1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Pacific War in Papua New Guinea: study on occupation policies and the formation of historical perceptions
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10041002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
FREI Henry Tokyo Kasei Gakuin Tsukuba Women's University, Faculty of International Studies, Professor, 国際学部, 教授 (00251009)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
GOTO Ken'ichi Waseda University, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Professor, アジア太平洋研究センター, 教授 (90063750)
HATANO Sumio Tsukuba University, Graduate School of International Political Economy, Professor, 社会科学系, 教授 (00208521)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Keywords | Papua New Guinea / Pacific War / Occupation policy / historical perception / war compensation / Japanese Forces / Australian Forces / Allied Forces |
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| Research Abstract |
This project has produced some significant results on the studies of historical perceptions of Japanese and Australians, Japanese occupation of Rabaul, war damages to Papua New Guineans and their effects caused by Pacific War in Papua New Guinea. The results have been presented at two symposiums, and the papers have been published in our home page (http:// www1.odn.ne.jp/-caa76530/) on internet. Please refer to them for details. Here introduces the names of presenters and titles of the papers.
The 1st Symposium. 21 July 1998
Hank Nelson, 'THE ENEMY AT THE DOOR: Australia and New Guinea in World War II' August Kituai, 'Papua New Guinean policemen involvement in the Pacific War' Hiromitsu Iwamoto, 'Japanese perceptions on the Pacific War in Papua New Guinea: views in publications'
The 2nd Symposium. 1-2 September 1 999
Hiromitsu Iwamoto, 'Japanese Occupation of Rabaul, 1942-45' Yukio Toyoda, 'Consoling the dead: Japanese memorial tours in Papua New Guinea' Gabriel Laku, 'The Rape of Papua New Guinea' Hank Nelson, 'Pay Back: Australian Compensation to Wartime Papua New Guinea' Leo Scheps, 'The Pacific War and the Emergence of Papua New Guinea as an Independent Democracy' Kenneth Sumbuk, 'The Japanese Occupation of the Blackwater Lakes in World War II' Peter Korugl,'The Highland's Participation in the Second World War'
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