Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (433 page)

Hirohito as supreme commander in, 327, 329–31

Hirohito's involvement and support for, 318–19, 321, 322–26, 338–39, 344–46, 348, 356, 359–60, 367, 368, 371–72

Hirohito's role in expansion of, 376–79

as holy war, 326–27

“Hundred Regiments” campaign in, 365–66

Ichig
offensive in, 474, 487

imperial conferences device in, 328–29

imperial way and, 326

informal briefings (
nais
) in, 331–32

international situation and expansion of, 367–68

Japanese High Command structure in, 327–30

Japanese war aims in, 325–26, 349–50

Kido-Hirohito relationship and, 371

Konoe's three principles and, 349–50

liaison conferences device and, 327–28

Marco Polo Bridge incident in, 317–20

media and, 320–21, 335–36, 337, 340, 349

Mikasa mission and, 474

Nanking “rape” in, 333–36, 340–41, 367

“New Order” declaration and, 347–50

Panay
incident in, 340–42

peace negotiations and, 343–45, 372, 492–93

prisoners of war maltreated in, 332–34, 359–60

Shanghai Incident in, 323

Soviet-Japanese border clashes and, 318–19, 320, 321, 351

strategic bombing campaign in, 364–65

Trautmann peace mediation in, 343–45

Tripartite Pact and, 380–84

Tungchow massacre in, 322

turning of tide in, 487–88

U.S.-Japanese relations and, 353–55, 357, 364, 367, 368, 373–74, 375, 376, 377–81, 383, 385, 424–25, 428

Wang regime and, 347–48, 350, 372, 404, 429, 473–74

war crimes and atrocities in, 332–36, 340–41, 360–61, 614, 616–17

Wuhan offensive in, 348–49, 361

Smith, Bradley, 555

Smythe, Lewis, 337

Socialist Party, Japanese, 633, 667, 679, 682

Society for Political Education, 62

Society of Masterless Samurai (Roninkai), 98

S
hy
labor federation, 661

Solomon Islands, 446, 450, 455, 457–62, 466, 471–72, 477

Southern Army, Chinese, 215

South Manchurian Railway Company, 95, 207, 235, 242, 244, 266, 318, 492

Southwest Pacific Command, U.S., 582

Soviet Union, 13, 135, 141, 146, 150, 151, 169, 265, 267, 272, 307, 308, 309, 311, 320, 321, 325, 344, 348, 356, 368, 369, 377, 381, 397–98, 426, 444, 453, 474, 476, 497, 503, 511, 520, 521, 588, 600–601, 616, 639, 648, 656–57, 681–82, 684, 686

Far Eastern Army of, 259, 265

first atomic bomb test of, 636

German invasion of, 394–95, 410

Germany's nonaggression pact with, 354, 393, 396

in Japanese peace plans, 480, 493–94, 501, 505–8, 510, 522

in Japanese war plans, 397–98, 408, 489–90

Japan's border clashes with, 318–19, 351, 649

Japan's neutrality pact with, 393–94, 399, 402, 490, 521, 523

Manchuria conflict and, 242, 248–49, 259

Tokyo trials and, 584, 593, 640

U.S. Cold War rivalry with, 624, 627

war against Japan declared by, 496, 502, 509, 525, 527, 529, 530

Spanish-American War, 9

spirit of Japan (
Yamato damashii
), 52, 483

Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 107, 454

Stahmer, Heinrich, 393–94

Stalin, Joseph, 249, 354, 357, 369, 393, 394, 395, 497, 505, 506, 508, 522, 524, 593, 598, 607, 640

Stark, Harold, 385

State Department, U.S., 374, 401, 498, 543–44, 611, 626, 640, 651

surrender decision and, 498–500

Statement Concerning the Guidance of

Thought, 201

State Restoration Society (Kokuikai), 253

Stimson, Henry L., 134, 242, 601

nonrecognition principle of, 249–50, 256, 428

stock market crash of 1929, 219

Sud
Shinji, 432

Suetsugu Nobumasa, 101, 151, 208, 209

Suez Canal, 107, 110

suffrage issue, 41, 94, 184, 206

Sugiura Shigetake, 62–70, 73, 77, 78, 80, 85, 91

background of, 62–63

ethics lessons taught by, 63–64, 66–67, 69–70

imperial engagement controversy and, 96–97, 98, 99

lectures of, 64–67

race theory of, 68–69

Sugiyama Gen, 319, 320, 321, 325, 336, 362, 388, 399, 402, 413, 414, 417, 421, 423–24, 426, 433, 447, 449, 454–56, 459, 461, 464, 466–67, 468, 469, 475, 476, 588, 675

Hirohito's scolding of, 411–12

prisoners of war and, 448

resignation of, 473

Sumatra, 467

Sumitomo Company, 174, 175

Sumitomo Kichizaemon, 174

Summer Flowers
(
Natsu no hana
) (Hara), 637

Sung, T. V., 372

Sung Mei-ling, 372

supreme command, right of (
t
suiken no dokuritsu
), 154–55

Supreme Court, U.S., 582, 609

Supreme Military Council, 299

Supreme War Leadership Council, 387, 480, 490, 493, 494, 509, 511–12, 514, 516, 521–22

Suzuki Kantar
, 24, 172, 209, 217, 225, 231, 232, 243, 246, 253, 261, 270, 297, 299, 465, 493, 494, 499, 500–501, 503, 506, 509, 512, 514, 516, 522, 525–26, 528, 551, 583, 588

Suzuki Kisabur
, 254

Suzuki Kyuman, 542

Suzuki S
roku, 229