An Archival Study on the Documents of neutral powers in WW2

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26580128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: National Institute of Japanese Literature
• Principal Investigator: KATO KIYOFUMI 国文学研究資料館, 研究部, 准教授 (70353414)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 日本史 / 国際関係 / 外交史 / 政治学 / 現代史 / 戦争 / アーカイブズ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During study in 3 years, I researched many documents in Swiss Federal Archives, The Swedish National Archives and Military Archives, The Secretary Archives of Vatican, The Historical Diplomatic Archives of Portugal, The Central Archives of Spain, Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, The National Archives of Finland, and The danishi National Archives.
It was made cleared that these documents consisted of 3 category. The category 1 is diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Japan and neutral countries, The category 2 is diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Japan and the Axis powers or the occupying forces in German, The category 3 in diplomatic documents concerning the relations between Manchukuo and these countries.
I firmly believing that these results will contribute evolution of styudy on WW2.

Free Research Field

日本史