The China War and Its Pan-Asian Rescue

Let us imagine being an intelligent, inquisitive, and creative person in wartime Japan. What could one do to remain intellectually free? One might, for example, try to keep a low profile and guard one’s inner thoughts like gold and hope that it would all be over soon. More courageous people might speak up against the regime at the risk of imprisonment or even death. Yet the reality was slightly more nuanced, as many intelligent, sensitive, and well-meaning individuals opted to support Japan’s war.