, 626, 627, 636, 649

  Sadako, see Teimei Kg, Dowager Empress

  Sagamiwan sango erarui zufu (Pictorial specimens of marine life in Sagami Bay), 61

  Sagoya Tomeo, 210, 226

  Saigo Takamori, 131

  Saionji Hachir, 113,
130

  Saionji Kinmochi, Prince, 99, 102, 121, 122, 123, 144, 145, 149, 158–59, 171–72, 174–76, 184, 208, 212–13, 216, 217, 228, 229–30, 236, 237, 241, 246, 253, 254, 269, 286–87, 289, 301, 351, 355, 370

  Saipan, 453, 475–76, 477

  Sait Makoto, 190, 254, 255–56, 259–60, 263, 297, 298–99, 370, 465

  Sakai Kji, 510–11

  Sakhalin Island, 9, 457, 510

  Hirohito’s 1925 tour of, 156

  Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact and, 393

  Sakomizu Hisatsune, 514, 518, 525, 559, 583

  Sakuradamon incident, 248

  Samoa, 450, 454

  Sanada Hiroo, 61

  Sand Mainichi, 61

  San Francisco Peace Treaty, 634–35, 644, 647

  Sanj Sanetomi, 131

  Sank (Burn All, Kill All, Steal All), 657

  Sasagawa Ryichi, 540, 634

  Sat Eisaku, 670–71, 672, 674

  Sat Naotake, 505, 507–8, 522

  Sat Tadao, 61

  Sat Tetsutar, 45

  Satsuma, 100

  Savo Island, 455

  Sawada Renz, 113

  Sawada Shigeru, 376, 377–78

  Sawa Keitar, 642

  Sawamoto Yorio, 402

  Sea of Japan, Battle of, 45, 47

  Sebald, William J., 627

  “Secret” telegram, 567–68

  Seiyoshi Kwa (Lectures on Western history), 76

  Seiy Hont Party, 161, 183

  Seiykai Party, 28, 97, 100, 122, 160, 161, 167, 175, 183, 185–86, 208–10, 212–13, 215, 218–19, 220, 222, 225, 229, 231, 245, 247, 252, 283, 289

  Sekai, 564

  “Sekai no genj o kaiz seyo” (Reform the world’s status quo) (Konoe), 266–67

  Sekai taisenshi (History of the great world war) (Mizukuri), 76

  Sekiya Teizabur, 102, 122, 164, 172–73, 174, 176, 187, 292, 542

  Self-Defense Force Agency, 655, 673

  Self-Defense Forces, Japanese, 655, 660, 662, 673

  Senate, U.S., 544

  Foreign Relations Committee of, 250

  senjinkun (Field Service Code), 281, 435

  “Sequence of Administrative Procedures to be Taken Regarding the Declaration of War,” 430

  Shanghai, Battle of, 323, 332, 333–34

  Shanghai Expeditionary Force, 323, 332, 333

  Shanghai Incident, 247, 250–52, 273, 590

  Shantung Province, China, 83–84, 152, 187, 214, 215

  Shidehara Kijr, 106, 147–48, 158, 184, 219, 224, 231, 241, 243, 492, 546, 551, 552, 556, 560, 561, 563, 570, 571, 584, 599

  constitution revision and, 572–74

  war responsibility statement of, 558–59

  Shigemitsu Mamoru, 336, 410, 474, 490, 505, 508, 513, 521, 541, 581–82, 593, 610, 611, 652, 656–57

  Shikoku, 136

  Shimada Shigetar, 431, 457, 472, 476, 584, 602

  Shimanaka Hji, 665–66

  Shimizu Tru, 62, 77–81, 130, 131, 149, 179, 295

  on constitutional interpretation, 77–79

  suicide of, 576

  Shimmin no michi (The Way of the subject), 315

  Shimomura Kainan, 503, 508

  Shinano Mainichi shinbun, 43

  Shinkaron kwa (Lectures on evolution) (Oka), 60

  Shinohara Hatsue, 134

  Shinran (Buddhist saint), 562

  Shins, 565–66, 642

  Shinto, 2, 11, 27, 30–31, 38, 58, 65, 85, 121, 122, 144, 163, 167, 186, 187, 197, 275, 283, 442–43, 517–18, 560, 660, 661, 687

  Shinto Directive, 560

  Shiobara Tokisabur, 586

  Shiozawa Kichi, 250

  Shirakawa Yoshinori, 216–17, 250–51

  Shirani Takeshi, 97

  Shiratori Kurakichi, 62, 70–76, 77, 80, 85, 87

  on Japanese-Korean relationship, 74–75

  kokutai as viewed by, 70–71

  national history textbook of, 70–73

  Shiratori Toshio, 352

  Shirer, William L., 497–98

  Shizuoka shinbun, 658

  Shda Michiko, see Michiko, empress of Japan

  Shoku Nihongi (Chronicle of Japan), 39

  Shsang war plan, 494

  Shotwell, James T., 134

  Shwa emperor, see Hirohito, emperor of Japan

  Siam, 68

  Siberia, 152–53

  Siberian Expedition, 45, 51

  Sicily, 465

  Singapore, 107, 110, 376, 434, 436, 446

  Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, 33, 70, 74, 210, 280, 432

  Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45, 317–57, 439, 448–49, 470, 480, 485, 492–93, 528

