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  • Thumbnail for Hirohito
    as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was...
    141 KB (16,791 words) - 15:01, 7 September 2024
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    Shirō Ishii (category Japanese biological weapons program)
    and Ningbo, and planned the Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night biological attack against the United States. Emperor Showa rewarded him with a special...
    23 KB (2,537 words) - 08:31, 30 August 2024
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    and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing...
    141 KB (15,993 words) - 16:45, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Japanese nuclear weapons program
    War II, Japan had several programs exploring the use of nuclear fission for military technology, including nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Like the...
    50 KB (5,897 words) - 04:40, 14 August 2024
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    Kempeitai (Japanese: 憲兵隊, Hepburn: Kenpeitai) was the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The organization also shared civilian secret police...
    24 KB (2,960 words) - 15:21, 25 August 2024
  • War II infantry weapons List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons List of prototype World War II infantry weapons Kidd, R Spencer...
    291 KB (23,690 words) - 17:10, 7 September 2024
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    police arrested the conspirators and confiscated the weapons before they could leave Japan for Korea. Other participants in the plan included Oi Kentaro,...
    35 KB (4,438 words) - 05:58, 29 August 2024
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    Asian Holocaust", and "Japan's Holocaust", and also as the "Rape of Asia". The crimes occurred during the early part of the Shōwa era, under Hirohito's...
    289 KB (30,615 words) - 14:38, 8 September 2024
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    is useful to distinguish Japanese cultural nationalism (see also nihonjinron) from political or state nationalism (i.e., Shōwa statism), since many forms...
    48 KB (5,955 words) - 04:17, 1 September 2024
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    between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to...
    220 KB (25,268 words) - 03:40, 4 September 2024
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    Tokubetsu Keisatsutai Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period Political repression in Imperial Japan Police services of the Empire of Japan Gestapo Organization...
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  • The Return of Godzilla (category Films about nuclear war and weapons)
    is the 16th film in the Godzilla franchise, the last film produced in the Shōwa era, and the first film in the Heisei series. In Japan, the film was followed...
    28 KB (3,313 words) - 09:22, 31 July 2024
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    Gamera (category Japan in fiction)
    participated in both franchises. A number of executives and Showa staffs were strongly against the idea of kaiju as bioengineered weapons or "living robots"...
    157 KB (17,995 words) - 04:24, 29 August 2024
  • militarism Netto-uyoku Nippon Kaigi Post-fascism Sound trucks in Japan Statism in Shōwa Japan Ultraconservatism Volunteer Army Unit for Punishing Traitors...
    23 KB (2,442 words) - 01:39, 7 September 2024
  • Kamen Riders (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Kamen Riders that debuted during the Shōwa period of Japanese history (1926-1989, the Kamen Rider franchise began in 1971), as well as those featuring the...
    27 KB (2,162 words) - 09:08, 23 August 2024
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    weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts. Kodansha International. pp. 18–24. ISBN 4-7700-2941-1. Taiho-jutsu: law and order in the age...
    134 KB (17,228 words) - 18:50, 4 September 2024
  • Mechagodzilla (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
    confront and destroy Godzilla. In subsequent iterations, Mechagodzilla is usually depicted as a man-made robotic weapon designed to defend Japan against...
    39 KB (4,819 words) - 13:47, 3 September 2024
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    Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (category Olympic equestrians for Japan)
    Japanese forces at Rabaul, Guadalcanal, and in Luzon. After his return, he was then assigned to the Kwantung Army headquarters. After Emperor Shōwa's...
    11 KB (1,101 words) - 07:12, 1 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II
    elements were continuous with pre-war themes of Shōwa statism, including the principles of kokutai, hakkō ichiu, and bushido. New forms of propaganda were developed...
    96 KB (13,809 words) - 11:53, 31 August 2024
  • Godzilla (franchise) (category Films about nuclear war and weapons)
    first, second, and fourth eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production: the Shōwa era, the Heisei era, and the Reiwa era. The third is called the Millennium...
    128 KB (10,616 words) - 20:10, 27 August 2024
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