History of Contemporary Japan Day One: Items to Stimulate Questions.

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History of Contemporary Japan Day One: Items to Stimulate Questions

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History of Contemporary Japan

Day One: Items to Stimulate Questions

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“People of the Southern Region” Osaka Puck December 1942

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Wartime US images

From John Dower, War Without Mercy

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U.S. Occupation, 1945-1952

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U.S. Occupation: 1945-1952

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Misora Hibari, 1937-1989

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Prewar vs. Postwar“Peace Education”

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1960: Pivot Year in Economics and Politics

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1960-1989

• High growth• LDP dominance in politics• Growing affluence and growth of “middle

mass”• Trade friction• Post “oil crisis” Japan• Consumer society

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1989-present

• Showa to Heisei• Decade of recession• Liberalization in Economy and Society• Post Cold War security issues• Conservative political rebirth:– LDP – New conservative political parties