Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (424 page)

occupation strategy of, 544–45

release of war criminals and, 634–35

Truman administration's displeasure with, 543–44

Truman's dismissal of, 643–44

war trial role of, 587, 609–10

McCarthyism, 656

McCloy, John, 618

Machida Ch
ji, 303, 304

MacLeish, Archibald, 499

Maeda Tetsuo, 364

MAGIC decryptions, 427

Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 45

Mainichi shinbun,
144, 232, 273, 551, 553, 562–63, 568, 573

“Main Principles for Dealing with the Situation Accompanying Changes in the World Situation,” 375

Makino Nobuaki, 84, 91, 97, 99, 105, 114, 116–17, 122–23, 132, 135, 148, 157, 160, 161–62, 164, 166, 182, 183, 184, 185, 207, 209, 212, 216, 225, 228, 231, 232, 236, 237, 241, 246, 252, 253, 258, 261–63, 270, 286–87, 289, 292, 297, 487, 488, 602, 613

Chang assassination and, 217

in court group, 172–78, 181

emergence of, 101–2

Hirohito influenced by, 102, 127–29, 130, 149, 208

on Hirohito's deportment, 136–37

on Toranomon incident, 141–42

Malik, Jacob, 494, 505–7, 522

Malta, 107–8

Manchester Guardian,
337

Manchukuo, 247, 249, 257, 259, 267, 273, 274, 280, 317, 344, 348, 349, 372, 394, 398, 399, 417, 431, 432, 603

anti-Japanese resistance in, 286

as Japan's “Lifeline,” 268

Japan's recognition of, 256–57, 261, 269, 279

Jehol Province annexation and, 271–72

see also
Manchuria

Manchuria, 8, 9, 34, 68, 146, 149, 169, 203, 205, 220, 230–31, 428, 444, 505, 524, 535

Chang assassination and, 215–16

Hopei Province occupation, 271–72

Japanese race theory and, 266–67

Japan's expansionist policies and, 265–67

Kellogg-Briand Pact and crisis in, 221–23

Nakamura incident and, 228–29

see also
Manchukuo

Manchurian Army, Chinese, 235

Manchurian Incident (1931), 169, 211, 224, 231–32, 235–44, 302, 304, 317, 319, 349, 417, 429, 432, 590, 592, 599, 600, 614

and attempted coups of 1931, 243–44

Chinchou affair and, 240–43, 246, 249

domestic crisis and, 236–37

and Hirohito-military relationship, 235–40, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248

Hirohito's rescript on, 247

Konoe's race theory and, 266–67

League of Nations and, 236, 241–42, 258, 259–63

media and, 235, 242

Soviet Union and, 242, 248–49

staging of, 235–36

Stimson's nonrecognition principle and, 249–50, 256, 428

U.S.-Japanese relations and, 246, 249–50, 255–56

“manifest deity” (
arahitogami
), 193, 199

Manifest Destiny, 11, 73

Mansfield, Alan, 599

Mao Tse-tung, 307, 347, 474, 607, 636, 640

“March of Time, The” (radio program), 556–57

Marco Polo Bridge incident, 317–20

Marianas Islands, 308, 453, 470, 472, 473, 475–76, 477

Marshall, George C., 331, 525, 544

Marshall Islands, 453, 468, 470

Marxism, 206, 207

Mary, Queen of England, 116

Masuda Tomoko, 254, 255

Masuhara Keikichi, 673

Matsudaira Yasumasa, 406–7, 514, 583, 587–88, 613, 633, 641

Matsudaira Yoshitami, 121

Matsui Akira, 625, 639

Matsui Iwane, 323, 333, 334, 336, 338, 339, 609, 614

Matsukata Masayoshi, 40, 99, 102, 104, 123, 158

Matsumoto Jiichir
, 633

Matsumoto J
ji, 568, 570, 573

Matsumoto Shinichi, 518–19

Matsuoka Y
suke, 261, 266, 268, 276–77, 367, 373–74, 375, 376, 379, 382, 383, 393–94, 398, 429, 593

Konoe's conflict with, 399–400

Matsutani Makoto, 588

Matsuura S
z
, 633

Matsuzaka Hiromasa, 512–13

“Matters Concerning War Responsibility and Other Issues,” 558

Mazaki Jinzabur
, 244, 288, 289, 293, 296, 298, 299–300

media, 182, 205, 392, 496, 500, 537, 546, 621, 624

Akihito interviewed by, 687

Akihito's marriage in, 661

atrocities in, 335–38, 339

censorship of, 636, 666

China War in, 320–21, 335–36, 337, 340, 349

and disinterest in Hirohito, 659–60

draft constitution in, 568

enthronement rituals in, 187–91, 193, 195

European tour of 1921 in, 110–12, 114

Hirohito's “abdication” in, 572

Hirohito's death in, 684–85

Hirohito's image in, 127, 135–36, 138, 341, 348, 528

Hirohito's tours in, 645–66

Iwo Jima in, 483

Korean, 190–91

Kyoto protests in, 645

Manchurian Incident in, 235, 242

and military's right of supreme command, 226–27

Nakamura incident in, 228–29

Nanking Incident in, 214

New Year's rescript in, 560–63

war crimes trials and, 589, 603, 615

war responsibility interviews by, 674–76

Meiji, emperor of Japan (Meiji Restoration), 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 21–41, 44, 54, 71, 123, 171, 176, 178, 271, 279–80, 283, 330, 381–82, 414, 433, 537, 554, 562, 621, 647, 650, 688

achievement of, 39–40

benevolence ascribed to, 132–33

children of, 22

constitutional systems as legacy of, 28–29, 31, 39

constitution rescript of, 39

death of, 40, 41

domestic tours of, 136, 621–22

education rescript of, 30–31, 32

emperor worship and, 31

grandchildren of, 24–25

Hirohito's childhood and, 22–23

holiday in honor of, 133, 181–82

ideology of rule as legacy of, 28–30

Imperial Palace of, 26–27

Korea crisis and, 131–32

Mikami's lectures on, 131–33

military empowered by, 29, 34, 55–56

military training of, 89

Meiji, emperor of Japan (Meiji Restoration):

as model monarch, 80, 129

national identity and, 27

oath rituals and, 64, 560–61

party politics and, 28–29

personality and public persona of, 35–36, 80, 131–33

religious awareness and, 29, 30