Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895-1945

Between 1895 and 1945, Japan was heavily engaged in other parts of Asia, first in neighbouring Korea and northeast Asia, later in southern China and Southeast Asia. During this period Japanese ideas on the nature of national identities in Asia changed dramatically. At first Japan discounted the significance of nationalism, but in time Japanese authorities came to see Asian nationalisms as potential allies, especially if they could be shaped to follow Japanese patterns. At the same time, the ways in which other Asians thought of Japan also changed. Initially many Asians saw Japan as a useful but distant model, but with the rise of Japanese political power, this distant admiration turned into both cooperation and resistance. This volume includes chapters on India, Tibet, Siberia, Mongolia, Korea, Manchukuo, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Li Narangoa is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at the Australian National University. Robert Cribb is a Senior Fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb Introduction: Japan and the Transformation of National Identities in Asia in the Imperial Era 1. Victor A. van Bijlert The Icon of Japan in the Nationalist Revolutionary Discourse in India, 1890-1910 2. Eva-Maria Stolberg Japanese Strategic and Political Involvement in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1917-1922 3. Paul Hyer Japanese Expansion and Tibetan Independence 4. Nakami Tatsuo Mongol Nationalism and Japan 5. Dick Stegewerns The Japanese 'Civilization Critics' and the National Identity of their Asian Neighbours, 1918-1932: The Case of Yoshino Sakuzo 6. Mark E. Caprio Assimilation Rejected: The Tong'a ilbo's Challenge to Japan's Colonial Policy in Korea 7. Rana Mitter Evil Empire? Competing Constructions of Japanese Imperialiam in Manchuria, 1928-1937 8. Tsedendambyn Batbayar The Japanese Threat and Stalin's Policies Towards Outer Mongolia (1932-1939) 9. Marjorie Dryburgh The Problem of Identity and Japanese Engagemnet in North China 10. Francois Guillemot Vietnamese Nationalist Revolutionaries and the Japanese Occupation : The Case of the Dai Viet Parties (1936-1946) 11. Ricardo T. Jose Accord and Discord: Japanese Cultural Policy and Philippine National Identity during the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) 12. Shigeru Sato Japanization in Indonesia Re-Examined: The Problem of Self-Sufficiency in Clothing 13. Huang Chih-huei The Transformation of Taiwanese Attitudes toward Japan in the Post-Colonial Period Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb Afterword: Japanese Imperialism and the Politics of Loyalty Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb Afterword: Postage Stamps and Japanese Imperialism