The study of the decline of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance: the linkage of factors of diplomacy, public opinion and economy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NARAOKA Sochi 京都大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90378505)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 外交史 / 国際関係史 / 日英同盟 / 対華二十一ヵ条要求 / 第一次世界大戦 / 加藤高明

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to reveal why and how the Anglo-Japanese Alliance declined. This study mainly focused on the analysis of how distrust of the British towards the Japanese increased from Japan's entry into the First World War to her present of the Twenty-One Demands towards China. I examined not only diplomacy but also the factors of public opinion and economy which affected the Anglo-Japanese relations. This study revealed that Japan's pursuit of enlargement of her interests since the outbreak of the war caused the decline, and finally the collapse, of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the isolation of Japan in international politics.

Free Research Field

日本政治外交史