Free Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix Page A

539, 554, 583, 588, 605, 607, 675, 676, 688
    as adviser to Hirohito, 178
    appointed keeper of the privy seal, 370
    background of, 177–78
    Hirohito described by, 452
    on Hirohito’s reaction to Midway defeat, 449–50
    Hirohito’s relationship with, 371–72
    Hirohito’s religious duties described by, 442–43
    surrender debate and, 504, 511, 513–15
    tried as war criminal, 599, 601–2, 610, 628
    Kido Takamasa, 24
    Kikuchi Takefusa, 450–51
    Kikuchi Takeo, 287
    â€œKimigayo” (national anthem), 138, 275, 551–52, 644, 653, 659
    Kim Il-sung, 640
    Kimura Heitaro, 609
    Kinoshita Michio, 554–55, 570, 573, 579, 606, 622, 623, 678
    Kirishima, 459
    KiryYy, 43
    Kisatsu Political Affairs Committee, 286
    Kishi Nobusuke, 612, 634, 652, 660–63, 667
    Kita Ikki, 98, 100–101, 102, 169
    Kita Shirakawa, Prince, 112, 137
    Kiyose Ichir, 601
    Kiyoura Keigo, 158, 163
    Kluckhohn, Frank L., 546, 547, 551
    Kodama Yoshio, 539–40, 634
    kd , see imperial way Koga Kiyoshi, 284–85
    Kgun (“emperor’s army”), 154
    Koiso Kuniaki, 232, 478, 479–80, 484, 493, 551
    Kojiki, 67
    Kojima Kazuo, 97
    Kojong, king of Korea, 34–35
    â€œKokuchkai” (Pillar of the state), 168, 169
    Kokuhonsha, 254, 287, 288, 351
    KokumintParty, 97, 104
    Kokuryukai (Amur River Society), 98
    Kokushi (Shiratori), 70–73
    kokutai (national polity), 10, 53, 54, 84, 98, 100, 104, 168, 175, 177, 184, 201, 213, 214, 218, 429, 497, 507, 509, 523, 530, 560, 561, 570, 575, 583–84, 586, 653
    anti–organ theory campaign and, 288–91
    British monarchic system and, 119–21
    changing concepts of, 142
    clarification movement and, 282–83, 288–94
    constitution and, 78
    court group and, 180
    crime of altering, 206
    democracy movement and, 161–62, 165
    die-for-the-emperor campaign and, 495
    Diet debate on, 159–61
    and divinity of ancestral line, 167
    emperor theory and, 161–62, 253, 287
    and fear of communism, 488–90
    Inoue case and, 166–67
    Kellogg-Briand Pact and, 222
    Meiji constitution and, 292–94
    modern science and, 62, 199–200
    and mutiny of 1936, 297–300, 302
    national debate on meaning of, 162–65
    national morality and, 166–67
    new constitution and, 560, 576
    Pak Yol incident and, 160–61
    party politics and, 158–60
    in Peace Preservation Bill, 159
    preservation of, under occupation, 535, 537, 538, 540, 542, 544, 545, 547, 551, 552
    and right of supreme command, 512
    Shiratori’s view of, 70–71
    spirit mobilization campaign and, 313–14
    surrender debate and, 507, 509, 512–18
    and threat from within, 491–92
    Kokutai no hongi (The Fundamentals of the national polity), 313–14
    Kmei, emperor of Japan, 370
    Kmoto Daisaku, 215, 217, 220
    Kong, 137, 139
    Konoe Fumimaro, Prince, 175, 182, 187, 237, 266–67, 313, 318, 319, 320–23, 327, 340, 343–44, 354, 367, 368, 370, 373, 375, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 393, 397, 401, 407, 408–9, 411, 430, 487, 492, 506, 507, 509, 521, 522, 535, 537, 538, 552–53, 583, 602, 677
    Communist conspiracy theory of, 488–90, 491
    Hirohito’s decision for war exchange with, 411–12
    ideological vision of, 176–77
    Japan-U.S. summit proposal of, 403–5, 416
    Matsuoka’s conflict with, 399–400
    â€œNew Order in East Asia” declaration of, 347–48, 349
    New York Times interview of, 546
    nonrecognition statement of, 345–46
    peace plan of, 510–11
    race theory of, 266–69
    surrender debate and, 513
    threat from within feared by, 488–90, 491
    â€œthree principles” of, 349–50
    Tj’s ouster and, 478
    Tj’s replacement of, 418–19
    Washington Conference opposed by, 176–77
    Yamamoto’s visit to, 416
    Korea, 8, 26, 54, 74–75, 131–32, 135, 137, 267, 417, 444, 457, 474, 488, 522, 524, 615–16, 627
    anti-Chinese rioting in, 228
    and enthronement of