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Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Postwar Japanese Press, 1945–1998

This collection features English translations and summaries of Japanese newspapers and periodicals from 1945 to the late 1990s, documenting postwar Japan’s political, economic, social, and cultural transformation and its evolving international relations.

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Spanning the period from Japan’s surrender in 1945 through the late 1990s, this collection brings together English translations and summaries of articles published in major Japanese newspapers and periodicals. Originating in Allied intelligence efforts during the postwar occupation and later continued by the United States Embassy in Japan, these publications document Japan’s political, economic, social, and cultural transformation.

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  • Asia in the Twentieth Century: General MacArthur, and War, Occupation, and Reconstruction in the Pacific, 1941–1972, Digital Archive

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Content Types: Periodicals

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