Asia, expansionism, fascism, ideology, imperial period, monarchy, Japan, totalitarianism

This encyclopaedic box 4.2 looks at the nature of the Imperial Shōwa regime under Emperor Hirohito, and questions whether it can really be called fascist. It delves into Japan's militarist nationalism, state-centric ideology and imperial expansionism during the 1930s and 1940s. The text refers on the roles of the emperor, the military elite and bureaucratic technocracy.

This encyclopaedic box 4.2 looks at the nature of the Imperial Shōwa regime under Emperor Hirohito, and questions whether it can really be called fascist. It delves into Japan's militarist nationalism, state-centric ideology and imperial expansionism during the 1930s and 1940s. The text refers on the roles of the emperor, the military elite and bureaucratic technocracy.