著者

伊藤 昌亮

出版者

日本メディア学会

雑誌

マス・コミュニケーション研究 (ISSN:13411306)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.98, pp.51-65, 2021-01-31 (Released:2021-05-18)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

2

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In Japan, no legal measures have been taken to restrict activities of citizensin coping with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. People are simply exercisingself-restraint as requested by the government. Self-restraint has been acontradictory yet widely practiced behavior among Japanese at turning pointsthroughout the country’s history from wartime to the present day. This paperdiscusses the roles of such a behavior after picking key turning points based onthe analysis of a number of relevant newspaper articles of the Asahi Shimbunand Yomiuri Shimbun. Examples include the establishment of the wartimeregime, the inception of the LDP’s dominance under the 1955 system, the oilcrises, U.S.-Japan trade friction, the demise of Emperor Hirohito, neoliberalreforms, and disasters triggered by the 1995 Great Hanshin and 2011 Tohokuearthquakes. An observation of self-restraint among the Japanese under thesecircumstances is followed by an examination of the workings of power andnorms in Japanese society.