The End of the Second World War and the Formation of the Postwar Order

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16826
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI TAMON 京都大学, 白眉センター, 特定准教授 (70636216)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 終戦 / 天皇 / 宮中 / 昭和天皇実録 / 鈴木貫太郎

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on Emperor Hirohito and his court during and after the Second World War. It clarifies their views of the terms and time frame of the surrender, as well as their perceived prospects for the postwar order. During the term of the grant, I collected historical materials from several archives overseas. I also collated the complicated sequence of events described in Showa Tenno Jitsuroku into a readily comprehensible calendar format.

Free Research Field

日本近代史