Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

Hirohito’s deportment, 136–37
    on Toranomon incident, 141–42
    Malik, Jacob, 494, 505–7, 522
    Malta, 107–8
    Manchester Guardian, 337
    Manchukuo, 247, 249, 257, 259, 267, 273, 274, 280, 317, 344, 348, 349, 372, 394, 398, 399, 417, 431, 432, 603
    anti-Japanese resistance in, 286
    as Japan’s “Lifeline,” 268
    Japan’s recognition of, 256–57, 261, 269, 279
    Jehol Province annexation and, 271–72
    see also Manchuria
    Manchuria, 8, 9, 34, 68, 146, 149, 169, 203, 205, 220, 230–31, 428, 444, 505, 524, 535
    Chang assassination and, 215–16
    Hopei Province occupation, 271–72
    Japanese race theory and, 266–67
    Japan’s expansionist policies and, 265–67
    Kellogg-Briand Pact and crisis in, 221–23
    Nakamura incident and, 228–29
    see also Manchukuo
    Manchurian Army, Chinese, 235
    Manchurian Incident (1931), 169, 211, 224, 231–32, 235–44, 302, 304, 317, 319, 349, 417, 429, 432, 590, 592, 599, 600, 614
    and attempted coups of 1931, 243–44
    Chinchou affair and, 240–43, 246, 249
    domestic crisis and, 236–37
    and Hirohito-military relationship, 235–40, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248
    Hirohito’s rescript on, 247
    Konoe’s race theory and, 266–67
    League of Nations and, 236, 241–42, 258, 259–63
    media and, 235, 242
    Soviet Union and, 242, 248–49
    staging of, 235–36
    Stimson’s nonrecognition principle and, 249–50, 256, 428
    U.S.-Japanese relations and, 246, 249–50, 255–56
    â€œmanifest deity” ( arahitogami ), 193, 199
    Manifest Destiny, 11, 73
    Mansfield, Alan, 599
    Mao Tse-tung, 307, 347, 474, 607, 636, 640
    â€œMarch of Time, The” (radio program), 556–57
    Marco Polo Bridge incident, 317–20
    Marianas Islands, 308, 453, 470, 472, 473, 475–76, 477
    Marshall, George C., 331, 525, 544
    Marshall Islands, 453, 468, 470
    Marxism, 206, 207
    Mary, Queen of England, 116
    Masuda Tomoko, 254, 255
    Masuhara Keikichi, 673
    Matsudaira Yasumasa, 406–7, 514, 583, 587–88, 613, 633, 641
    Matsudaira Yoshitami, 121
    Matsui Akira, 625, 639
    Matsui Iwane, 323, 333, 334, 336, 338, 339, 609, 614
    Matsukata Masayoshi, 40, 99, 102, 104, 123, 158
    Matsumoto Jiichir, 633
    Matsumoto Jji, 568, 570, 573
    Matsumoto Shinichi, 518–19
    Matsuoka Ysuke, 261, 266, 268, 276–77, 367, 373–74, 375, 376, 379, 382, 383, 393–94, 398, 429, 593
    Konoe’s conflict with, 399–400
    Matsutani Makoto, 588
    Matsuura Sz, 633
    Matsuzaka Hiromasa, 512–13
    â€œMatters Concerning War Responsibility and Other Issues,” 558
    Mazaki Jinzabur, 244, 288, 289, 293, 296, 298, 299–300
    media, 182, 205, 392, 496, 500, 537, 546, 621, 624
    Akihito interviewed by, 687
    Akihito’s marriage in, 661
    atrocities in, 335–38, 339
    censorship of, 636, 666
    China War in, 320–21, 335–36, 337, 340, 349
    and disinterest in Hirohito, 659–60
    draft constitution in, 568
    enthronement rituals in, 187–91, 193, 195
    European tour of 1921 in, 110–12, 114
    Hirohito’s “abdication” in, 572
    Hirohito’s death in, 684–85
    Hirohito’s image in, 127, 135–36, 138, 341, 348, 528
    Hirohito’s tours in, 645–66
    Iwo Jima in, 483
    Korean, 190–91
    Kyoto protests in, 645
    Manchurian Incident in, 235, 242
    and military’s right of supreme command, 226–27
    Nakamura incident in, 228–29
    Nanking Incident in, 214
    New Year’s rescript in, 560–63
    war crimes trials and, 589, 603, 615
    war responsibility interviews by, 674–76
    Meiji, emperor of Japan (Meiji Restoration), 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 21–41, 44, 54, 71, 123, 171, 176, 178, 271, 279–80, 283, 330, 381–82, 414, 433, 537, 554, 562, 621, 647, 650, 688
    achievement of, 39–40
    benevolence ascribed to, 132–33
    children of, 22
    constitutional systems as legacy of, 28–29, 31, 39
    constitution rescript of, 39
    death of, 40,