An Archival Study on the Documents of neutral powers in WW2

• Project/Area Number: 26580128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: National Institute of Japanese Literature
• Principal Investigator: KATO KIYOFUMI 国文学研究資料館, 研究部, 准教授 (70353414)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 日本史 / 国際関係 / 外交史 / 政治学 / 現代史 / 戦争 / アーカイブズ / 西洋史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During study in 3 years, I researched many documents in Swiss Federal Archives, The Swedish National Archives and Military Archives, The Secretary Archives of Vatican, The Historical Diplomatic Archives of Portugal, The Central Archives of Spain, Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, The National Archives of Finland, and The danishi National Archives.
It was made cleared that these documents consisted of 3 category. The category 1 is diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Japan and neutral countries, The category 2 is diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Japan and the Axis powers or the occupying forces in German, The category 3 in diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Manchukuo and these countries.
I firmly believing that these results will contribute evolution of styudy on WW2.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 満洲国与蒙古独立：“五族協和”理念的矛盾 (2016)
  • Author(s): 加藤聖文
  • Organizer: 再認識与再評価：二戦中的中国与亜洲民族独立運動
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院世界歴史研究所（中国・北京）
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-18
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 国共内戦下の戦後日中提携 (2015)
  • Author(s): 加藤聖文
  • Organizer: 「中日戰爭衝擊下的亞洲」學術研討會
  • Place of Presentation: 台湾中央研究院（台北市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Soviet Entry into the Pacific War and the Establishment of a New Order in Northeast Asia: Japanese Repatriation in International Politics (2015)
  • Author(s): 加藤聖文
  • Organizer: The International Committee for the History of the Second World War: International Congress of the Historical Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: 中国済南市
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 満洲国崩壊と満蒙開拓団－「悲劇」をめぐる加害と被害 (2014)
  • Author(s): 加藤聖文
  • Organizer: 日本人引揚者の記憶のダイナミズムと植民地・帝国意識
  • Place of Presentation: 高麗大学亜細亜問題研究所（大韓民国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-21
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The Collapse of the Japanese Empire and the Transformation of the International Order in East Asia. (2014)
  • Author(s): 加藤聖文
  • Organizer: Breakdown of Japanese Empire
  • Place of Presentation: Cambridge University（United Kingdom）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-21
  • Invited
• [Book] The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: Deimperialization, Postwar Legitimation and Imperial Afterlife (2016)
  • Author(s): Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov
  • Total Pages: 340
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Book] 地域のなかの軍隊 ７ 帝国支配の最前線 (2015)
  • Author(s): 坂本悠一
  • Total Pages: 305
  • Publisher: 吉川弘文館
• [Book] 戦後日本のアジア外交 (2015)
  • Author(s): 宮城大蔵
  • Total Pages: 308
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房