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