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Since the early Meiji period, people of different ideological and social backgrounds have propose... more Since the early Meiji period, people of different ideological and social backgrounds have proposed the simplification of the Japanese writing system on various grounds, such as spread of education, the advancement of civilisation, and industrial efficiency. This chapter examines script reform advocates’ arguments for script simplification in the wartime period and their responses to the popular discussions about the need to spread Japanese in the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. It demonstrates that reform advocates saw the expansion of the Japanese empire as an opportunity to renew and reinvent their pro-reform position, arguing that script reform would make Japanese more universal and more attractive to learn, which could generate soft power for Japan.
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Japan Forum
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Японские исследования, 2020
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The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 2020
About 16,500 people were sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law (1948-1996) of J... more About 16,500 people were sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law (1948-1996) of Japan, whose aim was to "prevent the birth of eugenically inferior offspring, and to protect maternal health and life". Kita Saburō (pseudonym), was one of the victims. He was sterilized in 1957, at the age of fourteen, while residing at a facility for troubled youths called Shūyō Gakuen in Sendai.
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