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An Analysis of the Impacts of Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movements in the Mid-Twentieth Century Africa From a Perspective of History of Japanese-African Relations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03096
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field History of Asia and Africa
Research InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

MIZOBE YASU'O  明治大学, 国際日本学部, 専任教授 (80401446)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords核兵器廃絶運動 / アフリカ現代史 / ガーナ / クワメ・ンクルマ / パンアフリカニズム / 日本アフリカ関係史 / 非同盟運動 / アクラ会議 / 平和運動 / ケニア / 核兵器廃絶 / 高良とみ / 積極行動(Positive Action) / ジュリアン・メイフィールド / アフリカ系アメリカ人 / アフリカ史 / 国際平和運動史
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In June 1962, a week-long international conference titled ‘The World Without the Bomb’ was convened in Accra, Ghana, attracting approximately 130 participants, mainly from the Non-Aligned Countries, who discussed the issues of disarmament and denuclearisation. Among the convention attendees were three Japanese: Shinzo Hamai, the then mayor of Hiroshima City; Ichiro Moritaki, a professor at the Hiroshima University and a leader of the anti-atomic and hydrogen bomb movement and Tomi Kora, a leading female activist and a former member of the House of Councilors. Through an examination of official documents, press reports and private papers collected in Japan and Ghana, this study analysed how the anti-nuclear arms conference held in Ghana impacted campaigns against atomic and hydrogen bombs in Japan as well as how Japan, as a victim of nuclear bombing, influenced disarmament and denuclearisation movements in Africa in the early 1960s.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

20世紀中葉の日本アフリカ関係史はこれまで、政治・経済および学術交流の側面から論じられることがほとんどであったが、アフリカが主導する核兵器廃絶運動を通して日本とアフリカの関係性を考察した本研究の視点・成果は、同時期の日ア関係史研究の深化を促すものとなった。また、20世紀中葉以降の核兵器廃絶運動の歴史的展開を論じる研究は数多く存在するが、日本とアフリカの関係を軸に平和運動の国際的連帯を検証する研究はなく、アクラ会議に参加した3名の日本人(高良とみ、浜井信三、森瀧市郎)らによる日本語資料を用いた英語による本研究の発信(学会発表・論文)は、国際平和運動史を照射する新たな視座を提示した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] An Overview of Japanese-African Relations and the 1960s Campaigns against the Atomic Bomb: Based on an Analysis of the 1962 Accra Assembly of the World Without the Bomb2018

    • Author(s)
      MIZOBE Yasu'o
    • Journal Title

      明治大学国際日本学研究

      Volume: 10 Pages: 55-70

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] History of Intellectual Relations between Africa and Japan During the Interwar Period as Seen Through Takehiko Kojima’s African Experience of 19362017

    • Author(s)
      MIZOBE Yasu'o
    • Journal Title

      明治大学国際日本学研究

      Volume: 9(1) Pages: 63-81

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 植民地前半期に構想された「アフリカ独自の近代化」における「発展」概念の史的考察:イギリス領ゴールドコースト(現ガーナ)の現地エリートS.R.B.アットー=アフマの思想から2017

    • Author(s)
      溝辺泰雄
    • Journal Title

      明治大学人文科学研究所紀要

      Volume: 80 Pages: 1-34

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] How Did the Japanese Describe Unintended Encounters with African Soldiers During World War II?: A Preliminary Report Based on Contemporary Writings and Memoirs Written in Japanese2018

    • Author(s)
      MIZOBE Yasu'o
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Colonial Mobilization in Africa and Asia during the Second World War: Soldiers, Labourers and Women
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「発展」のために「後退」する:初期植民地期英領ゴールドコースト(現ガーナ)の現地エリートが構想した「知的退歩」運動2017

    • Author(s)
      溝辺泰雄
    • Organizer
      「アフリカ潜在力」と現代世界の困難の克服:人類の未来を展望する総合的地域研究(教育・社会班第3回研究会)
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学稲盛財団記念館3階小会議室2
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Reconsidering the 1960s campaigns against atomic and hydrogen bombs in Africa and Japan through an analysis of the Accra assembly for the world without bombs in 19622017

    • Author(s)
      MIZOBE Yasu'o
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese-African Relations and the 1960s Campaigns against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs: Analysing the 1962 Accra Conference’s Impact2016

    • Author(s)
      MIZOBE Yasu'o
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第53回学術大会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学生物資源科学部
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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