Study on The New Order Formation of The East Asia and Japan and The Anglo-American Conflict Structure, -Re-inspection of The Japan-U.S. Outbreak of War Process-

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370793
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Motoei 中央大学, 文学部, 教授 (70276450)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日米交渉 / 経済封鎖 / 南進政策 / 日タイ軍事協定 / 太平洋戦争

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I conducted archival research about cipher telegrams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan between Tokyo and Washington from Japan has decided to southward policy 1936, up to the Japan-US war 1941.
In particular, I was able to discover new facts by the British National Archives diplomatic documents that The United States in cooperation with the United Kingdom, was to strengthen the economic blockade against the Japanese southward policy and The United States had obtained accurate information on the Japan Thailand military agreement while warning to Japanese military policy against Thailand and French Indochina during the Japan-US negotiations in 1941. In addition, I was able to clear that Japanese concept of Japan-Thailand military alliance and Japanese plan of the unannounced outbreak of war to the United States.

Free Research Field

日本近現代史・外交史