Example Of Totalitarianism In Japan

The totalitarianism traits of ideology, control of information and persecution led to the Rape of Nanking which was another atrocity committed by Japan. Ideology is making goals that will benefit the government or state. Control of information is censorship to make citizens think positively about the government or state. Furthermore, persecution is the belief of wrongdoing of the enemies of different ethnic, religious or political groups. An example of ideology used by the Japanese government during the time of the Rape of Nanking is when the Japanese government strongly encouraged Japanese to hate the Chinese people. Another example of the Japanese using totalitarianism traits is when they used control of information in school textbooks
to tell students to hate the Chinese. Lastly, they used persecution to target the Chinese people because of the belief that they were the enemy (Rape of Nanking worksheet). Persecution of the Chinese people by the Japanese led to the Rape of Nanking because they targeted the Chinese because of the belief of wrongdoings. Also, control of information led to the atrocity by teaching students and others to hate the Chinese people. Finally, ideology led to the atrocity by the government wanting everyone to hate the Chinese (Rape of Nanking worksheet). Because of Japan’s ideology to do the best for the state and to not dishonor their country, the Japanese government was encouraged to commit the Rape of Nanking. The Rape of Nanking was also due to Japan’s goal to have more power in Asia and they believed these actions against the Chinese people would help them achieve that. Control of information led to the atrocity by showing students and citizens that Chinese were bad people. The government created propaganda and made textbooks to downgrade Chinese people in the Japanese citizens eyes. Persecution led to the atrocity because the Japanese focused their attack on one group of people. These totalitarian key traits of ideology, control of information and persecution forced the Japanese people to have hatred towards the Chinese and later led to the atrocity of the Rape of Nanking.