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Japanese Militarism
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[F]orming part of the basis for the growth of militarism was the freedom from civilian control enjoyed by the Japanese armed forces. In 1878, the Imperial Japanese Army established the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff office, modeled after the Prussian General Staff. This office was independent of, and equal to (and later superior) to the Ministry of War of Japan in terms of authority. The Imperial Japanese Navy soon followed with the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. These General Staff offices were responsible for the planning and execution of military operations, and reported directly to the emperor. As the Chiefs of the General Staff were not cabinet ministers, they do not report to the Prime Minister of Japan, and were ... completely independent of any civilian oversight or control.
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Japanese militarism and imperialism steadily developed for five principal reasons. Although all five reasons existed from early in the Meiji period to the start of war in China in 1937, the relative importance of these reasons differed depending on the time period. The first two reasons, Japan's desire to be a Western-style imperialist power and Japan's concerns for its security and safety, played important roles in the growth of militarism up to the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. The next two reasons, Japan's belief in its leadership role for Asia and Japan's frequent provocations by Western powers, gave rise to an expansion of militarism and imperialism from 1905 to the 1930s. The final reason, Japan's desire to secure its economic interests, rose in importance as Japan entered the decade of the 1930s.
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During the Japanese Aggression War in China, the Japanese militarism has used various inhuman measures to enslave the Chinese warslaves and made millions of Chinese warslaves dead. This is one of the main crimes during Japanese aggression war. After the Pacific War being broken out, the Japanese have ... immured and thrall the Ally’s war-prisoners from the U.K. and the U.S.A. To make the Japanese aggressors’ crime clear through the investigation and research by Internet and other ways is the historical liability of the Chinese people. And it also has a great meaning for the patriotism education of the people in China, esp. the young generation; particularly in the situation that the Japanese right-wingers are trying their best to deny the crime of the Japanese aggression in China.
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Militarism-Socialism refers to a distinctive set of Japanese political ideologies, developed during the first part of the Showa period (reign of the Emperor Hirohito). These ideas mixed right-wing nationalist and militarist ideas with "state socialism", and was proposed by a number of contemporary political philosophers and thinkers in Japan. The inclusion of "socialism" is technically a misnomer, as these ideas do not involve public ownership of the means of production and are more accurately described as statism.
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In parallel with 20th century Germany's militarism, Japanese militarism began with a series of events by which the military gained prominence in dictating Japan's affairs. With this dictatorial power, Japan invaded China in 1931 and overtook half of Chinese land within 11 years, and finally spread the Second World War to the Pacific by the Pearl Harbor Attack .
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Organizers said the march was meant to protest Japanese militarism and not the Japanese people. Many Chinese feel that Tokyo is not contrite enough about its wartime record in China, when Japanese troops slaughtered tens of thousands of Chinese.
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