Tag: Showa

The Frame-up

October 6, 2025 justin-david-hebert Early Showa, Season 15 Comments Off on The Frame-up

In 1928, a group of officers in the Kwantung Army attempted to frame the KMT for their own assassination of Zhang Zuolin. The failed attempts to enforce accountability and discipline which followed set the stage for similar incidents in the future.

The Great Crash

October 2, 2025 justin-david-hebert Early Showa, Season 15 Comments Off on The Great Crash

Two years prior to the much larger Great Depression, Japan experienced its own financial crisis thanks to the Great Kanto Earthquake, government bonds, and a panicky populace.

Reaction and Repression

September 29, 2025 justin-david-hebert Early Showa, Season 15 Comments Off on Reaction and Repression
Season 15, Episode 1: Reaction and Repression
Emperor Hirohito with his wife Empress Kōjun after their wedding in 1924. Source: Public Domain
A photograph from Emperor Hirohito’s enthronement ceremony at Shishinden Hall. Source: Public Domain
The official portrait of Emperor Hirohito from 1928. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Kita Ikki, whose national socialist ideology was rapidly spreading among officers’ reading groups in both the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy. Source: Public Domain