2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Research of the foreign trade in the period of the Sino-Japanese War

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16530220
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Economic history
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	SHIRAKIZAWA Asahiko Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Letters, Prof., 大学院文化研究科, 教授 (10206287)
Project Period (FY)	2004 – 2006
Keywords	Sino-Japanese War / foreign trade / 日満支
Research Abstract	Ikeda Shigeaki, who held concurrently the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Commerce and Industry, was regarded as a leading player for the measure for the promotion of export. But the measure for the promotion of export was adovocated among the people in the period of the Minister Yoshino. The achievements of Ikeda was improvement of the linkage system. The linkage system of textile industry had an effect, because the export of yarn increased. The vision about foreign trade in the period of the Sino-Japanee War changed from the promotion of export for gain of foreign money to the promotion of trade with Manchuria and China occupated by Japan. Because Japanese people thought that the number of resources for Japanese industry remained in Machuria and China. Japanese government and people discussed about developement of the resources they called the policy "Long Term Construction".

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