What accounted for the rise of Japanese militarism to 1941

Running head : The rise of Japanese militarism

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Part one

The rise of Japanese militarism

The Japanese militarism was a movement spurred by the ideology that was wide spread in the empire of Japan stating that dominance of the social and political life of the nation should be left to the militarism , and the strength of the nation should be equal to the strength of the military . This ideology made the military to have significance influence on the society of Japan , uniting all

leaders from business , politics or military wings during the Meiji period . Being descendants of samurai the society shared common set of outlooks and values . In early ages of nineteenth century , Meiji government perceived that western imperialism was threatening the governance and operation of the nation , through weakening their efforts to construct firm industrial and economic foundations (Junji , 1997 ,

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This perception further initiated the need to build up a strong military base to protect Japan from the outside powers influence or governance The development of strong military base was also necessitated by domestic issues such as internal revolts including the numerous rural peasant uprisings , rebellions and the saga rebellion

When the universal military was set up , it was enabled to indoctrinate men from diverse social setups holding values of military patriotism The basis for Japan state then became unquestionable loyalty to the Emperor . After considering states that had transformed from agricultural state to states of great military and industrial power , Yamagata adopted...