Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival (55 page)

Tsujimoto, Kiyomi
285

tsunamis
3
,
6
,
24

2011 tsunami
xix
,
xx
,
xxi
,
7
–12,
13
–14; the dead and missing
10
–11,
12
,
20
,
21
,
27
,
296
,
297
; devastation
9
,
11
–12,
14
,
21
–6,
291
,
298
; and the economy
120
,
315
–16; and ETIC
188
; freelance journalists during
288
–9; nuclear crisis after
see
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis; psychological effect on Japan
282
–9,
304
–5,
315
–16; and public dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party and the political class
279
–89; Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation
264
; rebuilding homes, lives and communities after
291
–301; Rikuzentakata
see
Rikuzentakata; Self Defence Forces deployment after
240
,
282
,
286
; volunteer helpers
284
–5,
294

divine protection from
298

following Chile earthquake
24
,
296

Hokusai woodblock prints
8

Tsunoda, Tadanobu
40

Ugaki, Kazushige
72

unemployment rates
xxix
,
85
,
120
,
165

US
xxxiv
,
120

youth
165
,
332
n32

Unification Church
109

unions, labour
81
,
90

Communist
237

United Nations

Gender Inequality Index
205
,
334
nn3–4

Security Council
55

United States of America

9/11 terrorist attacks
189
,
195

and Afghanistan
195
,
241

Cold War
see
Cold War

economic opportunity for women
205

economy
xxxi
–xxxiv,
119
,
120
,
128
–9,
130
,
145
; Japanese threat
96
–8; national debt
xxi
,
126
–8

exceptionalism
35

foreign business acquisitions
174

Gulf War (1990)
55

and Japan
xxxii
,
32
–3,
36
,
46
,
53
,
55
,
64
–5,
249
–51,
253
–4; and Afghanistan
241
; atomic bombing
34
,
70
,
74
,
79
,
224
; ban on ‘collective self-defence’
238
,
241
; Black Ships of Perry
64
,
238
,
303
; and Chinese relations
238
–9,
313
,
316
; and the Cold War
81
,
84
,
104
,
239
,
246
; constitution of Japan
55
,
80
,
85
,
237
,
239
,
241
,
242
–4,
313
–14; and economic threat to the US
96
–8; GIs and prostitutes
83
–4; and Hatoyama and his government
244
–7,
250
–51,
253
–4; and Hirohito
223
; and industry
84
–7,
91
–2; and Iraq
240
–41; and its post-war economy
83
–6; Japanese economy and the US dollar
101
–2; Japanese
fear of US culture
189
; Japanese view of US work ethic
96
; and the Korean War
85
–6,
239
; Nadeshiko (soccer team) victory
206
–7; oil embargo in response to Japanese offensive in Indochina
73
; and Okinawa bases
247
,
248
–9,
250
–51; Pearl Harbor attack
73
–4,
78
; and Perry
61
,
64
,
66
,
74
; post-war subordination to US
32
–3,
74
,
80
–81,
82
,
222
–3,
290
; reverse course policy
81
,
236
; San Francisco Peace Treaty (1951)
252
; Security Treaty
93
,
236
–7,
313
; and the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands
252
,
313
,
316
; ‘sympathy budget’ for US troops
247
; US–Japan Status of Forces Agreement
248
–9; and US Freedom of Information Act
287
; and US nuclear-armed warships
246
; World War II
36
,
69
–70,
73
–4,
77
,
78
–80,
290
see also
World War II: Japan, the Pacific Campaign and; and the Yoshida Doctrine
85
,
249
;
zaibatsu
break-up
81
,
92

Korean War
85
–6,
87
,
239

life expectancy
161

recession
102

steel industry
86
–7

Trans-Pacific Partnership
283
,
310
,
316

unemployment
xxxiv
,
120

violent crime
96

women workers
164

World War II
36
,
69
–70,
74
,
77
,
78
–80,
290

violence
104
,
122
,
204
,
210
see also
terrorism

domestic
211
–12

rape
see
rape

US
96

Vogel, Ezra
158

Japan as Number One
95
–6,
158

Voice
244

volunteer sector/volunteers
281
,
284
–6,
294

Wada, Shinichiro
211

wages
see
pay

Wall Street Journal
127

war criminals, Class-A
221
,
225
–6

Waseda University: Super Free club
211

Watanabe, Tsuneo
233

weapons
60
–61

Wen Jiabao
235

Wilson, Woodrow
69

Wolf, Martin
115

Wolferen, Karel van:
The Enigma of Japanese Power
97

women

behind the silk screen
202
–16

child-raising
206

‘comfort women’
230
,
243

and divorce
211
–12,
334
n12

economic opportunity in Japan
204
–5

and equality
202
–16; discrimination
164
–5,
205
,
206
–7,
213
; UN Gender Inequality Index
205
,
334
nn3–4

