Table of Contents:
  • Democracy and Liberty Under Party Governments, 1918-1932
  • The Meiji Heritage
  • Early Meiji Press Policy, 1868-1889
  • The Primacy of Administrative Policymaking
  • The Constitution and Press Controls
  • The Diet and Press Policy: The Newspaper Law of 1909
  • Democracy and the Mass Media: Introductory Remarks
  • The Press
  • Administrative and Judicial Sanctions
  • Censorship Standards
  • The Modest Impact of Administrative Controls
  • Subjugation of the Radical Left
  • The Range of Acceptable Criticism
  • The Failure of Liberal Reform
  • Film
  • Bureaucratic Policymaking: The Regulations of 1925
  • Administrative Control in Practice
  • Censorship Standards
  • Radio
  • Bureaucratic Planning for Radio
  • Democratic Government and Radio Policy
  • Terms of the First Broadcasting Licenses
  • The Founding of NHK
  • Program Control in Practice
  • Personnel and Financial Controls
  • Intrastate Conflicts over Radio
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Policymaking in a Democratic-Bureaucratic Regime
  • The Disparity between Democratic and Liberal Values
  • Administrative Revolution Under Military-Bureaucratic Rule, 1937-1945
  • Transition to Military Rule, 1932-1937
  • Party Decline and Military Ascendancy
  • The Growing Statism of Party Politicians
  • Censorship of the Right
  • Planning for Mobilization
  • NHK and Creation of the United News Agency
  • Mobilizational Military Regimes: The First Generation
  • The Press: The Consultation System
  • Early Wartime Mobilization
  • The Consultation Format
  • Mobilization Directives.