China Incidents Pictorial And Japanese Aggressive War Against China(1937-1941)

With the outbreak of Japanese aggressive war against China and the formation of axis powers,Japanese government set up and strengthened the so called "war time system"domestically,implementing national mobilization and national spiritual mobilization,and using news media as wartime propaganda machine.Under this circumstance,China Incidents Pictorial was designed and published by Osaka Daily News Agency and Tokyo Daily News Agency from the third of August in 1937 to the eighth of December in 1941.Using the process of aggressive war against China as the main news line,and reporting from various sides,like military,politic,international situation,social economy,religion and culture,this pictorial has important historical value.This essay will analyze the wartime reports of China Incidents Pictorial from five points of view systematically.1.The Brief Introduction of China Incidents Pictorial This chapter introduces the basic information of China Incidents Pictorial through background,period of existence,publishing scale and editorial characteristics.In this chapter,the Japanese military background of the pictorial,the reporting aim of the Second Sino-Japanese War,and the detailed and comprehensive characteristics of the reports will be summarized.2.Justify the Motivation of Japanese Aggressive War Against China This chapter introduces that China Incidents Pictorial beautified the aggressive war as the war of justice by alleging that China provoked troubles,like Lugou Bridge Incident and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Incident,to trigger the war,focusing on negative reports of China,defaming the image of China,emphasizing on reporting the loss of Japanese living abroad,and publicizing the idea of "New East Asia Orders" in theory and achievement.3.Create Confidence to WinThis chapter introduces that China Incidents Pictorial publicized the idea of the must win trend of Japan by reporting the victories of Japan in detail and showing the invincible false scent of Japanese army;keeping forecasting the upcoming collapse of China by analyzing the drawbacks of China military force,politic,economy and etc.;and extravagating the international situations which benefited Japan by praising and publicizing the Fascism,and at the same time,depreciating the United Kingdom,France,the United States and the Soviet Union.4.Serve the National Spiritual MobilizationThis chapter introduces that China Incidents Pictorial improved the effect of the national spiritual mobilization by reporting Japanese emperor and royal family members,and creating Japanese emperor as the spiritual leader;emphasizing the use of all kinds of rituals,like monarch loyalty ritual,memorial ceremonies for soothing souls of deceased persons and all kinds of memorial rituals;emphasizing on reporting the supportive attitudes of the Japanese citizens,in order to shape the public "national consensus" psychology.5.Analyze Japan's Wartime ReportsThis chapter introduces the Japanese war time reporting policy by analyzing the editorial skills of China Incidents Pictorial;interpreting the fact that China Incidents Pictorial turned against the principal of journalism independence by comparing the pictorial and the Japanese wartime news blackout situation;and interpreting the fact that it turned against the authenticity of professional ethics by analyzing the inconsistent reports of Nomonhan Campaign.