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Clas Pihlstrom's avatar

Again thanks for very interesting stuff. Let's se how everything turn out with Taiwan now.

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Rabindranath Tagore's avatar

Beginning in 1868 Japan established a national identity which was largely invented, introducing for example a national flag and military which were unfamiliar concepts before. From 1868 to 1945 this web of national symbols assumed a predominant place in the culture of the Japanese archipelago. The American occupation, called GHQ (General Headquarters) in Japan, was determined to totally change this self-conception. GHQ managers felt that it was this militarist, nationalist culture that had led Japan into war.

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