2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Takasaki Tatsunosuke and Japan's Economic Diplomacy during Post-War Reconstruction Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730155
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	International relations
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	MURAKAMI Tomoaki 立命館大学, 立命館グローバル・イノベーション研究機構, 研究員 (80463313)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	経済外交 / 高碕達之助 / 日中関係 / 日ソ関係 / 日米関係
Research Abstract	This research examined the role played by Takasaki Tatsunosuke, a well-seasoned businessperson and politician, in Japan's Economic Diplomacy during the post-war reconstruction period of Japan. It shows that Takasaki's economic diplomacy was inspired by Schuman Plan of creating a single authority to control the production of steel and coal in France and West Germany with the underlying objective of bringing about reconciliation between the two countries. Similarly, Takasaki's economic diplomacy not only contributed to the economic reconstruction of Japan but also worked towards rapprochement with China and the Soviet Union.

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