and gender-specific role division
204

increasing power of
207
–12

Japanese hostage in Iraq
194

legislators
205
–6

and marriage
162
,
164
,
181
,
205
,
207
,
209
–10,
211
,
213
; and change of name
205

Nadeshiko team (soccer)
206
–7

rights
205
,
331
n1

single mothers
213

socializing
214
–16

and sport
206
–7

workers
164
–5,
181
–2,
205
,
206
,
212
–13,
214
,
331
nn26–27

work and workforce
see
employment

World Cup (2002)
231

World Trade Organization
156

World War II

Germany’s dealing with its history
219
,
220
–21,
222
,
223
,
224

Japan, the Pacific Campaign and
36
,
69
–70,
74
,
77
,
78
–80; apologies for wartime atrocities
221
–2,
235
,
313
; and Asian relations in light of Pacific War
219
–35; atomic bombing
34
,
70
,
74
,
79
,
224
; avoidance of full colonization after
32
–3; battle of Midway
74
; battle of Okinawa
74
,
79
,
248
; guilt washed away with nuclear destruction
224
; industrial destruction
79
,
83
;
kamikaze
pilots
21
,
74
,
79
,
320
–21n6; Pearl Harbor attack
73
–4,
78
; post-war subordination to US
32
–3,
74
,
80
–81,
82
,
222
–3,
290
; Potsdam Declaration
252
; POW treatment
228
–9; recovery from defeat
xxii
,
290
; revisionist history
225
–9; surrender
17
,
32
–3,
74
,
79
; Tokyo bombing
70
,
77
,
79
,
304
; Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
81
,
225
,
227
–8; unearthing wartime atrocities
229
–31; US strafing
290
; victimhood sense
224
–5; war record glorification
222
; war reparations
84
,
221

and the US
36
,
69
–70,
73
–4,
77
,
78
–80,
290

Wright, Frank Lloyd
180

Xi Jinping
312

Xi’an
312

yakuza
gang
107

Yamada, Masahiro
191
–2,
193
–4,
211

Yamaguchi
236

Yamaichi Securities
100
,
103

Yamashita, Shunichi
276

Yamato
86

Yamazaki, Heitazaemon
3

Yanagisawa, Hakuo
211

Yanai, Tadashi
118
–19

Yasukuni shrine
221
,
225
–7,
234
,
235
,
244
,
313

Yayoi people
48
–9

yen strength
101
–2,
145
,
169
,
270
,
307
,
308
–9

Yokohama
64

Yokosuka
136
,
139

Yomiuri
233

Yosano, Kaoru
16
–17,
124

Yoshida, Masao
267
,
268

Yoshida, Shigeru
85
,
249

Yoshida Doctrine
85
,
249

youth/young people

alternative lifestyles
197
–8

and Asian relations
219

Chinese youth nationalism
219

divorce
212

employment of young people
181
–3,
185
–6,
189
–91

‘frozen out’ of Japanese system
180
,
194

hikikomori
(recluses)
190
–91

job seeking
180
–82

move from unrealistic Japanese Dream
180
–201

as non-consumers
174
–5

and pensions
331
n19

shushoku katsudo
(screening/mass hiring of graduates)
180
–81,
192

and the slowing economy
123
,
174
–5,
183

unemployment rates
165
,
332
n32

young Japanese hostages in Iraq
194
–7

‘
yutori
generation’
190

Yoyogi Park protest
273

yuai
(fraternity)
244
–5

yutori
(‘anything goes’)

education
333
n2

generation
190

zaibatsu
(business conglomerates)
81
,
92

Zambia
199

Zhan Qixiong
252
–3

Zhou Enlai
xxviii

Zushi
298