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Author Kapur, Nick, 1980- author.

Title Japan at the crossroads : conflict and compromise after Anpo / Nick Kapur
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations
Contents Reformulating the US-Japan alliance -- Stabilizing conservative rule -- The waning of the opposition parties -- The collapse of the 1960 coalition -- New directions in literature and the arts -- Reshaping the landscape of expression
Summary Japan at the Crossroads explains how massive protests in Japan against the US-Japan alliance in 1960 produced enduring transformations in Japanese politics, society, and culture, as well as in US-Japan relations and the Cold War international system. The protests were the largest popular protests in Japan's modern history, lasting more than a year and reaching a violent climax in June 1960, when thousands of radical activists stormed the National Legislature, precipitating a battle with police and yakuza thugs which injured thousands. Although the protests ultimately failed to prevent passage of the Security Treaty, which remains in force to this day, they did shock the nation and the world, leading to the cancelation of a greatly anticipated visit to Japan by US president Eisenhower, the resignation of Japanese prime minister Kishi Nobusuke, and ultimately, the reformulation of US-Japan diplomacy and Japanese political and social relations.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kishi, Nobusuke, 1896-1987.
SUBJECT Kishi, Nobusuke, 1896-1987 fast
Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (1960 January 19) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97035628
Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (1960 January 19) fast
Subject Protest movements -- Japan -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
ART -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Civilization -- American influences
Diplomatic relations
International relations
Protest movements
SUBJECT Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069425
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140099
Japan -- Civilization -- American influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069379
Japan -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Japan
Subject Japan
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780674988507
0674988507