On Japan and the Sovereign Ghost-State Hugh Byas, Journalist-Expert, and the Manchurian Incident

Hugh Byas, a historically overlooked but a leading and highly respected journalist in Japan at the time of the Manchurian Incident in 1931, had a long career connected to Japan of more than twenty years. Working for the Japan Advertiser and later the London Times and the New York Times, he formulate...

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Published inJournalism history Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 32 - 42
Main Author Oblas, Peter B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Las Vegas Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.04.2003
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Byas, Hugh
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Journalists
Japan
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Summary:Hugh Byas, a historically overlooked but a leading and highly respected journalist in Japan at the time of the Manchurian Incident in 1931, had a long career connected to Japan of more than twenty years. Working for the Japan Advertiser and later the London Times and the New York Times, he formulated a template on the Far East, portraying Japan as modemizing and Chinas as Asia's "SickMan." He then shifted his cognitive script in the late 1920s, promoting Japan as an esblished entity which was challenged as a respectable member of the international community by China, a non-state. This impacted on Canadian and British official opinion, cementing a favorable-to-Japan response by Britain after the Manchurian Incident.
ISSN:0094-7679
2641-2071
DOI:10.1080/00947679.2003.12062618