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The research for this video video relied extensively on the book Japan at the Crossroads, by Nick Kapur.
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SOURCES
A = Nick Kapur, Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018)
B = Constitution of Japan
C = William Manchester, American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964 (Little, Brown, and Co. 1978)
D = “The Miraculous Deliverance From a Titanic Tragedy,” for the National World War II Museum, 25 August 2020
E = Robert Fahey, “Japan Explained: The House of Councilors,” in TokyoReview, 18 July 2019.
F = Wikipedia, “1960 Japanese general election.”
G = Michelle Toh, “Living standards are still falling in Japan. That’s a recipe for more stagnation,” CNN 12 April 2023
H = Naoki Abe, “Japan’s Shrinking Economy,” for the Brookings Institute, 12 February 2010.
I = Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism, ed. James L. Huffman (Routledge, 2013)

CITATIONS (footnotes in English CC)
1. D.
2. I, 16; A, 14.
3. C, 472.
4. A, 89.
5. A, 9.
6. B.
7. A, 910.
8. A, 910.
9. A, 19.
10. A, 11.
11. A, 10.
12. A, 10.
13. A, 12.
14. A, 1113.
15. A, 1718.
16. A, 25.
17. A, 2.
18. A, 25.
19. A, 18.
20. A, 1718.
21. A, 2021.
22. A, 2223. CORRECTION: The Diet session was scheduled to end on May 26. All succeeding event dates are correct.
23. A, 23.
24. A, 23.
25. E.
26. A, 23.
27. A, 26.
28. A, 2729.
29. A, 2930.
30. A, 31.
31. A, 32.
32. A, 50.
33. A, 34.
34. A, 169.
35. A, 34.
36. I, 16.
37. A, 74, 84.
38. A, 7576.
39. A, 76.
40. A, 254.
41. A, 254.
42. A, 8586.
43. A, 84.
44. A, 7778.
45. A, 8485, 98.
46. F.
47. A, 84.
48. A, 105.
49. A, 8081.
50. A, 82.
51. A, 265.
52. A, 267; G; H.
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00:00 Intro
02:19 Occupation
06:33 I. The Treaty
10:50 II. The Protest
15:24 III. The Murder
22:17 Conclusion