Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (432 page)

constitution revision and, 572–74

war responsibility statement of, 558–59

Shigemitsu Mamoru, 336, 410, 474, 490, 505, 508, 513, 521, 541, 581–82, 593, 610, 611, 652, 656–57

Shikoku, 136

Shimada Shigetar
, 431, 457, 472, 476, 584, 602

Shimanaka H
ji, 665–66

Shimizu T
ru, 62, 77–81, 130, 131, 149, 179, 295

on constitutional interpretation, 77–79

suicide of, 576

Shimmin no michi
(The Way of the subject), 315

Shimomura Kainan, 503, 508

Shinano Mainichi shinbun,
43

Shinkaron k
wa
(Lectures on evolution) (Oka), 60

Shinohara Hatsue, 134

Shinran (Buddhist saint), 562

Shins
,
565–66, 642

Shinto, 2, 11, 27, 30–31, 38, 58, 65, 85, 121, 122, 144, 163, 167, 186, 187, 197, 275, 283, 442–43, 517–18, 560, 660, 661, 687

Shinto Directive, 560

Shiobara Tokisabur
, 586

Shiozawa K
ichi, 250

Shirakawa Yoshinori, 216–17, 250–51

Shirani Takeshi, 97

Shiratori Kurakichi, 62, 70–76, 77, 80, 85, 87

on Japanese-Korean relationship, 74–75

kokutai
as viewed by, 70–71

national history textbook of, 70–73

Shiratori Toshio, 352

Shirer, William L., 497–98

Shizuoka shinbun,
658

Sh
da Michiko,
see
Michiko, empress of Japan

Shoku Nihongi
(Chronicle of Japan), 39

Sh
sang
war plan, 494

Shotwell, James T., 134

Sh
wa emperor,
see
Hirohito, emperor of Japan

Siam, 68

Siberia, 152–53

Siberian Expedition, 45, 51

Sicily, 465

Singapore, 107, 110, 376, 434, 436, 446

Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, 33, 70, 74, 210, 280, 432

Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45, 317–57, 439, 448–49, 470, 480, 485, 492–93, 528

advance south policy and, 375–79

Anglo-Japanese relations and, 352–54, 367, 368, 373, 374, 376, 378, 380–81, 383–84, 385

annihilation campaigns in, 365–67

anti-guerrilla campaign in, 346–47, 365–67

biological weapons used in, 351, 362–64, 367

bombing campaign in, 346–47

casualties in, 332, 346–47, 367

Chang Ku-feng Incident in, 348

chemical weapons used in, 349, 361–62, 376, 616–17

China's currency problem and, 352–53

deadlocked, 347, 351, 357, 392–93, 396

escalation of, 320–21, 323, 367–68

German alliance issue and, 350, 351, 352–53, 356, 357

German-Soviet pact and, 354, 357, 368–69

Germany's war successes and, 355–57, 367–68, 369

G
g
Operation in, 449, 460