ABSTRACT

A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years, the author collected in this volume the most significant current events for discussion. They include the financial crisis of 1927, hostilities with China and in particular Manchuria, Japan’s booming manufacturing industry, Japanese nationalism, Japan’s new empire and its place within the Far East and East Asia. Written from a Western perspective, the volume nonetheless presents a balanced view of Japan and its behaviour which only close observation and dealings with the Japanese people could make possible.

 

chapter I|11 pages

A NEW ERA

chapter II|5 pages

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1927

chapter III|7 pages

TANAKA AND JAPAN’S MANCHURIA POLICY

chapter IV|5 pages

THE PROLETARIAT VOTES

chapter V|9 pages

THE MURDER OF GHANG TSO-LIN

chapter VI|15 pages

LIBERALISM’S LAST EFFORT

chapter VII|8 pages

THE MANCHURIAN BACKGROUND

chapter VIII|8 pages

THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS

chapter IX|13 pages

THE BREAKING OF THE STORM

chapter X|16 pages

THE TAKING OF MANCHURIA

chapter XI|5 pages

JAPAN AGTS WHILE THE COUNCIL TALKS

chapter XII|9 pages

THE END OF DEMOCRACY IN JAPAN

chapter XIII|5 pages

THE NEW STATE OF MANCHUKUO

chapter XIV|4 pages

THE HIGHEST FORM OF PATRIOTISM

chapter XV|14 pages

THE HORROR OF SHANGHAI

chapter XVI|6 pages

THE GALLANT FIGHT OF MA CHAN-SHAN

chapter XVII|14 pages

THE ART OF RECOGNITION

chapter XVIII|11 pages

THE MANCHURIAN AFTERMATH

chapter XIX|13 pages

SAITO AND THE SPENDING POLICY

chapter XX|12 pages

TRIALS EXTRAORDINARY

chapter XXI|11 pages

JAPAN’S AEGIS OVER THE MAINLAND

chapter XXII|13 pages

THE BOOM IN MANUFACTURE

chapter XXIII|13 pages

JAPAN’S NEW EMPIRE

chapter XXIV|12 pages

THE DETERIORATION OF THOUGHT

chapter XXV|12 pages

THE FAR EAST AND EASTERN ASIA

chapter XXVI|6 pages

UNEASY NATIONALISM

chapter XXVII|18 pages

BIGGER AND BETTER MURDERS

chapter XXVIII|15 pages

THE SUN GODDESS EXTENDS HER KINGDOM