ABSTRACT

A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years this volume examines the history, economy, politics and society of Japan from just before the First World War until 1926. Japan’s relations with the West, as well as with Russia and China are also discussed.

 

chapter I|10 pages

AN END AND A BEGINNING

chapter II|6 pages

KATSURA AND THE MOB

chapter III|8 pages

THE KOREAN CONSPIRACY

chapter IV|10 pages

YAMAMOTO AND THE NAVAL SCANDALS

chapter V|21 pages

JAPAN ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT WAR

chapter VI|12 pages

THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR

chapter VII|8 pages

THE MAKING OF EMPERORS

chapter VIII|7 pages

JAPAN’S REACTIONS TO THE GREAT WAR

chapter IX|7 pages

TERAUCHI AND HIS CHINA POLICY

chapter X|6 pages

EFFECT OF AMERICA ENTERING THE WAR

chapter XI|10 pages

WAR PROSPERITY IN JAPAN

chapter XIII|8 pages

THE KOLCHAK ADVENTURE

chapter XIV|11 pages

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE WAR

chapter XV|6 pages

THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN KOREA

chapter XVI|7 pages

JAPAN AND THE PEACE OF VERSAILLES

chapter XVII|9 pages

STRIKES, TRADE UNIONS AND PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES

chapter XVIII|1 pages

THE EMPEROR

chapter XIX|11 pages

THE MASSACRE AT NIKOLAEVSK

chapter XX|12 pages

SHANTUNG AND THE CONSORTIUM

chapter XXI|9 pages

THE HUNCHUN RISING

chapter XXII|6 pages

A STRANGE RELIGION

chapter XXIII|3 pages

MORPHIA REPLACES OPIUM

chapter XXIV|7 pages

THE ANGLO–JAPANESE ALLIANCE

chapter XXV|5 pages

THE PATRIOTIC CULT

chapter XXVI|10 pages

THE GREAT DOCKYARD STRIKES

chapter XXVII|8 pages

A CROP OF SCANDALS

chapter XXVIII|7 pages

THE MURDER OF THE PREMIER

chapter XXIX|6 pages

THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

chapter XXX|8 pages

SITTING TIGHT IN SIBERIA

chapter XXXI|10 pages

THE END OF THE SIBERIAN ADVENTURE

chapter XXXII|8 pages

DISSENSIONS IN ALL QUARTERS

chapter XXXIII|8 pages

THE OLD AND THE NEW

chapter XXXIV|12 pages

THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE

chapter XXXV|9 pages

THE HIGHEST AND THE LOWEST IN THE LAND

chapter XXXVI|5 pages

A BETTER CHINESE POLICY

chapter XXXVII|4 pages

THREE REMARKABLE TRIALS

chapter XXXVIII|10 pages

POLICIES AT HOME AND ABROAD

chapter XXXIX|5 pages

A STORMY CLOSE TO A SHORT ERA

chapter XL|3 pages

THE TAISHO TENNO