Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (409 page)

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ABCD encirclement, 407, 559

abdication issue, 649–50

constitutional reform and, 571–73

in occupation, 550, 552–53, 571–73, 628

in war crimes trial, 605–7, 618, 634

Abe Genki, 634

Abend, Hallett, 337

Abe Nobuyuki, 350, 354, 355, 357, 418, 430, 590

Abo Kiyokazu, 230

Acheson, Dean, 499, 543, 640

Adachi Taka, 24–25, 26

Aikokusha, 210

Aizawa Sabur
, 296

Akagi,
194

Akihito, emperor of Japan, 271, 572, 664

accession of, 685–87

birth of, 271, 273

diary of, 514

engagement and marriage of, 661–62

as “future hope of Japan,” 650

Hirohito's letters to, 533–34

leadership role of, 687–88

Albert I, king of the Belgians, 109

Aleutian Islands, 447, 464

Alien Registration Law, 631

Allenby, Edmund, 107

All-Japan Swimming Champion Tournament, 638

Amaterasu
mikami (sun goddess), 38, 63, 72, 187, 189, 191, 282, 326, 561

American Club, 540

American Council on Japan, 641, 642

Amur River Society (Kokuryukai), 98

Anami Korechika, 492, 500, 511, 514–15, 588

Andaman Islands, 446, 470

Anderton, John E., 567

Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936, 280–81, 308, 354

anti-Semitism, 168, 208, 280–81, 585

Araki Sadao, 154, 208–9, 244, 246, 247, 251, 255–56, 284, 289, 299–300, 598

propaganda film narrated by, 274–76

Argentia Conference, 404

Arima Yoriyasu, 177

Arita Hachir
, 506–7, 508

Armenia, 608

Army, Imperial, 152, 166, 207, 229, 230, 247–48, 279, 305–6, 325, 330, 378, 396, 400, 408, 445, 458, 470, 530

abolition of headquarters of, 553

factional conflict in, 224–25, 243–44, 295–96

fascist mood of, 272–73

Field Service Code of, 281, 435

founding principles of, 153–54

navy's foreign policy rivalry with, 309–12

and right of supreme command, 155–56, 226–27, 330

in surrender debate, 512–15

see also
military, militarism

Army, Imperial, units of:

Central China Area Army, 333, 338, 339

Ichiki Detachment, 456

Imperial Guards Division, 297, 299, 300

Independent Garrison Force, 235

Kawaguchi Brigade, 456

Mixed Brigade, 239

Southern China Area Army, 362, 425

Unit 731, 364, 617

First Army, 281, 435

Second Army, 471

Eighth Area Army, 460, 470

Tenth Army, 332–33, 485

Eleventh Army, 426

Seventeenth Army, 456

Eighteenth Army, 471–72

Thirty-second Army, 484–85

First Division, 296–97, 318

Second Division, 456

Ninth Division, 334

Sixth Division, 214

Eleventh Infantry Division, 323

Sixteenth Division, 332, 334

Seventeenth Division, 466

Nineteenth Division, 348

Twenty-first Division, 361, 362

Thirty-eighth Division, 456

Fifty-second Division, 467

Third Infantry Regiment, 284

Sixth Infantry Regiment, 333

Army, Imperial, units of:

Twelfth Infantry Regiment, 323

Twenty-ninth Infantry Regiment, 235

Army Cadet School, 295

Army General Staff, Japanese, 33, 56, 150–51, 155, 179, 226, 230, 231, 240–41, 284, 286, 302, 307, 309, 317, 319, 338–39, 344, 345, 348, 351–52, 392, 394, 395, 402, 444, 448, 460, 461, 462, 481, 515

Control faction (T
sei-ha) of, 243–44, 295–96, 303, 488–89

Imperial Way (K
d
-ha) faction of, 243–44, 272, 279, 287, 289–90, 295–96, 298, 299–300, 405, 435, 488

Marco Polo Bridge incident and, 317–18

Army Ministry, Japanese, 209, 231, 236, 273, 286, 297, 302, 303, 317, 389, 395, 397, 429, 460, 539, 587–88

Army Officer's Aid Society (Kaik
sha), 165

Asahi shinbun, 43, 110, 111, 232, 297, 384, 550–51, 559, 563, 564, 603

Asaka Yasuhito, Prince, 300, 333, 334, 336, 339, 423, 519

Asanuma Inejir
, 667

Ashida Hitoshi, 570–71, 572, 573, 612, 626, 628, 633–34

Ashio copper mine strike, 52

“Asian Monroeism,” 146

“Assessment of the World Situation,” 453

Associated Press, 243, 552

Association of Shinto Shrines, 658, 679, 682

Astor, Lady, 112

Atarasii kenp
no hanashi
(The Story of the new constitution), 624