Spiritual War in Japan

Under the Controlled Education, Postwar Japan glorified “hot-blooded teacher” who resorted to cruel punishment in trying to keep students in line. In the 1980s and 1990s, educating disobedient and rebellious students led to the death of students. A student killed for using a hairdryer: In 1985, Kazunori Amamori, a high school teacher, killed his student who…

In the 1980s, many schools had an educational climate of accepting corporal punishment. The militaristic teachers, both males and females, had resorted to cruel punishment in schools, disregarding the wishes, human rights, and feelings of children. In 1989, the teachers of Iki Jr. High School, Fukuoka City, suspected and summoned two 8th graders about the…

By the year of 1980, Japan had revived as the world’s second largest economy. The country now needed “corporate warriors,” instead of soldiers, because the power holders of Japan wanted to keep its lead in the world economy. In Postwar Japan, corporatism dominated the political and social life of the nation. Japan’s national goal had…

The Imperial Rescript on Education 1890 provided a moral standard to teach loyalty to the emperor and the nation. Based on Shinto, the Meiji government replaced an old loyalty to the Shogun with a new loyalty to the emperor. During the westernization of Japan, Japanese education did not accept the Christian values of freedom, truth,…

Warning: This post contains unpleasant and horrifying images. Open it at your own risk. After moving the emperor to Tokyo, the Meiji government started compulsory education in 1886. Issued four years later, The Imperial Rescript on Education (the emperor’s commandments, a Japanese version of Ten Commandments) defined the official ethics for Japanese education—obedience to the…

At the beginning of Japan’s westernization, the Meiji government quickly prepared for worship of the emperor. Preoccupied with Western influences, Japanese people paid little heed to the government’s religious reformation, which was swiftly accomplished from 1867 to 1870. !) Moving the emperor from Kyoto to Tokyo, 2) building Yasukuni Shrine, 3) changing the name of…

In 1612, Tokugawa Shogunate banned Christianity and forced every Japanese family to register with a Buddhist temple to make sure there were no hidden Christians. This policy persisted over 230 years until Meiji Restoration. The purpose of the Buddhism registration system was to get Japan rid of Christians. Without a temple registration, a Japanese was…

Japan’s military was very limited before Meiji Restoration. Meiji Japan abolished the samurai class because they opposed the policy of “Rich Country, Strong Military.”   The Meiji government ended the samurai monopoly on military service, and outlawed for a samurai to carry a sword in 1876. The Samura were wiped out in Meiji Japan. Three years…

Japan has an anti-Christ history. By 1633, the Tokugawa Shogunate decided that Christian influence was harmful to Japan. Developing the National Seclusion Policy, the leaders of Japan separated Japanese people from Western traders and Christian missionaries from 1639 to 1853. Japan opened its door in 1853 under the pressure of Western Imperialism. The elite power…

Warning: This post contains unpleasant and horrifying images. Open it at your own risk.  Before 1945, the Japanese government presented war as purifying, with death defined as a duty. The Imperial Army did not allow soldiers to surrender. State Shinto taught that being captured by the enemy was a great disgrace to the emperor, Japan,…