Abstract
This article will include research works written by Kazakh intellectuals of the early 20th century on the civilization of the Japanese people. Firstly, an overview of the Alash movement, which played a significant role in the history of Kazakhstan and the quest of the national intelligentsia for a way to save their country from Russian colonialism, will be discussed. An article published in the national press discusses the main reasons behind the promotion of the culture and values of the Japanese people, and the reasons why Alash intellectuals set them as an example to follow in their country, with a focus on the future of their people. The articles by Alikhan Bukeikhan, Akhmet Baitursynov, and Sultanmakhmut Toraigyr, as well as those by Koshke Kemenegeruly, Mukhtar Auezov and Mustafa Shokai, who have studied the great achievements of the Japanese people in history, especially their culture, customs and national position, are being systematically analyzed. It is of great importance to awaken interest in Japanese history. It is of great importance to awaken their interest in Japanese history. In their research, they also have a strong desire to identify the unique features of the Japanese culture. At the same time, they are guided by scientific opinions and their own views on modern Kazakh and Japanese historians, including Alash scientist Tomohiko Uyama. Since 1930, one of the accusations leveled at the Kazakh intelligentsia by the Soviet government, who were subject to severe political persecution, was that they were spreading the ideology of the Japanese. It is now known that this improper accusation and the subsequent punishment were part of a broader search for political and negative motives in their writings. Since the acquisition of independence, this historical truth has been thoroughly investigated. And this article examines the main idea of the national intelligentsia in studies on the civilization of the Japanese people. "Why did they choose this country over other models, enjoying the history and path that the Japanese have followed over the past century, rather than that of the Western European, American, or Russian, or Chinese people?" Modern Kazakh youth also have these concerns. Of course, there are different opinions on these questions and answers from scientists.