The autobiography of Ozaki Yukio : the struggle for constitutional government in Japan

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The autobiography of Ozaki Yukio : the struggle for constitutional government in Japan

translated by Fujiko Hara ; with a foreword by Marius B. Jansen

Princeton University Press, c2001

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Ozaki Yukio, who was returned to his seat in the Japanese Diet twenty-five times, served in that body from its inception in 1890 to 1953. He was several times a cabinet member and, for ten years, mayor of Tokyo. A strong advocate of representative government, he both witnessed and propelled Japan's transformation from a late feudal society to a modern state. His autobiography, available in English for the first time, gives an insider's account of key episodes and leaders over seven decades of Japanese history. Ozaki's political life spanned the Meiji rise to power and Japan's defeat in World War II, and he played a significant role in each phase of that epic. As a young reporter, he gained preeminence with incisive calls for supremacy in East Asia. A European trip that showed him the devastation of World War I converted him to advocacy of arms reduction and international cooperation. He watched with dismay as Japan encountered isolation and military disaster. Known for the courage of his convictions, he became a marked man, carrying a death poem in his pocket. His study independence survived the American Occupation, as he deplored his associates' readiness to heed occupation dictates. Ozaki's story reverberates with the immediacy of his personal knowledge of every major Japanese political figure for three-quarters of a century. It is the account of a man who made history as well as writing it. His story is the story of modern Japan. Through it, readers will gain first-hand knowledge of Japanese constitutional history, one with rich relevance for contemporary Japanese politics.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ix ABOUT THE TRANSLATION xi FOREWORD xiii CHAPTER 1 The Birth of Constitutional Government in Japan 3 CHAPTER 2 In Preparation for a National Parliament 43 CHAPTER 3 Around the Time of the Security Ordinance 86 CHAPTER 4 The Early Days of the Parliament 118 CHAPTER 5 From the Matsukata-Okuma Government to the Okuma-Itagaki Government 155 CHAPTER 6 The Birth of the Seiyukai 188 CHAPTER 7 The Era of the Russo-Japanese War 224 CHAPTER 8 The Movement to Protect Constitutional Government 264 CHAPTER 9 The Okuma Cabinet Era 282 CHAPTER 10 The State of Domestic and Foreign Policy after the War 311 CHAPTER 11 The Suffrage Movement and Arms Control 330 CHAPTER 12 From Taishoto Showa 349 CHAPTER 13 Japan in the Storm 375 CHAPTER 14 The Pacific War and Its Aftermath 407 INDEX 439

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