National Spiritual Mobilization Movement
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (January 2011) |
The National Spiritual Mobilization Movement (国民精神総動員運動, Kokumin Seishin Sōdōin Undō) was an organization established in the
Representatives from 74
Konoe later ordered another 19 nationalist organizations to join the League. This movement and other policies were part of "New Order" (
Apart from public calls for increased patriotism, the National Spiritual Mobilization Movement spanned some concrete programs like Boosting Production service to the Nation, Increasing Crops Service to the Nation and Student Volunteers Corps Service to the Nation. It was moreover part of a general move made by the Shōwa regime to closely control the information which had begun in 1936 with the establishment of the Cabinet Information Committee which launched two official magazines: the Shūhō (Weekly Report) in November 1936 and the Shashin Shūhō (Photographic Weekly Report). The purpose of these was "to ensure that the content and purport of the policies inaugurated by the Government are widely disseminated to the general citizenry and correctly understood by them".[2]
Konoe's successor, Prime Minister
The League was abolished on 20 December 1945 by the
See also
- League of Diet Members Believing the Objectives of the Holy War
- Imperial Rule Assistance Association
References
- Sources
- Buckley, Sandra (2001). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14344-6.
- Duus, Peter (1989). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-22357-1.