Hold, delete, suppress : a study of press censorship in occupied Japan

• Main Author: Yeo, Cavin Jia Hao
• Other Authors: Zhou Taomo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Japan
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76664
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

During the Military Occupation of Japan by the United States from 1945-1952, all forms of media and expression were subject to a strict censorship regime carried out by Allied GHQ. Despite having arrived with a mission to democratise Japan, the US felt the need to suppress speech and communication t...