Bank of Taiwan and Japanese Southward Strategy: In Changing Regional Order in the Early Twentieth Century

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730135
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	International relations
Research Institution	Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (2011-2013) National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2010)
Principal Investigator	HISASUE RYOICHI 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, その他部局等, 海外研究員 (60422383)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	近代日本 / 台湾銀行 / アジア / 南進 / 地域秩序 / アジア史 / 近現代史 / 金融史 / 経済史 / 帝国日本 / 近代
Research Abstract	This research project elucidate how Japan tried to changed the regional economic order in 1910s to 1930s, through the example of Southward strategy of the Bank of Taiwan. This research project makes clear that how the newly rising power in the region, the Japanese Empire, faced economic conflicts between western powers in South East Asia, and gave influences to the changed regional order in the Early Twentieth Century.