Shōwa Kenkyūkai
The Shōwa Kenkyūkai (昭和研究会, Shōwa Research Association) was a political think tank in the pre-war Empire of Japan.[1]
History and background
The Shōwa Kenkyūkai was established in October 1930 as an informal organization led by
Membership in the Shōwa Kenkyūkai was intentionally very diverse to avoid a
In 1936, it spun off a Shina-mondai Kenkyūkai (China Problems Study Group), and in 1938 it formed a Bunka Kenkyūkai (Cultural Study Group) to deal with the cultural aspects of Japanese-Chinese relations. In July 1938, it also established the Shōwa Dōjinkai (Shōwa Comrades' Association), which brought together middle-level bureaucrats, business leaders, and politicians to spread the ideas it was developing. In November of that year it established a school, the Shōwajuku (Shōwa Academy), to train successors in its methods.
Discussion concerning Japan's future polity after the projected victory in the
Some members also promoted the future political integration of Japan and China, and envisioned a unified economic block that would cover all of Asia.
The Shōwa Kenkyūkai was voluntarily absorbed into Konoe's
Notes
- ^ Pyle, Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power And Purpose, page 197
- ^ Jansen, The Making of Modern Japan, page 613
- ^ Brendon, The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s, page 652
- ^ Townsend, Yanihara Tadao and Japanese Colonial Policy: Redeeming Empire, page 223
- ^ Streeck, The Origins Of Nonliberal Capitalism, page 75
- ^ Ito, Militarismus des Zivilen, 184-187 pages
- ^ Ito, Militarismus des Zivilen, pages 111-113
- ^ Ito, Militarismus des Zivilen, pages 342-345
References
- Brendon, Piers (2002). The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s. Vintage; Reprint edition. ISBN 0-375-70808-1.
- Ito, Tomohide (2019). Militarismus des Zivilen in Japan 1937–1940: Diskurse und ihre Auswirkungen auf politische Entscheidungsprozesse. Iudicium Verlag. ISBN 978-3862052202.
- ISBN 9780674003347; OCLC 44090600
- Steeck, Wolfgang (2005). The Origins Of Nonliberal Capitalism: Germany And Japan In Comparison. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-8983-0.
- Pyle, Kenneth B (2007). Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power And Purpose. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-417-0.
- Townsend, Susan (2000). Yanihara Tadao and Japanese Colonial Policy: Redeeming Empire. Routledge Curzon. ISBN 0-7007-1275-5.