History of Contemporary Japan Day One: Items to Stimulate Questions
“People of the Southern Region” Osaka Puck December 1942
Wartime US images From John Dower, War Without Mercy
U.S. Occupation,
U.S. Occupation:
Misora Hibari,
Prewar vs. Postwar “Peace Education”
1960: Pivot Year in Economics and Politics
High growth LDP dominance in politics Growing affluence and growth of “middle mass” Trade friction Post “oil crisis” Japan Consumer society
1989-present Showa to Heisei Decade of recession Liberalization in Economy and Society Post Cold War security issues Conservative political rebirth: – LDP – New conservative political parties