The British, the Commonwealth, and the Occupied - Re-Examining the International and Domestic Aspects of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force of Japan (1945 to 1952)

• Project/Area Number: 25K00615
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: French Thomas 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (50632824)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 貴志 俊彦 ノートルダム清心女子大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (10259567) ; 泉水 英計 神奈川大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20409973) ; ブル ジョナサンエドワード 北海道大学, 高等教育推進機構, 講師 (60735736) ; 神田 豊隆 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 教授 (70609099) ; Ivings Steven 京都大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (70817957)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2030-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000); Fiscal Year 2029: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
• Keywords: Occupation era Japan / BCOF / Cold War / Commonwealth / Britain

Outline of Research at the Start

The BCOF has been consistently relegated to secondary importance in most US centric and Tokyo centric studies of the era. This project aims to conduct a timely and comprehensive reexamination of this neglected but highly significant topic, further revealing its local and international significance.