Impacts of the Great Depression
What are 'silk and rice'?
These two things were introduced in 1872.
What are 'compulsory primary education and conscription'?
I was executed due to being seen as the 'spiritual' leader of the attempted military revolution through Tokyo.
Who is 'Kita Ikki'?
From 1928, anyone accused of threatening this could receive a death sentence.
What is Japan's 'kokutai' ('national essence')?
The name for my reign period, which lasted from 1926 to 1989.
What is the 'Showa era' ('Enlightened Peace')?
My government implemented economic policies which proved to be extremely harmful.
Who is 'Hamaguchi Osachi'?
The terms used to describe modern boys and girls in Japan during the 1920s.
What are 'mobo and moga'?
The name for the Japanese fighting spirit.
What is 'Yamato' spirit?
I am seen as the final party Prime Minister.
Who is 'Inukai Tsuyoshi'?
"I knew freedom for the first time" here.
Where is 'England'?
The zaibatsu which supported Japan's return to the Gold Standard.
What is 'Mitsubishi'?
The one characteristic of modernisation NOT evident in Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
What is 'secularisation'?
I was murdered by the Kwantung Army in 1928.
Who was 'Zhang Zuolin/Chang Tso-lin' (warlord of Manchuria)?
The best-known new zaibatsu to become influential in Manchuria.
What is 'Nissan'?
I issued an imperial rescript announcing this in 1933.
What is 'Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations'?
The % by which exports to the United States had dropped by 1931.
What is '40%'?
The faction of the army which wanted to use modern military technologies.
What is the 'Toseiha/Control' faction?
I was one of the final genro, and made many decisions that supported the rise of the military.
Who is 'Yamagata Aritomo'?
The foreign policy concept which was fundamentally incompatible with party politicians' calls for international diplomacy and cooperation.
What is the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere'?
The one time at which I firmly intervened against military activities.
What is the 'February 26th Incident' (1936 attempted coup - brought them to trial as traitors)
The 2 years in which crop failures contributed to rising famine and homelessness.
What are '1931 and 1934'?
The name of the building which would be the world's largest office complex for a period.
What is the 'Marunouchi Building'?
The name of the movement which assassinated PM Inukai Tsuyoshi in 1932.
What is the 'Ketsumeidan (League of Blood)'?
The Japanese name for the 10-year collapse of liberalism and personal freedoms between 1931-1941.
What is 'kurai tanima (the dark valley)'?
This faction of the army wanted to restore power to me, seeking a 'Showa Restoration'.
Who are the 'Kodoha/Imperial Way faction'?