2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Postwar China's Japan Policy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	10620062
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	ISHII Akira The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (10012460)
Project Period (FY)	1998 – 2000
Keywords	Japan-POC Peace Treaty / Kakuei Tanaka / Jiang Kaishek
Research Abstract	I have observed the normalising process of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is without doubt that the normalization of Sino-Japanese relationships came to realised through the upheaval of the international circumstances, that is, "confrontation between China and the Soviet Union" on one hand, and "rapprochment between China and the United States" out the other. Japan had formal relations with Republic of China (POC) since 1952. In regard to Taiwan's position, Japan promised to understand and respect China's view that Taiwan is an inseparable part of the territory of the PRC.Japanese Foreign Minister Ohira, in a press conference held in Beijing on 29 September 1972, mentioned on Japan-POC Peace Treaty that it had lost the significance of the existence and had been terminated as a result of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relationships. Hereby the diplomatic relations between Japan and Taiwan were broken off. But the breaking off process of the diplomatic relations between Japan and Taiwnn is not so clear so far. I have studied this topic using the documents of Kuomintang (the Nationalist Party of China) and found several important documents such as Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's autograph letter to President Jiang Kaishek which was carried by Estusaburo Shiina, one of the power-holders in Liberal Democratic Party. At Taibei, Shiina could not meet with Jiang and handed over this letter to Vice-President Yan. I have wrote down a paper and introduced the contents of Tanaka Letter for the first time and revealed how this letter was treated in Taiwan.