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Colonial governance and accounting - with a focus on the management of phosphate mining operations in the South Sea Islands

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13874
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 07100:Accounting-related
Research InstitutionHiroshima University of Economics

Principal Investigator

Sumi Yuta  広島経済大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (00824351)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords南洋拓殖株式会社 / 南洋興発株式会社 / 南洋群島 / 原価管理 / 燐鉱事業 / 製糖事業 / 財務報告 / 南洋庁 / 臨時南洋群島防備隊 / 会計 / 南洋拓殖 / 南洋興発 / 燐鉱・製糖事業 / 決算・決算報告 / 原価計算
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、植民地(委任統治領)と会計というテーマのもと、とくに南洋群島における会計の役割・機能を明らかにすることを目的とする。中でも、南洋群島統治にあたって重要な役割を果たした南洋拓殖株式会社を対象に、燐鉱事業における原価管理の実態とそれが植民地統治において果たしていた役割・機能を明らかにする。本研究を進めるにあたっては、国立公文書館つくば分館に所蔵されている決算書類を含む一次史料を主に利用する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to deepen understanding of cost control (or cost accounting) in organisations and accounting in colonial governance, with a focus on the South Seas Colonisation Company (Nanyo Takushoku Kabushiki Kaisha), which played an important role in the governance of the South Sea Islands. In particular, we are able to shed light, albeit partially, on how cost accounting was practised in the South Seas Colonisation Company. The accounting information has also made it possible to identify the actual management of phosphate mining in the South Seas Colonisation Company. Furthermore, we are able to provide an overview of how the phosphate mining business developed during the period of German and Japanese governance and, in particular, how the business performance of the phosphate mining business changed over time.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

戦前日本における原価管理実践,とりわけ,植民地統治で役割を果たしていた企業における原価管理については,これまで十分に明らかにされてこなかった。本研究を通じて,南洋群島における諸企業の原価計算実践を,一部ではあるものの,具体的に明らかにすることで,そのギャップを埋めることができたと考えられる。
戦前日本における植民地統治においては,会計というツールが当然のように利用され,社会に埋め込まれ,そして南洋群島経営のマクロ的側面を支えていたと考えられるが(角 [2018] 176頁),南洋拓殖株式会社を中心とした新たなケースを蓄積することができたと考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Accounting Behaviour of Companies2023

    • Author(s)
      角 裕太
    • Journal Title

      Accounting Progress

      Volume: 2023 Issue: 24 Pages: 109-124

    • DOI

      10.34605/jaa.2023.24_109

    • ISSN
      2189-6321, 2435-9947
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The use of accounting information for the sugar business operations of the South Seas Development Company2021

    • Author(s)
      Sumi Yuta, Noguchi Masayoshi
    • Journal Title

      Labor History

      Volume: 62 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 632-654

    • DOI

      10.1080/0023656x.2021.1931828

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The use of civil administration budgets by the Japanese military government of the Micronesia territory from 1914 to 19222021

    • Author(s)
      Sumi Yuta
    • Journal Title

      Management & Organizational History

      Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Pages: 89-132

    • DOI

      10.1080/17449359.2021.1963285

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Corporate governance in Japan in the 1930s and its impact on financial reporting practice2021

    • Author(s)
      Masayoshi Noguchi、Kitaura Takashi、Sumi Yuta、Shimizu Yasuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Accounting History Review

      Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 193-214

    • DOI

      10.1080/21552851.2021.1956980

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Occupation, financial reporting and unintended consequences in post-World War Two Japan: the case of mining corporations 1946-19502021

    • Author(s)
      Masayoshi Noguchi, Sumi Yuta, Shimizu Yasuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Accounting History Review

      Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 215-252

    • DOI

      10.1080/21552851.2021.1966482

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Corporate Depreciation Practice in the Early 20th Century in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of the Textile Industry2023

    • Author(s)
      Yuta Sumi, Takashi Kitaura, Jumpei Yamada and Yasuhiro Shimizu
    • Organizer
      1st Accounting History Research Workshop, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 戦前日本における会計実践―植民地経営と財務報告に焦点を当てて―2023

    • Author(s)
      角 裕太
    • Organizer
      日本商業教育学会中国部会研究会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Extrinsic shocks and corporate accounting behavior: the case of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 19232022

    • Author(s)
      Yuta Sumi,Takashi Kitaura, Yasuhiro Shimizu and Masayoshi Noguchi
    • Organizer
      Accounting History International Conference 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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