The formation and change of Chinese Society in Sarawak Sibu and their historical memory about Japanese occupation in the Second World War period

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370824
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Shin 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (20316681)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IIJIMA Noriko 広島市立大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (40552162) ; MIURA Tetsuya 育英短期大学, 現代コミュニケーション学科, 准教授 (80444040)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 華僑 / サラワク / 歴史記憶 / 日本軍 / 中国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Sino-Japanese War period,The Chinese people in Sarawak received anti Japanese propaganda which were dispatched from mainland China to bring up the nationalism of oversea Chinese. As a result of this, Chinese people in Sarawak organized a fund which was established to raise money helping for Chinese government to fight against Japan. In Pacific War period, although the Japanese army occupied Sarawak, organized massacre did not happen. Because, there were not strong resistances by defense army and local peoples.
In spite of this fact, The administration by Japanese government was severe for local peoples. Because, Japanese soldiers often slapped local peoples when peoples did not bow to them. And if criminals were caught, they were punished very cruelly.The Japanese economical administrations, for example exploitation of local resources and manpower, destruction of distribution channel made by fomer British empire, plunged the life of local peoples into a difficult situation.

Free Research Field

中国近現代史