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

Hirohito, 190–91
    Kojong incident and, 34–35
    Tan’gun foundation myth of, 191
    Korea, People’s Democratic Republic of (North Korea), 640–41
    Korea, Republic of (South Korea), 640, 663
    Korean War, 576, 642, 643, 652, 654
    China’s entry into, 643
    onset of, 636, 640–41
    Kshitsu to shakai mondai (The Imperial house and social problems) (Watanabe), 165
    Kso ks, 38–39
    Sugiura’s lecture on, 64
    Koyama Itoko, 270, 666
    Krisher, Bernard, 674
    Kuga Noboru, 251
    Kuhara Fusanosuke, 212, 213, 218
    KujMichizane, 130
    KujSadako, see Teimei Kg, Dowager Empress
    Kumazawa Hiromichi, 566
    Kuni Kuniyoshi, 96–97, 98
    Kuni Nagako, see Nagako, Empress of Japan
    Kuomintang, see China, Nationalist Kuribayashi, General, 484
    Kurile Islands, 470, 479, 649, 657
    Kurusu Sabur, 425, 428
    Kwajalein, 453
    Kwantung Army, Japanese, 169, 207, 224, 229–32, 237, 242–43, 257, 285, 286, 287, 307, 311, 318, 321, 325, 329, 351, 364, 398, 470, 556, 590
    Chang assassination and, 215–16
    Hopei Province occupied by, 271–72
    Manchurian Incident as staged by, 235–36, 614
    KydTsshinsha News Agency, 555, 677
    Kyoto Palace, 195
    Kyoto University protest incident, 644–45
    Kyushu, 501, 524
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    labor movement, 163, 165, 206
    Labour Party, British, 111
    Lady Bird, HMS, 340
    Lady Michiko ( Michikosama ) (Koyama), 666
    League of Nations, 12, 14, 46, 135, 176, 227, 245, 275, 598
    Covenant of, 146, 148, 150, 224, 256, 571, 607
    Hirohito’s affirmation of, 91–92
    Japan’s withdrawal from, 256, 261–63, 265, 268, 269, 279
    Lytton Commission of, 257, 260
    Manchuria conflict and, 236, 241–42, 258, 259–63
    League to Destroy the Emperor-Organ Theory, 289
    Lend-Lease, 381
    Lenin, V. I., 150
    Leyte, Battle of, 481–82, 493
    liaison conferences, 387, 389, 395, 397, 399, 401–2, 403, 407, 409, 420–21, 446, 468
    Liaotung Peninsula, China, 8, 9, 256
    Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japanese, 656, 660, 663, 667, 668–69, 670, 671, 672, 681, 685, 686
    Liberal Party, Japanese, 648
    Lincoln, Abraham, 60
    Lingayen Gulf, Battles of, 482
    Lloyd George, David, 116
    Logan, William, 602, 604
    London Charter, 608
    London Naval Treaty, 206, 210, 248, 252, 269, 590
    Japan’s opposition to, 225–26, 245
    Lopez, Pedro, 595
    Los Angeles Times, 342
    Luxembourg, 356
    Lytton Commission, 257
    report of, 260
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    MacArthur, Douglas, 3, 6, 400–401, 445, 447, 455, 471, 481, 518, 541, 542, 553, 562, 563, 576, 572–73, 574, 581, 582, 584, 585, 586, 587, 589, 596, 605, 612, 615, 616, 618, 620, 621, 624, 628, 647, 688
    abdication issue and, 609–10
    background and personality of, 547–48
    Civil Liberties directive of, 551
    Eisenhower telegram of, 567–68
    Hirohito compared with, 547–48
    Hirohito’s circumvention of, 639–40, 641
    Hirohito’s meetings with, 543–44, 547–50, 590, 622–23, 625, 639, 640, 645
    Hirohito’s relationship with, 549, 645
    Hirohito used by, 2
    occupation strategy of, 544–45
    release of war criminals and, 634–35
    Truman administration’s displeasure with, 543–44
    Truman’s dismissal of, 643–44
    war trial role of, 587, 609–10
    McCarthyism, 656
    McCloy, John, 618
    Machida Chji, 303, 304
    MacLeish, Archibald, 499
    Maeda Tetsuo, 364
    MAGIC decryptions, 427
    Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 45
    Mainichi shinbun, 144, 232, 273, 551, 553, 562–63, 568, 573
    â€œMain Principles for Dealing with the Situation Accompanying Changes in the World Situation,” 375
    Makino Nobuaki, 84, 91, 97, 99, 105, 114, 116–17, 122–23, 132, 135, 148, 157, 160, 161–62, 164, 166, 182, 183, 184, 185, 207, 209, 212, 216, 225, 228, 231, 232, 236, 237, 241, 246, 252, 253, 258, 261–63, 270, 286–87, 289, 292, 297, 487, 488, 602, 613
    Chang assassination and, 217
    in court group, 172–78, 181
    emergence of, 101–2
    Hirohito influenced by, 102, 127–29, 130, 149, 208
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