Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (422 page)

K
gun
(“emperor's army”), 154

Koiso Kuniaki, 232, 478, 479–80, 484, 493, 551

Kojiki,
67

Kojima Kazuo, 97

Kojong, king of Korea, 34–35

“Kokuch
kai” (Pillar of the state), 168, 169

Kokuhonsha, 254, 287, 288, 351

Kokumint
Party, 97, 104

Kokuryukai (Amur River Society), 98

Kokushi
(Shiratori), 70–73

kokutai
(national polity), 10, 53, 54, 84, 98, 100, 104, 168, 175, 177, 184, 201, 213, 214, 218, 429, 497, 507, 509, 523, 530, 560, 561, 570, 575, 583–84, 586, 653

anti–organ theory campaign and, 288–91

British monarchic system and, 119–21

changing concepts of, 142

clarification movement and, 282–83, 288–94

constitution and, 78

court group and, 180

crime of altering, 206

democracy movement and, 161–62, 165

die-for-the-emperor campaign and, 495

Diet debate on, 159–61

and divinity of ancestral line, 167

emperor theory and, 161–62, 253, 287

and fear of communism, 488–90

Inoue case and, 166–67

Kellogg-Briand Pact and, 222

Meiji constitution and, 292–94

modern science and, 62, 199–200

and mutiny of 1936, 297–300, 302

national debate on meaning of, 162–65

national morality and, 166–67

new constitution and, 560, 576

Pak Yol incident and, 160–61

party politics and, 158–60

in Peace Preservation Bill, 159

preservation of, under occupation, 535, 537, 538, 540, 542, 544, 545, 547, 551, 552

and right of supreme command, 512

Shiratori's view of, 70–71

spirit mobilization campaign and, 313–14

surrender debate and, 507, 509, 512–18

and threat from within, 491–92

Kokutai no hongi
(The Fundamentals of the national polity), 313–14

K
mei, emperor of Japan, 370

K
moto Daisaku, 215, 217, 220

Kong
,
137, 139

Konoe Fumimaro, Prince, 175, 182, 187, 237, 266–67, 313, 318, 319, 320–23, 327, 340, 343–44, 354, 367, 368, 370, 373, 375, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 393, 397, 401, 407, 408–9, 411, 430, 487, 492, 506, 507, 509, 521, 522, 535, 537, 538, 552–53, 583, 602, 677

Communist conspiracy theory of, 488–90, 491

Hirohito's decision for war exchange with, 411–12

ideological vision of, 176–77

Japan-U.S. summit proposal of, 403–5, 416

Matsuoka's conflict with, 399–400

“New Order in East Asia” declaration of, 347–48, 349

New York Times
interview of, 546

nonrecognition statement of, 345–46

peace plan of, 510–11

race theory of, 266–69

surrender debate and, 513

threat from within feared by, 488–90, 491

“three principles” of, 349–50

T
j
's ouster and, 478

T
j
's replacement of, 418–19

Washington Conference opposed by, 176–77

Yamamoto's visit to, 416

Korea, 8, 26, 54, 74–75, 131–32, 135, 137, 267, 417, 444, 457, 474, 488, 522, 524, 615–16, 627

anti-Chinese rioting in, 228

and enthronement of Hirohito, 190–91

Kojong incident and, 34–35

Tan'gun foundation myth of, 191

Korea, People's Democratic Republic of (North Korea), 640–41

Korea, Republic of (South Korea), 640, 663

Korean War, 576, 642, 643, 652, 654

China's entry into, 643

onset of, 636, 640–41

K
shitsu to shakai mondai
(The Imperial house and social problems) (Watanabe), 165