日本媒体的战争责任问题

The Responsibilities of Japan's Media for the War

第二次世界大战期间,日本法西斯开动国家机器动员了全社会的资源和力量来参与、支持对外侵略战争,日本媒体也积极宣传侵略扩张政策,竭力鼓动民众的战争狂热,大肆叫嚣建立"大东亚共荣圈",成为日本军国主义战车上一个不可或缺的战争部件。但是战后随着国际冷战局势的形成,美国调整了远东政策,致使日本媒体的战争责任问题被长期掩埋,直至20世纪70年代初,才在日本有关媒体和知识分子的关注下被提起。然而,诸多事实证明,追究日本媒体的战争责任依旧任重而道远。

Japanese fascists mobilized all the social forces to participart and support its foreign invasion during World War II. As Japan＇s media actively popularized the policy of aggression and expansion, tried best to rev up the masses in the war and play up ＂the Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere＂, it became an essential part of the chariot of Japanese militarism. However, responsibilities of Japan＇s media for the War had been covered when the Cold War began and US adjusted its Far East policy. Till 1970＇s, the issue was brought up by the media concerned and the intellectuals in Japan. It is clear that to investigate and affix the responsibilities of Japan; media for the War is an auduous task.