A Multifaceted Study of the Nationalist Government's Propaganda Agencies and Their Publications for Japan in Postwar Shanghai

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00358
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Higashiosaka College
• Principal Investigator: Zhao Mengyun 東大阪大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (80390152)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 上海 / 戦後 / 対日宣伝 / 改造日報 / 亜東協会 / 留用 / 邦人居留民 / 対日和約

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to investigate and clarify the following topics during the period between 1945 and 1949 in Shanghai: the Nationalist government's propaganda activities towards Japan, the related institutions that controlled these activities, the attitudes of Chinese intellectuals toward Japan, and the movements and literary activities of Japanese nationals awaiting repatriation. The results of this research include: (1) the publication of articles on the activities of the Kaizo Nippo, the Cultural Work Committee of the Central Propaganda Department, and the Institute of East-Asian Relations, (2) development of basic materials, and (3) publication of a research book, Propaganda Agencies and Their Publications for Japan in Postwar Shanghai: A Comprehensive Overview and Detailed Descriptions (published by Yumani Shobo, first published in Feb. 2022, reprinted in Jan. 2023) as a comprehensive completion of this research.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学、日中関係

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

戦後上海に複数の国民政府系対日宣伝機関が設置されていた。資料の逸散が甚だしいこともあって、それらの機関の活動は謎に包まれて、解明されていない課題が多い。それらの課題の解明によって、国民政府の対日政策の策定とその意図、日本及び中国の情勢、戦後の米中関係・日米関係の変遷、中国知識人の対日感情、邦人居留民の文化・文芸活動などが自ずから浮かび上がってくる。終戦直後の日中関係史、日中文化人交渉史の研究において不可欠な作業である。