Rather, a critical discourse analysis, in the words of Norman Fairclough, aims “to map three separate forms of analysis onto one another: analysis of (spoken or written) language texts, analysis of discourse practice (processes of text production, distribution and

Nihon Gijutsu Kyōkai (Japan Technology Association; hereafter NGK).

First, it meant the independence of technology from law-bureaucrats in Japan.

construct a new technological culture.

Japan stationed the Kwangtung garrison in south Manchuria in 1905 (reorganized in 1919 as the Kwangtung Army) and established the semipublic company, the South Manchurian Railway (minami Manshū tetsudō gaisha; hereafter Mantetsu), in 1906 to control the area.

Konoe cabinet (the first Konoe cabinet, June 1937–January 1939)

This book is as much a history of the discourse of science as it is a history of nationalism and modernity in interwar and wartime Japan.

“I devote my life to technology.... I am going to Manchuria to do some creation” (sōsaku o

1932 issue of Kōjin, along with the lead article declaring “Make promptly a technological advancement in developing Manchuria!”