A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (125 page)

Christianity 
45
,
49
,
59–61
,
72–3
,
88–9
,
98
,
105
,
107
,
153
,
218
,
239(n44)

Churchill, Winston
128
,
130
,
136
,
243(n54)

Cold War
154
,
156
,
166
,
177
,
179

Columbus
3
,
45
,
60

‘comfort women’ (
ianfu
)
200
,
203
,
213

communism/communists
146–7
,
151–8
,
164
,
177

computer games
see
games

Conder, Joseph
82

confrontation, avoidance of against powerful foe
see
incorporation of powerful threat

conservatism/conservatists
95
,
156
,
163
,
176–80
,
189–91
,
216

Constitutions

of 604
19
,
21

of 1868
78

of Meiji
78
,
87–92
,
105–6
,
112
,
116

of 1946–7
144–5
,
148–52
,
157
,
166
,
173
,
176
,
191–2
,
239(n47)
,
249(n17)
,
251(n45, n46)
,
252(n47)

Coral Sea, Battle of
132

corruption
19
,
69
,
73
,
113
,
116
,
118
,
121
,
156
,
167
,
169
,
179–80
,
189–90
,
209
,
215
,
223
,
254(n98)
,
257(n22, n23)

Currie, Lauchlin
124
,
243(n53)

daimy
44
,
46
,
48
,
50
,
54–61
,
65
,
67–72
,
78–9
,
91
,
200
,
232(n62)
,
233(n6)
,
235(n42)

Darwin, Charles
83–4
,
222
,
238(n29)

Datsu-A Ron
238(n29)

demilitarisation
145
,
152–3
,
176
,
179

Deming, W. E.
169

democracy

ambivalence towards/perceived ‘excess of’
154
,
156
,
180
,
220–1

continuing mix with authoritarianism
90
,
93
,
98
,
105
,
109
,
112
,
138
,
140
,
143
,
153
,
177
,
218
,
221
see also
authoritarianism

controlled introduction of
88–93
,
105

growing reaction against (prewar)
114
,
141

Occupation revival of
136
,
144
,
149–53
,
158–9
,
176
,
179

ongoing lack of full
149

paradox of forced
148–51

recent signs of western-style rights
164
,
167
,
208
,
221

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
91–3
,
98
,
109
,
156
,
166
,
173
,
175
,
195
,
251(n45)

see also
political parties

Diet
91–3
,
98
,
109
,
156
,
166
,
173
,
175
,
195
,
251(n45)

see also
political parties

disease, early epidemics
20–1
,
26
,
33–4
,
229(n55)

Dodge, Joseph
155–6
,
161

Doi, Takeo
168

domains

abolition of
78
,
105

general
55–7
,
59
,
64–7
,
70–7
,
80
,
235(n42)
,
237(n9)

redistribution of
56–7
,
62
,
72

Doolittle, James
132

Doolittle Raid
132

Draper, William
155

Dulles, J. F.
158

Dutch
see
Holland

earthquakes

general
196
,
257–8(n32)

Great T
ky
110
,
113

K
be
190
,
195–6
,
212
,
215

of 1184 33

T
hoku xiii,
187–8
,
194–5
,
214–15
,
224

economy

‘bubble’ 
1
,
171–2
,
179
,
188
,
212
,
215

early trade and development
15
,
40
,
54

Meiji
81–2
,
98–107
,
240–1(n80)
,
254(n84)

Occupation
144
,
151–9
,
248(n9)

post-Occupation
3
,
159–80
,
217
,
223–4
,
254(n84)
,
255(n104)

prewar
112–14
,
118–21
,
125
,
129
,
139–40
,
242(n10)

recession (1990s) and recovery xiii,
181–97
,
203
,
208–15

as superpower/model
1–2
,
217
,
223–4

taxation
19
,
26–9
,
44
,
51
,
56
,
59–60
,
66–7
,
79–80
,
91
,
122
,
162
,
187
,
193
,
213
,
228(n43)

Tokugawa era
61
,
65–7
,
73–4

wartime (WW2)
139–40
,
152

education
2
,
30
,
64–5
,
72–4
,
79
,
83–7
,
92
,
98
,
105–7
,
117–18
,
144
,
147
,
150–1
,
163–4
,
167–8
,
172–3
,
176–80
,
183
,
186
,
196
,
198
,
204–5
,
208–10
,
219
,
222
,
245(n86)

ee ja nai ka
phenomenon
236(n2)

Eisai
40

Eisenhower, Dwight
166

elections
90–3
,
144
,
149–53
,
156
,
163–4
,
176
,
189–94
,
200
,
251(n45)
,
252(n47)
,
257(n22)

‘emperor system’
see
imperial institution

emperors
see under individuals