Oleh:
Dewi Yuliati
ABSTRACT
This article describes the Japanese propaganda system in Java during its
occupation (1942-1945). Before its invasion in Java the Japanese had already
prepared the propaganda system intensively. The goal of the propaganda was to
mobilize the commitment of the Indonesian people to support the Japanese
military government to become the winner in the Greater East Asia war against
the Allies. The system of the Japanese propaganda in Java includes institutions,
methods, packages of propaganda, and control systems. The most important
package of the Japanese propaganda was art, especially poetry, prose, drama,
and songs. Because of its entertaining values, the Indonesian people could easily
absorbed the propaganda substances without awareness that they were
indoctrinated.