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HISTORICAL PEPEPERSPE RSRSRSPPPPECECECECTIVETIVETIVE:: Japan’s involvement in the promotion of Mongol nationalism through Buddhism 1918-1939 Bataa Mishigish 1 Abstract This paper explores the attempts of Japan to provoke Mongol nationalism in her favor between the years 1918-1939 by influencing the practice of Buddhism in Mongol territories. For centuries Buddhism was an integral part of Mongol culture, and with the shift in the political situation of the Mongols