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Chan Yiu Fai??? S7A (3) Chan Shu Kui Memorial School 15-1-2001 Account for the rise of militarism in Japan during the 1930s. Answer: Japanese militarism reached the peak?? in 1932-45. This era was called the "Dark Valley?????" in Japanese history. In its simplest meaning, militarism means prestige and greatness of Japan at the expense?? of other countries, an aggressive foreign policy, dominance?? and overall political control by military officers, a huge military budget, an intensive??? armament programme as well as militarist attitudes of the people as a whole. The rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s was due to many factors. Firstly, the emergence of Shintoism??? in the late Tokugawa era provided Japanese militarism with the ideological foundation. Japanese people were the offspring?? of Sun Goddess????. Hence they were racially superior to other nations. Since Sun Goddess was the direct ancestor?? of the Japanese royal family, so the tenno?? was the centre...

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