著者

有山 輝雄

出版者

桃山学院大学

雑誌

桃山学院大学キリスト教論集 = The St. Andrew's University journal of Christian studies (ISSN:0286973X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.49, pp.73-106, 2014-03-13

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Japan aggressively insisted on entering into the First World War. However, it was not a smooth process; Japan had to continue complicated diplomatic negotiations with the United Kingdom, China and the United States. Furthermore, information distribution systems in those days were undergoing drastic changes around the world, making Japan unable to maintain its policy of secret diplomacy. News from the United Kingdom and the United States was communicated in Japan through a wide variety of mass media, revealing a divergence of opinion between Japan and overseas countries. To camouflage the divergence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan was urged to adopt various aggressive tactics for justifying Japan?s entry into the war. Such strategic justification was an early indication of "propaganda warfare" that intensified worldwide during the First World War.