‘The country is full of wishful thinkers’: Britain’s Information Research Department and its post-war propaganda operations in Japan, 1948-70
‘The country is full of wishful thinkers’: Britain’s Information Research Department and its post-war propaganda operations in Japan, 1948-70
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“这个国家充满了一厢情愿的思想家”：英国信息研究部及其战后在日本的宣传活动，1948-70
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10.1080/14682745.2020.1832992
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发表时间：
2021
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0.6
通讯作者：
Yoshiomi Saito
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只腰親和;佐々木憲介;原谷直樹;松本哲人;上宮智之;江頭進;久保 真;廣瀬弘毅;石田教子;中澤信彦;松井名津;Yoshiomi Saito;Yoshiomi Saito
本文考察了战后英国在日本的宣传工作，重点关注外交部信息研究部（IRD）的活动范围和局限性。尽管IRD在日本为其反共材料建立了一个广泛的接收网络，但当英国大使馆官员开始质疑其在日本社会的影响力时，它很快就面临着开展业务的困难——因为他们认为日本文化如此独特，形式的IRD材料不适合。评估伦敦和东京之间的紧张关系，有助于更细致地理解税务局看似单一的宣传政策。
This article examines British propaganda efforts in post-war Japan, focusing on the scope of activities and limitations of the Foreign Office’s Information Research Department (IRD). Although the IRD built a wide network of recipients for its anti-communist material in Japan, it soon faced difficulties in conducting operations when the British embassy officials started to question its influence in Japanese society – since they believed it was a culture so unique thatpro formaIRD materials were unsuitable. Assessing the tensions between London and Tokyo contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the seemingly monolithic propaganda policies of the IRD.