  advance south policy and, 375–79

  Anglo-Japanese relations and, 352–54, 367, 368, 373, 374, 376, 378, 380–81, 383–84, 385

  annihilation campaigns in, 365–67

  anti-guerrilla campaign in, 346–47, 365–67

  biological weapons used in, 351, 362–64, 367

  bombing campaign in, 346–47

  casualties in, 332, 346–47, 367

  Chang Ku-feng Incident in, 348

  chemical weapons used in, 349, 361–62, 376, 616–17

  China’s currency problem and, 352–53

  deadlocked, 347, 351, 357, 392–93, 396

  escalation of, 320–21, 323, 367–68

  German alliance issue and, 350, 351, 352–53, 356, 357

  German-Soviet pact and, 354, 357, 368–69

  Germany’s war successes and, 355–57, 367–68, 369

  Gg Operation in, 449, 460

  Hirohito as supreme commander in, 327, 329–31

  Hirohito’s involvement and support for, 318–19, 321, 322–26, 338–39, 344–46, 348, 356, 359–60, 367, 368, 371–72

  Hirohito’s role in expansion of, 376–79

  as holy war, 326–27

  “Hundred Regiments” campaign in, 365–66

  Ichig offensive in, 474, 487

  imperial conferences device in, 328–29

  imperial way and, 326

  informal briefings (nais) in, 331–32

  international situation and expansion of, 367–68

  Japanese High Command structure in, 327–30

  Japanese war aims in, 325–26, 349–50

  Kido-Hirohito relationship and, 371

  Konoe’s three principles and, 349–50

  liaison conferences device and, 327–28

  Marco Polo Bridge incident in, 317–20

  media and, 320–21, 335–36, 337, 340, 349

  Mikasa mission and, 474

  Nanking “rape” in, 333–36, 340–41, 367

  “New Order” declaration and, 347–50

  Panay incident in, 340–42

  peace negotiations and, 343–45, 372, 492–93

  prisoners of war maltreated in, 332–34, 359–60

  Shanghai Incident in, 323

  Soviet-Japanese border clashes and, 318–19, 320, 321, 351

  strategic bombing campaign in, 364–65

  Trautmann peace mediation in, 343–45

  Tripartite Pact and, 380–84

  Tungchow massacre in, 322

  turning of tide in, 487–88

  U.S.-Japanese relations and, 353–55, 357, 364, 367, 368, 373–74, 375, 376, 377–81, 383, 385, 424–25, 428

  Wang regime and, 347–48, 350, 372, 404, 429, 473–74

  war crimes and atrocities in, 332–36, 340–41, 360–61, 614, 616–17

  Wuhan offensive in, 348–49, 361

  Smith, Bradley, 555

  Smythe, Lewis, 337

  Socialist Party, Japanese, 633, 667, 679, 682

  Society for Political Education, 62

  Society of Masterless Samurai (Roninkai), 98

  Shy labor federation, 661

  Solomon Islands, 446, 450, 455, 457–62, 466, 471–72, 477

  Southern Army, Chinese, 215

  South Manchurian Railway Company, 95, 207, 235, 242, 244, 266, 318, 492

  Southwest Pacific Command, U.S., 582

  Soviet Union, 13, 13
5, 141, 146, 150, 151, 169, 265, 267, 272, 307, 308, 309, 311, 320, 321, 325, 344, 348, 356, 368, 369, 377, 381, 397–98, 426, 444, 453, 474, 476, 497, 503, 511, 520, 521, 588, 600–601, 616, 639, 648, 656–57, 681–82, 684, 686

  Far Eastern Army of, 259, 265

  first atomic bomb test of, 636

  German invasion of, 394–95, 410

  Germany’s nonaggression pact with, 354, 393, 396

  in Japanese peace plans, 480, 493–94, 501, 505–8, 510, 522

  in Japanese war plans, 397–98, 408, 489–90

  Japan’s border clashes with, 318–19, 351, 649

  Japan’s neutrality pact with, 393–94, 399, 402, 490, 521, 523

  Manchuria conflict and, 242, 248–49, 259

  Tokyo trials and, 584, 593, 640

  U.S. Cold War rivalry with, 624, 627

  war against Japan declared by, 496, 502, 509, 525, 527, 529, 530

  Spanish-American War, 9

  spirit of Japan (Yamato damashii), 52, 483

  Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 107, 454

  Stahmer, Heinrich, 393–94

  Stalin, Joseph, 249, 354, 357, 369, 393, 394, 395, 497, 505, 506, 508, 522, 524, 593, 598, 607, 640

  Stark, Harold, 385

  State Department, U.S., 374, 401, 498, 543–44, 611, 626, 640, 651

  surrender decision and, 498–500

  Statement Concerning the Guidance of

 

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