Uedaism

Uedaism (Shinasthana: 上田說) refers to a set of military philosophy principles inspired by Yutaka Ueda that have been sythesized by writer and professor Martin Mi of the University of the Military Academy in the 1960s. Because Martin Mi often signed his writings MM, the idea is also called MMism.

Yutaka Ueda was a student at the University of the Military Academy between 1915 and 1921, where he was advanced to the degree of Master of Laws and developed part of the military philosophy he espoused and implemented in later life. At the same institution, Martin Mi studied in the 1930s and became part of the faculty in the 1950s. While Mi never met Ueda at the University personally, he became deeply attached to Ueda's writings and worked to propagate them at this institution.

Ueda was a controversial figure at the UMA owing to his argument about the unique status of the armed forces in a civilized society. In his day, these arguments were harshly treated by an older generation of authors who understood Ueda's arguments to mean that the military had roles that are either outside of the law or above it. Thus these conclusions were held to be repugnant to the supremacy of the law, even though this may not be what Ueda actually argued. To such authors who censured Ueda's writings, to be outside the law is to be stateless, anarchical, and illegitimate, as the State is understood to be constituted by laws.