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The Songs of Nippon, the Yamato Museum and the Inculcation of Japanese Nationalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Tanaka Yuki
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Over many years textbooks and conservative educational policies such as “moral education” have been central to the discussion of the propagation of Japanese nationalism. These are important facets of the persistent efforts to raise national sentiment. In recent years, however, new avenues for inculcating nationalism have emerged. This essay examines two such examples to gauge the role of popular culture in creating “love of nation” among children and youth.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , e9
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