govt took action ⇒ promote loyalty to the state and the Emperor ⇒ as well as strong military spirit.
- in addition ⇒ campaign for economic revitalisation ⇒ emphasised traditional values seen in lives of peasants in rural Japan
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contrasted the peaceful, hardworking rural peasant communities within the caotic and corrupting influence of cities
- Campaign ⇒ also praised women in rural Japan for their traditional roles in working on the farm and managing the home
Govt ⇒ also began to search for strategies ⇒ manage workers and increase productivity
- 1937 ⇒ government implemented a network of discussion councils in all workplaces.
- made up of worker and manager representatives.
- they were to cooperate to prevent conflict in the workplaces.
- workers were told ⇒ that companies were like families ⇒ where every member was equally valuable before emperor
There was censorship of ideas that did not conform with govt beliefs or were see as threats to Japanese national identity
- Publications monitoring department ⇒ published guidelines for all publishing companies and scrutinised all media ⇒ including fiction books.
1936 ⇒ govt formed information and propaganda committee ⇒ which worked with publications monitoring department ⇒ to further control media and promote their militarist ideas.
- materials that presented military or the Emperor in a bad light were considered inappropriate and censored
Individuals ⇒ who promoted ideas ⇒ that did not conform to the govt ⇒ were silenced
- Individuals with socialist beliefs, such as political leaders, intellectuals and university student ⇒ were imprisoned or dismissed from their positions Special police force ⇒ set up to enforce this in Japan. In Japanese empire ⇒ this was carried out by military police, Kempeitai