Curated playlist
Kokkashugi
- Japanese war crimesEmperor Hirohito's own brother denounced Japanese aggression to troops in China.
- Axis powersThe Axis powers got their name from a single phrase Mussolini used in 1936.
- HirohitoEmperor Hirohito's first radio broadcast announced Japan's defeat.
- Subhas Chandra BoseSubhas Chandra Bose is remembered in India as Netaji, a Hindustani title that means Respected Leader. The name did not begin on Indian soil. It was first used in early 1942, in Berlin. The speakers were soldiers of the Indische Legion,…
- Hideki TojoHideki Tojo shot himself in the chest as American soldiers surrounded his house.
- Yukio MishimaYukio Mishima shouted to soldiers from a Tokyo balcony in 1970, then killed himself.
- Fumimaro KonoeFumimaro Konoe swallowed potassium cyanide rather than face arrest for war crimes.
- Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereIn December 1941, Japan's War Ministry drew up a plan to rule Hawaii, Australia and Alaska.
- Hakkō ichiuA monument in Miyazaki had the slogan hakkō ichiu removed, then put back.
- Japanese militarismJapan's military could block any government by refusing to name an Army or Navy Minister.