Traveling Abroad and the Cold War in the Occupied Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780322
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Sugiyama Jogakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Abe Jun'ichiro 椙山女学園大学, 文化情報学部, 准教授 (40612916)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 出入国管理 / GHQ/SCAP / 極東委員会 / 冷戦 / 旅券／パスポート / 海外渡航 / 占領 / 国際観光／国際旅行

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main results of this research can be summarized as follows. First, I collected and organized the records of GHQ/SCAP, Japanese government, and the Far Eastern Commission (FEC) about Japanese travelling abroad and foreign travelers to Japan. Second, I examined the political context of confrontation between U.S. and Soviet Union representatives in the FEC meetings about the emigration control of GHQ/SCAP. Third, I analyzed the making-process of the Passport Law (1951) in the occupied Japan, in relation to the emigration control of GHQ/SCAP and Internal Security Act (1950) in the U.S. Lastly, I analyzed and evaluated the American policy of promoting outbound tourism to the European countries in the Marshall Plan years.

Free Research Field

社会学