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It explains how the military government sought to “grasp people’s minds” and “propagate and tame them” for total mobilization, aiming to remake Indonesian society into Japanese-aligned partners within the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. It surveys the range of wartime media used and details the administrative foundation of the Sendenbu propaganda department and its specialized organizations.","INDONESLOCORNELL  \n# Propaganda Media on Java under the Japanese 1942-1945\n\nAuthor(s):Aiko Kurasawa  \nSource:Indonesia,No.44(Oct.,1987),pp.59-116  \nPublished by:Cornell University Press;Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell  \nUniversity  \nStable URL:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3351221  \nAccessed:23-10-201908:12 UTC  \nJSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars,researchers,and students discover,use,and build upon a widerange of content in a trusted digital archive.We use information technology and tools to increase productivity andfacilitate new forms of scholarship.For more information about JSTOR,please contact support@jstor.org.  \nYour use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms &Conditions of Use,available athttps://about.jstor.org/terms  \nSoutheast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University,Cornell University Pressare collaborating with JSTOR to digitize,preserve and extend access to Indonesia  \nPROPAGANDA MEDIA ON JAVA UNDER THE JAPANESE 1942-1945  \nAiko Kurasawa  \nOne major impact of the Japanese occupation on the Javanese people was theintroduction and development of new media for political propaganda.  In orderto carry out their policies smooth¹y in occupied Java,the Japanese militarygoverment paid great attention to how to \"grasp people's minds\"(minshin ha'aku)and how to \"propagate and tame them\"(senbu kosaku)。They considered it indis-pensable for their war effort to mobilize the whole society(total mobilization)and entirely change the people's mentality.  Believing that Indonesians had tobe completely molded into a Japanese pattern of behavior and thinking,they aimedtheir propaganda at indoctrinating the Indonesian people so that they cou1dbecome dependable partners in the Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere.  \nTo put their propaganda schemes into operation various media were employed,such as newspapers,pamphlets,books,posters,photographs,broadcasting,exhibitions,speech,drama,traditional arts performances,paper picture shows(kamishibai),music,and movies.  A striking characteristic of wartime Japanesepropaganda was its use of media that wou¹d mainly appeal to a person's \"auditoryand visual\"sense.  Especially highly promoted were movies,performing arts,kamishihai,and music.The Japanese considered such media as the most effectivemeans for influencing the uneducated and illiterate rural people,who constitutedthe great part of the Javanese population.  The Japanese were aware that writtenmedia such as newspapers,books,magazines,and pamphlets,might have somelimited effect with regard to educated urban dwellers,but were totally uselessin the rural society.  \n# I.  BASIC FRAMEWORK OF JAPANESE PROPAGANDA POLICY\n\n(1)Sendenbu  \nIt can be said that propaganda was,from the very beginning of the occupa-tion,one of the most vital tasks of the military government.Its importance wassuch that,in order to manage propaganda affairs,an independent department,\"Sendenbu\"was set up within the military government(Gunseikanbu).Establishedin August 1942 it was in charge of propaganda and information concerning civiladministration,and was a separate organ from the Information Section of the 16thArmy which was in charge of propaganda and information concerning military opera-tions.1 In other words,Sendenbu activities were directed towards the civilianpopulation of Java,including Indonesian,Eurasian,Asiatic minorities,andJapanese,while the Information Section of the 16th Army carried out propagandavis-à-vis Japanese soldiers and A¹lied prisoners-of-war,and also,throughoverseas broadcasts,vis-à-vis civilians in countries opposed to Japan.  \n1.Towards the end of the war,in April 1945,however,these two separateoffices were amalgamated,into a single new office which carried out bothmilitary and civil propaganda.  \nAlthough Sendenbu activities were confined to civilian affairs in Indonesia,Japanese authorities never trusted control of this important department tocivilian hands.  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