2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Historical research relating to economic and social change in Shanghai and the Nakashinasinkou Corporation during the wartime period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520878
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Asian history
Research Institution	Nihon University
Principal Investigator	TAKATSUNA Hirofumi 日本大学, 通信教育部, 教授 (90154799)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	中支那振興株式会社 / 国策会社 / 戦時上海 / 日中戦争
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to historically verify the relationship between economic and social change in Shanghai and the Japanese national policy company Nakashinasinkou Corporation during the wartime period (1937-45). Historical materials relating to the Nakashinasinkou Corporation, which was established in November 1938 by the Japanese government for the purpose of developing occupied territory in China, were collected and surveyed and basic research as described below was undertaken with the aim of clarifying a broad picture of its organization and activities. The task of surveying and collecting historical materials dealing with the Corporation was first of all pursued both in Japan and abroad and a Nakashinasinkou Corporation Bibliography was compiled. Secondly, Basic Research relating to Economic and Social Change in Shanghai and the Nakashinasinkou Corporation during the Wartime Period was compiled as a summary of the Nakashinasinkou Corporation.