Japanese nationalism [a] is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that the Japanese are a monolithic nation with a single immutable culture. Over the last two centuries, it has encompassed a broad range of ideas and sentiments.

2016年10月15日 · According to Brian McVeigh, different forms of nationalism emerged (and disappeared) over time in Japan, including developments that he has dubbed renovationist nationalism, statist nationalism, economic nationalism, educational nationalism and cultural nationalism (McVeigh 2004).

2025年1月16日 · An important foundation for a modern Japanese state was the substitution of national for feudal loyalties. The latter had already gone into decline with the abolition of the feudal classes, but true national unity required the propagation of new loyalties among the previously powerless masses.

2021年3月20日 · This policy mix may seem paradoxical, but examining the four eras of Japanese nationalism reveals how each of these ideas emerged and evolved to their present state, and how each form of nationalism has fundamentally influenced modern Japan.

2022年7月9日 · Nationalists and revisionists in Japan today have added historical revisionism to their repertoire, using militarist wartime propaganda, which in essence suggests that Japan fought the Pacific War in ‘self-defense’ fighting against Western imperialists and colonialists occupying and dominating Asia.

2024年12月3日 · Nationalism in Japan emerged during the Meiji Restoration, with key events like the Russo-Japanese War and World War II shaping its development. Political figures like Emperor Meiji, Ito Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo played influential roles.

In recent years, Japan’s government and many members of the country’s political establishment have been described as nationalistic, with the current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe often being labeled a nationalist.

2018年7月8日 · In this essay, I will describe and illustrate the general features and unique features of Japanese nationalism in Meiji Period. General feature of Japanese’s nationalism in Meiji Tennō...

Japan has been in a state of statism/nationalism (国家主義) and militarism (軍国主義) since the Meiji Restoration, but it was this "ultra-" (超) that led Japan to the military path of Japanese nationalism. And this "ultra-" is the Japanese practice of national-socialist ideology. [7]

The rise of Japanese nationalism in the 19th century had a significant impact on both domestic and foreign policies of the country. On the domestic front, the growth of nationalism led to a strong sense of unity and identity among the Japanese people.