Besides mastering the marketing channels and materials industry through the Greater East Asia war since the War of 1942, pemerintahfasis Japan also tried his political ideals through a very fine network of which use cultural tools to search for popular support. Through the Cultural Center “Bunka Keimin Syidoso,” Gunseikan Okazaki, starting 18 April 1943 inauguration speech mencengkeramkan nails through its cultural center, among others, as follows: “Culture is the soul of the nation, the influence of culture to the entire field in the community is very big and spacious, advance or retreat community It depends on the culture. “
Long before that at a gathering of authors 3 November 1942 in Tokyo said, “to help achieve the ideals of the Greater East Asia war victory with the literature,” so they devoted to the art of political ideals or the arts as a tool of government propaganda the Japanese army. The literary works under the banner of militarism with the slogan for “East Asia Co-Prosperity folk Kingdom.”
At the headquarters of the Japanese culture has been developed five areas of art meipuiti Arts, Art Voice, Plays and Films and Literature. Indeed, in the body that sits our artists such as Armin Pane and his friends with the chairman of Sanusi Pane, but it sits alongside Japanese advisors like Sakai, Yamamoto which not only serves as an advisor, he also serves as a watchdog who perform sensor written by our writers with very strict accordance with the political interests of the Japanese government.
In such an atmosphere was born the Indonesian literary works both from the old, that has been cooked before the days of Japanese occupation and of the poet who was born and grew up in zzaman try the Japanese occupation. They were composed of young artists ages Hamka, appeared with his short story, “In the Valley of Life,” contains a collection of stories about tears, sorrow and moans of money suffered by a party of people in this world. A collection of short stories that romantic and sentimental that were published back in 1967. Then came a collection of 13 short stories under the title “Garden of Hearts Comforter,” Alim Saadah essay on the Japanese era, published in 1941. Also published essay Andjar Asmara, Matu Mona, H. Dimjati who has been active writing before the Second War II and was active back in the era of Japanese occupation. Only if the pre-war novel form occupy an important place, in the era of Japanese occupation instead of short stories that occupy the most important place in accordance with the spirit of the age at the time. At that time Anwar Rosihan actively writing short stories. The short story “Community Radio,” managed to pocket the prize to 3 short story contest held by the Japanese culture. Other authors who appeared after Rosihan Anwar Bakri Siregar, among others. This condition is further cultivated since Japan banned the use of the Dutch language to the indigenous population.