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In Japan, like in most other countries, propaganda has been a significant phenomenon during the 20th century. [1] Propaganda activities in Japan have been discussed as far back as the Russo-Japanese War of the first decade of the 20th century. [2] Propaganda activities peaked during the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Japanese propaganda poster featuring Japanese agrarian immigrants in Manchukuo, designed for a Westerner audience. The Allies were also attacked as weak and effete, unable to sustain a long war, a view at first supported by a string of victories. [176] The lack of a warrior tradition such as bushido reinforced this belief. [177]
The group released its first single, "Koa sannin musume" (興亜三人娘, "Three Girls Revitalizing Asia"), in December 1940, under the Nippon Columbia (Columbia Japan) label. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The track is a Japan–Manchuria–China friendship song, sung by all three girls in the major key . [ 1 ]
Across the Equator (Japanese: 赤道越えて, Hepburn: Sekidō Koete) is a 1936 Japanese propaganda documentary film directed by Eiji Tsuburaya in his directorial debut. Produced and distributed by Nikkatsu , [2] it was shot by Tsuburaya from February to August 1935, whom traveled across the Pacific on the cruiser Asama .
Although Japan's light industry had secured a share of the world market, Japan returned to debtor-nation status soon after the end of the war. The ease of Japan's victory, the negative impact of the Shōwa recession in 1926, and internal political instabilities helped contribute to the rise of Japanese militarism in the late 1920s to 1930s.
Among the factors that led to the emergence of propaganda kimono, three stand out: the introduction of modern textile manufacturing and printing equipment into Japan in the late 19th century, [5] the social and political impetus for Japan to modernize, [6] and, following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, political desire to rally support for colonial expansion. [3]
Between 1937 and 1945, Japan’s military leaders commissioned official war artists to create images of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War. Approximately 200 pictures depicting Japan’s military campaigns were created. These pictures were presented at large-scale exhibitions during the war years. [2]
Walter Kaner (May 5, 1920 – June 26, 2005) was a journalist and radio personality who broadcast using the name Tokyo Mose during and after World War II. Kaner broadcast on U.S. Army Radio, at first to offer comic rejoinders to the propaganda broadcasts of Tokyo Rose and then as a parody to entertain U.S. troops abroad.