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Today we are going to be talking about the rise of militarism in 20th century Japan and also the Koda-ha and the Tosei-ha. Being the two rival factions of the military who fought for power of Japan during the 1920’s and 30’s. Well we are going to start with the rise of militarism. Japan over a period of time changed from a quasi-democratic government into a militaristic type dictatorship. The forces that aided in this transformation were the failed promises of the Meiji Restoration that were represented in the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the perceived capitulation of the Japanese parliamentary leaders to the western powers, a compliant public, and an independent military. Beginning in the 1890's the public education system indoctrinated students in the ideas of nationalism, loyalty to the emperor and traditionalist ideas of self-sacrifice and obedience. These values taught obedience not to a democratic but to the emperor; so the fact that the militaristic government of the 1930's ruled under the emperor meant that the Japanese were loyal to this government just as they had been to the government of the 1920's. (Do little play/script thingy) Shintoism provided a religious justification for nationalism and support for th