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Closed linguistic space : censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan

Title

Closed linguistic space : censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan / Etō Jun.

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Publication

Tōkyō, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.
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Description

239 pages : illustrations, tables, charts; 22 cm

Summary

"The United States postwar occupation of Japan likes to boast of having given the Japanese freedom of expression and freedom of the press. True, it freed the Japanese press from many wartime constraints. But at the same time, it imposed a large number of new constraints, replacing wartime censorship by the Japanese government with postwar censorship by the American occupation authority. Even before the war ended, planning for the occupation included a censorship and public relations effort that would work to "re-educate" the Japanese and fold them into the postwar American international order. Similar efforts were made in Germany, but the effort in Japan was far more sweeping and far more sustained. This book documents that history in detail with extensive references to primary resources held in U.S. archives and elsewhere. Was the occupation successful in reshaping the Japanese mindset? Citing not only the postwar Constitution but also, among other things, the widespread belief in the Tokyo Trials' validity, Etō argues doggedly that it was so successful that its pernicious influence persists even today. Yet the heart of this heavily researched book is its meticulous documentation of how this censorship was planned and enforced."--Jacket

Uniform Title

Tozasareta gengo kūkan. English

Alternative Title

Tozasareta gengo kūkan.
Censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Originally published in Japan by Bengeishunju Ltd. under the title of Tozasareta gengo kūkan, 1989.
"Translated by The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)."--Page 4

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

"Japanese names are given in Japanese order, family name first." Original Japanese edition included translated quotations from English, some of which have here been retranslated to English.--Page 4
Translated from the Japanese.

Contents

How the United States Prepared for Censorship in Japan. Introduction ; Wartime Planning ; Censorship's Justification ; Inner Workings ; The Language Factor ; The Basic Plan -- How the United States Conducted Censorship in Japan. An Invisible Cage ; Press Censorship ; Shared Taboos ; Perspectives in a Closed Linguistic Space ; War Guilt ; The Tokyo Trials ; Dissenting Voices ; Germany and Japan ; Internalization ; The Politicization of Language -- Afterword -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition.

Call Number

JFD 21-915

ISBN

9784866581149
486658114X

LCCN

2020436075

OCLC

1225931435

Author

Etō, Jun, 1933-1999, author.

Alternate Script for Author

江藤淳, 1933-1999, author.

Title

Closed linguistic space : censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan / Etō Jun.

Publisher

Tōkyō, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.

Copyright Date

Edition

First English edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

"Japanese names are given in Japanese order, family name first." Original Japanese edition included translated quotations from English, some of which have here been retranslated to English.--Page 4

Translated from the Japanese.

Alternate Script for Subject

検閱.

Alternate Script for Subject

占領政策-日本.

Chronological Term

1945-1989

Added Author

Nihon Kokusai Mondai Kenkyūjo, translator.

Alternate Script for Added Author

日本国際問題研究所.

Added Author

Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.

Research Call Number

JFD 21-915

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