Editing Showa Statism (section)

===Origins===
Showa Statism's origins can be traced back to the Meiji Restoration. After the victory over China in the First Sino-Japanese War and over Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan joined the Western powers. They needed a [[File:Strato.png]] strong military to secure Japan's new overseas empire which was reinforced by a feeling that only through a strong military would Japan earn the respect of Western nations. The period where it was the most prominent was during the dawn of the [[File:Showa.png]] Showa Period and throughout the Second World War. The first 20 years of Emperor Showa's reign it was characterized by extreme nationalism and a series of expansionist wars. It was a mixture of ideas such as [[File:JapanChauvin.png]] Japanese nationalism, [[File:Strato.png]]  militarism, [[File:Fash.png]] fascism (while disputed by some), and [[File:Corptism.png]] corporatism, that was initiated by several political philosophers and thinkers in Japan. Those philosophers include [[File:Kita.png]] [[Monarcho-Socialism|Ikka Kita]], [[File:ShumeiOkawa.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|Shumei Okawa]], and [[File:SadaoAraki.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|Sadao Araki]]. Many had different (sometimes outright contrasting) views, which is why Showa Statism could be described as ideologically syncretic.