Does Japanese big business support the military?

[Guile]

Okay this is my topic for a second year Japanese history elective I'm taking. It is just a brief 5 page paper, but I'm having a bitch of a time finding sources. Is it a myth that Japanese businesses support the defense forces or militarism? If so, I still need sources to prove that.

Can anyone recommend any books that one would be likely to find in a university library or any online PDFs?

Thanks.

[cstaylor]

What ever happened to the days where a student would conduct their own research?

[Socratesabroad]

Gotta go to class myself soon so this will be quick...

Direct links, i.e. company news releases, saying 'we support militarism' are not to be found, but your best bet would be to establish links between big business and support for specific figures associated with militarism like Ishihara - 'no' saying Japan, the sankokujin address to the JGSDF - and the Koizumi administration - troops to Iraq and Yasukuni visits. Should be plenty of news articles on the web about that.

[Charles]

What the hell is wrong with your school, don't they give you proper textbooks?

Go to the library and locate this book:

Postwar Japan As History
Andrew Gordon, Editor
ISBN 0-520-07475-0

[Guile]

Gotta go to class myself soon so this will be quick...

Direct links, i.e. company news releases, saying 'we support militarism' are not to be found, but your best bet would be to establish links between big business and support for specific figures associated with militarism like Ishihara - 'no' saying Japan, the sankokujin address to the JGSDF - and the Koizumi administration - troops to Iraq and Yasukuni visits. Should be plenty of news articles on the web about that.

Thanks.

What the hell is wrong with your school, don't they give you proper textbooks?

Go to the library and locate this book:

Postwar Japan As History
Andrew Gordon, Editor
ISBN 0-520-07475-0

Thanks I'll check it out. Our textbooks are just surveys and the all end before the WWII.

[Charles]

What the hell is wrong with your school, don't they give you proper textbooks?

Go to the library and locate this book:

Postwar Japan As History
Andrew Gordon, Editor
ISBN 0-520-07475-0

Thanks I'll check it out. Our textbooks are just surveys and the all end before the WWII.

Well jeez, your school definitely isn't giving you proper textbooks. This book I cited is the best survey of postwar politics and culture that I know of, in particular the first essay by John Dower is the best summary of Modern Japanese politics I've ever read. If you can't find this book in the library, go buy it. Read it, and you'll be the best-educated student in your class (maybe more educated than your teacher).

I don't want to do all your research for you, but here are a few hints: What was the "San Francisco System" and how did it differ from the "1955 System?" What was the slogan "1% of GNP" referring to, and who opposed it?