Contemporary Japan

This page offers a deep linked list of tables of contents for a collection of 34 issues of Contemporary Japan: A Review of Far Eastern Affairs that are available for viewing and download on the Internet Archive. Written in the English language in a tone of a detached academic journal, the articles in these issues that address current events, without exception, offer their full support for Japan’s empire and its wartime conquests, while many of its other pieces on culture embrace the nationalist exceptionalism of Japan at the time. Authors of these works include a number of prominent Japanese intellectuals and diplomats, as well as a several interesting non-Japanese authors based in Japan during World War II.

In addition to the main articles in each issue, which offer students and researchers limited to English language sources a Japanese perspective on its times, two other aspects of these issues are worth highlighting. First, the “March of Events” and “Chronicle of Current Events” found in each issue offer the reader a view of what events were perceived as important from a Japanese perspective, and a chance to see how these were described. Secondly, the “Documentary Material” section at the end of each issue offers a rich source of English translations of official documents, treaties, speeches, and official government statements.

Links to the individual articles (the contents lists exclude extracts and book review sections) below will take you to the relevant page in the online archive.

1941 Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
1942 Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | – | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
1943 Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
1944 – | Feb | – | Jul – Sep | Oct – Dec
1945 Jan – Mar | –

1941 Volume X

June, 1941 – ToC

Note: the Table of Contents lists the date as “May” but spine says “June”

• March of Events
• The “Monroe” Doctrine (Thomas Baty)
• The Future of the “Two-Ocean” Fleet (Masanori Ito)
• Masatsuné Ogura (Masami Shimoda)
• The Economic Pact with French Indo-China (Katsusaburo Sasaki)
• Reorganization of the Cabinet and Taisei Yokusan Kai (Matao Nagashima)
• Renjo Shimo-oka, Japna’s Pioneer Photographer (Jumei Matsuo)
• Castle Building in Japan (Masao Toba)
• Our War Literature (Akira Asano) ..
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • The French-Thai Peace Treaty: The Peace Treaty and Protocols concerning Germany
  • The Japanese-German-Italian Mixed Commission Meets May 9, 1941
  • Bulgaria Recognizes Manchoukuo May 20, 1941
  • Exchange of Ratification of the Treaty of Amity between Japan and Iran, May 29, 1941
• Index Vol X Nos. 1-6

July, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat (Kiyo Sue Inui)
• Stalin’s Blunders (Katsuji Fusé)
• Economic Basis of Our Southward Development (Fumio Yamada)
• Dr. Chu Min-i, China’s Ambassador to Japan (Naoyoshi Ujita)
• The Situation of Small and Middle Industries (Kamékichi Takahashi)
• Causes of Japan’s Scenic Beauty (Tétsugoro Wakimizu)
• The Development of Our Sports (Ikkaku Matsuzawa)
• Our Juvenile Stories (Shogo Koidé) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Entry of Japanese Immigrants into Brazil, June 1, 1941
  • Trade Pact Between Japan and the Soviet Union, June 12, 1941
  • Croatia Joins the Three-Power Pact, June 15, 1941
  • The Demarcation of the Frontier Between Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia, June 16, 1941
  • The Japanese-Netherlands East-Indies Negotiations, June 18, 1941
  • Join Statement of Their Excelencies Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Wang Ching-Wei, June 23, 1941
  • Recognition of the National Government of China by Germany, Italy and Others, July 1, 1941

August, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• Is a Pacific War Possible? (Tohmin Suzuki)
• China after Four Years of Hostilities (Masao Kanda)
• The Third Konoye Cabinet Formed (Yoshishighé Yomota)
• The Batavia Conference Suspended (Kohtaro Ohyé)
• Teijiro Toyoda, the New Foreign Minister (Shinnosuké Abé)
• Alessandro Grillo, the Father of Japanese Bertha (Ki Kimura)
• The War and Religious Trend in Japan (Kasoh Honjoh)
• Welfare Works in Our Factories (Toyotaro Miyoshi)
• The Personality of Nippon (Arthémise Goertz) …
• Chronicle of Current Events (June 16-July 20, 1941)
• Documentary Material
  • Japan’s Policy Settled vis-a-vis the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Germany and the Soviet Union
  • Exchange of Ratificationis of the Treaties Regarding the Thai-French Indo-China Border Dispute and Economic Agreement Between Japan and French Indo-China, July 5, 1941
  • Exchange of Messages Between Premier Fumimaro Konoye and President Wang Ching-Wei, July 23, 1941
  • Joing Defence Agreement Beetween Japan and French Indo-China

September, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• Roosevelt-Churchill’s Eight Points (Sakutaro Tachi)
• Safeguarding French Indo-China (Akio Kasama)
• Betraying the Monroe Doctrine (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• Prince Te Wang (Takayoshi Matsumuro)
• Industrialization of Korea (Kenkichi Ishiyama)
• Hunting Lore of Japan (Ichiro Kurata)
• Bamboo in Japanese Life (Vera Tickner)
• Sun-shaped Barracks (Z. Tamotsu Iwado) …
• Chronicle of Current Events

October, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• Whither A-B-C-D (Masatoshi Matsushita)
• Diet Members Unite (Shoji Iizawa)
• General Seishiro Itagaki (Kinjiro Ito)
• Patriotism (Thomas Baty)
• Timor and Macao (Takéshi Yanaghisawa)
• Japanese Chess (Yoshio Kimura)
• Western Music in Japan (Mitsuru Ushiyama)
• Dr. Sasaki’s Researches on the Causation of Cancer (Staff Correspondent) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Japan’s Protest to the Soviet, September 18, 1941
  • The First Anniversary of the Three-Power Treaty; Broadcast by Nobumi Ito, President of the Board of Information, September 26, 1941

November, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• American Defensive Waters (Kohsaku Tamura)
• Enters the Tohjo Cabinet (Kazuo Uméhara)
• China, United or Disunited? (Tsunéo Yonayama)
• Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Ren-ichi Yatsunami)
• Unique Masks of the Noh Stage (Toyoichiro Nogami)
• Myths and Legends in Japan and the South Seas (Yutaka Nakada)
• Armour in Japan (Hachiro Yamagami)
• Dr. Suzuki’s Researches on Food and Nutrition (Yoshindo Sakurai) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Aerial Service Opened Between Palao and Deli, October, 1941

December, 1941 – ToC

• March of Events
• The Pacific Problem in the Diet (Ryósuke Watasé)
• The Fapi Crisis (X Y Z)
• Shighénori Togo, the Man and his Career (Tohmin Suzuki)
• Mobilization of Labour (Tétsu Katayama)
• Seventy Years of Japanese Railways (Katsumi Sughiura)
• Permanent Magnets (Kohtaro Honda)
• Our New Year’s Festival (Ichiro Kurata)
• The Japanese Family Crest (Yorisuké Numata) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Address by the Prime Minister at the Extraordinary Session of the Diet, November 17, 1941
  • Address by Foreign Minister Togo at the Extraordinary Session of the Diet, November 17, 1941

1942 Volume XI

January, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• War Is on Us (Sakutaro Tachi)
• The Pacific War in the Diet (Isojiro Furusawa)
• Japan’s Victory in Historical Light (Masanori Ito)
• Kuomintang-Communist Relations and Japan (Ken-ichi Hatano)
• Beauty in Shadows (Jun-ichiro Tanizaki)
• Price Control in Japan (Kamékichi Takahashi)
• Our National Game of “Go” (Shin Kato)
• Early Japanese Settlers in the Philippines (Sei-ichi Iwao) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • War with America and Britain
    • The Imperial Rescript, December 8, 1941
    • Japanese Note to the United States, Made Public, December 8, 1941 (Unofficial Translation)
    • Summary of Negotiations, Made Public, December 8, 1941 (Unofficial Translation)
  • Agreement Between Japan, German and Italy for Join Prosecution of War
    • The Agreement Announcement of the Board of Information December 11, 1941
    • Statement of Foreign Minister Togo, December 11, 1941
  • Military Pact Between Japan and French Indochina, December 12, 1941
  • Pact of Alliance Between Japan and Thailand, December 21, 1941

February, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• The Washington Jazz Band (Yoshitaro Kusuyama)
• The “Devil” Says “No” (Kénji Kadotani)
• Popular Finance Minister Kaya (Shoh-ji Yasuda)
• Why “State” (Thomas Baty)
• Our Civilization and the Sea (Nyzékan Haségawa)
• Japan’s Influence on Chinese Printing (Keishu Sanétow)
• Seismology in Japan (Chuji Tsuboi)
• Early Japanese Settlers in the Philippines (II) (Sei-ichi Iwao) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Premier Tohjo’s Speech in the Seventy-Ninth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1942
  • Foreign Minister Togo’s Address at the Seventy-Ninth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1942

March, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• Common Cause between Japan and Latin America (Hidéo Miyashita)
• War Echo in the Diet (Ryosuké Watasé)
• The Begging Bowl of the “Democracies” (Tohmin Suzuki)
• Japan’s Wartime Finances (Kénzo Ohshima)
• Aguinaldo’s Independence Army (Ki Kimura)
• The Japanese System of Inkyo, or Retirement (Baron Shighétoh Hozumi)
• The Growth of Our Navy (Hikota Hirosé)
• Early Japanese Settlers in the Philippines (III) (Sei-ichi Iwao) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Premier Hidéki Tohjo’s Message to the Diet, February 16, 1942
  • The Fall of Singapore: Remarks of the Sporkesman [sic] of the Board of Information at Press Conference, February 16, 1942
  • British Concessions in Tientsin and Canton Handed Over to Nanking, February 18, 1942

April, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• The Crisis in Wartime America (Masamoto Kitada)
• India’s Rôle in Totalitarian World (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• Our National Spirit (Tsutomu Yéma)
• The Dirge of the Pacific War (Eiichi Kimura)
• The Japanese Sword (Junji Homma)
• The Nine Heroes of Pearl Harbour Attack (Sei-ichi Hohjo)
• Yéma, or Votive Tablets (Tokihiko Ohtoh)
• Early Japanese Settlers in the Philippines (IV) (Sei-ichi Iwao) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Treatment Given to Prisoners, March 9, 1942
  • The Conclusion of a Modus Vivendi on the Fisheries Between Japan and the Soviet Union, March 23, 1942
  • Minister to the Vatican Appointed, March 26, 1942
  • Japanese Military Operations and India: Statement of the Prime Minister, General Hidéki Tohjo, April 6, 1942

June, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• Prospects of Naval Guerilla Warfare (Kichijiro Hamada)
• Our Single-dimensional Politics (Tomio Nakano)
• The Growth of Japan’s Naval Air Arm (Toshio Matsunaga)
• Modern Weapons of War (Reikichi Tada)
• Australia and Co-prosperity Sphere (Tetéhiko Konishi)
• The Goal of “Burma for Burmans” (Shozo Kokubu)
• Haiku Poetry of Japan (Asataro Miyamori)
• Japan’s Pen-bearers in War (Sadaki Tobishima) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Address of the Prime Minister, General Hidéki Tohjo, Before the Eightieth Session of the Diet, May 27, 1942
  • Foreign Minister Shighénori Togo’s Address at the Eightieth Session of the Diet, May 27, 1942

July, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• The Modern Law of Nations (Thomas Baty)
• Their Latest Diplomatic Burlesque (Katsuji Inahara)
• Our Popular Soldier-Statesman Abé (Rikuro Takeghi)
• The “Democracies” Go West (Rihachiro Banzai)
• President Roosevelt’s “Freedom” War (Masatoshi Matsuhita)
• Modern Architecture of Japan (Hidéto Kishida)
• The Evolution of Japanese Designs (Tamézo Ohsumi)
• The Historic Fall of Singapore (Naosada Takabataké) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Loan of 200 Million Yen to Thailand by the Bank of Japan
  • Grand Mission to Thailand for Felicitation on the Japan-Thai Alliance, June 20, 1942
  • Foreign Minister Togo’s Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the China Affair, July 6, 1942

August, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• Japan’s War on British Shipping (Masakazu Sumita)
• Chou En-lai and Yen-an’s Attitude (Kén-ichi Hatano)
• The German-Soviet War (Yahei Ohba)
• Our Gentlemen-General Count Térauchi (Kani-ichi Yamaura)
• Reorganization of Japan’s Agriculture (I) (Takéo Ono)
• Some Aspects of Japanese Feudalism (F. Joüon des Longrais)
• The Chinese Way of Life (Tsunéo Yonayama)
• Torii and Its Significance (Gaijiro Fujishima) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Japan-Indochina Agreement, July 18, 1942
  • 100 Million Yen Loan to Nanking

September, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• The Axis Project of World Order (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• The Prospect of Second Front (Yoshitaro Kusuyama)
• India Seeks Its Freedom (Katsuji Inahara)
• Collapse of Chunking’s Currency (Shighéo Imura)
• A Snapshot of Japanese Music (Keizo Horiuchi)
• Australia and Greater East Asia (K. Takashi Itoh)
• Reorganization of Japan’s Agriculture (II) (Takéo Ono)
• The Issue of South African Independence (Hidéo Miyashita) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Special Ambassadors to Nanking; Announcement of the Foreign Office, August 18, 1942

October, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• John Dough’s Design on Africa (Tohmin Suzuki)
• Why Co-prosperity? (Kamékichi Takahashi)
• New Foreign Minister Tani (Masayoshi Arai)
• Classical Bunraku Doll Play (Shutaro Miyaké)
• Official Formula and School Reform (Yasushi Sékiguchi)
• The Rôle of Newsreels in War (Tatsuo Hoshino)
• Our Language and Greater East Asia (Takéshi Yaghi)
• Technological Culture in the South (Soshu Watanbé) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • American Ill-treatment of Japanese Evacuees, Statement Given to Foreign Correspondents by T. Hori, September 11, 1942
  • Press Interview Given by Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani, September 17, 1942
  • Foreign Minister Tani’s Speech at the Third Session of the General Co-operative Council, September 26, 1941 [1942?]
  • Brazilian Maltreatment of Japanese, Statement by T. Hori, September 26, 1942
  • Premier Tohjo’s Speech at the Hibiya Public Hall on the Occasion of the Second Anniversary of the Conclusion of the Tripartite Alliance, September 27, 1942
  • British Mistreatment of Japanese Statement by T. Hori, October 5

November, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• War in the Southern Pacific (Chu Saito)
• Cultural Traits of East and West (Contesse Ina Metaxa)
• Our Greater East Asia Minister Aoki (Tatsu-ichi Hishiyama)
• Hiroshige’s Landscape Prints (Sei-ichiro Takahashi)
• Manchoukuo in Co-prosperity Sphere (Bunroku Yoshioka)
• Buddhist Frescoes of the Hoh-ryuji (Momo-o Kitagawa)
• Chiang’s Northwestern Gun Road (Goro Oguchi)
• New Southern Paintings of Japan (Takachiyo Uyimura) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Crews of American Airplanes Punished: Statement by the Director of the Army Press Bureau of the Imperial Headquarters, October 19, 1942
  • Proclamation in Regard to Inhuman Crews of Enemy Aircraft by the Commander of the General Headquarters for Home Defence, October 19, 1942
  • Cultural Agreement Between Japan and Thailand: Announcement by the Foreign Office, October 28, 1942
  • Protests to the United States and Canada Cencering [sic] Treatment of Prisoners of War; Statement of the Foreign Office, November 6, 1942

December, 1942 – ToC

• March of Events
• One Year of the Pacific War (Yusai Takahashi)
• Limits of Soviet-“Democratic” Unity (Shozo Mori)
• The Off-season Election in America (Katsuji Inahara)
• War Situation in North Africa (Tohmin Suzuki)
• Greater East Asia International Law (Masatoshi Matsushita)
• Readjustment of Smaller Concerns (Tanzan Ishibashi)
• Japanese-Thai Cultural Accord (Takéshi Yanaghisawa)
• Charactersistics of Japanese Women (Toshiko Ifukubé)
• Our Southern Reconstruction Policy (Chihiro Tsutsui) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Protest of the Japanese Government to the British and Indian Government in Regard to Maltreatment of Japanese Interned at New Delhi, November 11, 1942
  • The Second Anniversary of the Conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Basic treaty, November 30, 1942

1943 Volume XII

January, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Genesis of the Pacific War (Kohsaku Tamura)
• Greater East Asia International Law (II) (Masatoshi Matsushita)
• American Insincerity toward China (Minoru Maita)
• Homage to the Emperor Meiji (Comtesse Ina Metaxa)
• Beauty in Japanese Fans (Kiyo-yé Nakamura)
• War and Manpower (Keinoshin Nakamura)
• Uncle Sam’s Hawaii Grab (Kénji Hamada)
• Cultural Alternation with Indo-China (Suyéo Asakura)
• Essentials of the Japanese Spirit (Katsuji Inahara) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Foreign Minister Tani’s Broadcast on the Construction of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, December 5, 1942
  • Prime Minister Tohjo’s Radio Address to Manchoukuo, China and Thailand, January, 1943
  • The Chinese Government Declares War on Britain and America
  • Retrocession of Concessions and Relinquishment of Extraterritoriality to China, January 9, 1943

February, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Nanking Joins the War (Shighéru Kamio)
• Genesis of the Pacific War (II) (Kohsaku Tamura)
• The Eighty-first Session of the Diet (Ippo Tsukada)
• The Design of American “Democracy” (Kiyo Sue Inui)
• Reinstatement of Laval Diplomacy (Shiroh Machida)
• Our Humanism in War (Zénnosuké Tsuji)
• Historietté of Japanese Festivals (Kunio Yanagita)
• Essentials of the Japanese Spirit (II) (Katsuji Inahara) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Agreement of Economic Collaboration Among Japan, Germany and Italy
  • Exchange of Notes Between Japan and French Indo-China, January 20, 1943
  • Chile Severs Diplomatic and Consular Relations with Japan, Statement by Tomokazu Hori, January 22, 1943
  • Foreign Minister Tani’s Address to the Eighty-First Session of the Diet, January 28, 1943
  • Cultural Convention Between Japan and Bulgaria, February 11, 1943

March, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Genesis of the Pacific War (III) (Kohsaku Tamura)
• Exit of Foreign Rights in China (Toshio Uyéda)
• Turkey and the War (Hitoshi Ashida)
• Japanese View of Nature (Shighé-o Takasé)
• Industrial Development of Japan (Shoh-shiro Kudoh)
• Our Classical Spirit and China (Kén Kanasaki)
• The Culture of Goldfish (Yoshi-ichi Matsui)
• Essentials of the Japanese Spirit (III) (Katsuji Inahara) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • France Relinquishes Extra-Territoriality and Returns Concessions in China, Statement by Tomokazu Hori, February 24, 1943
  • Exemption of Indians from the Enemy Property Control Law, February 26, 1943
  • Agreement Concerning the Rendition of Exclusive Concessions in China, March 14, 1943

April, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Soviet-“Democratic” Common Cause (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• “Navalism” in the Twentieth Century (Thomas Baty)
• Pearl Harbour Raid and Roberts Report (Sakutaro Tachi)
• Albion in India (Naokichi Tanaka)
• Rôle of Recent Economic Agreements (Torajiro Takagaki)
• National Sport of Wrestling (Kéndoh Yokoyama)
• Features of Japan’s Home Front (Karl Kindermann)
• Essentials of the Japanese Spirit (IV) (Katsuji Inahara) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Restoration of Japan’s Rights Over the Peking Legation Quarters, March 22, 1943
  • Prolongation of the Validity of the Fisheries Convention Between Japan and the Soviet Union, March 26, 1943
  • Return of Japan’s Rights in Kulangsu, March 27, 1943

May, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Japan’s Southern Policy (Tétsuichiro Miyaké)
• Why the Reich-Soviet War? (Shinzo Ohno)
• New Foreign Minister Shighémitsu (Shin-ichiro Kudoh)
• Eden’s Visit to Washington (Satoru Haségawa)
• Our “Emancipated Endurance” (Nyozékan Haségawa)
• Trend in National Industrial Arts (Shinji Saito)
• America’s Gold Policy (Saburo Sakaguchi)
• Essentials of the Japanese Spirit (V) (Katsuji Inahara) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Premier Tohjo’s Address to the Filipinos, May 6 1943
  • Maltreatment of Japanese Residents in Peru, May 7, 1943
  • Hundred Million Credit to Mengchiang, May 9, 1943
  • Protest to the United States and Britain Concerning Attacks on Hospital Ships, Statement by Tomokazu Hori, May 19, 1943

June, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• What Next After Tunisia? (Chu Saito)
• The Soviet-Polish Rift (Katsuji Inahara)
• Agriculture Minister Yamasaki (Kan-ichi Yamaura)
• The Eclipse of English Freedom (Thomas Baty)
• Punishment to War Prisoners (Jumpei Shinobu)
• Art of Blind Musician Miyaghi (Eisi Kikkawa)
• Oriental Influence on Western Arts (Chisaburo Yamada)
• Our Three Classical Bridges (Kusu-o Aoki) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Monetary Pact Between Japan and Germany Signed, June 8, 1943
  • Premier Tohjo’s Address to the Eighty-second Session of the Diet, June 16, 1943

July, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• New Phase in Sino-Japanese Relations (Rikuro Takaghi)
• The Mediterranean and Its Future (Masatoshi Matsushita)
• Pan-Asianism and East Asia (Kiyo Sue Inui)
• New Information Chief Amau (Kei-ichi Nagasaka)
• Readjustment of Enterprises (Kiroku Ohguchi)
• Their Latest Washington Conference (Seishiro Ogawa)
• Yédashima – Japan’s Naval Cradle (Zéryu Nakajoh)
• Observation of Solar Eclipse (Tsutomu Tanaka) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Restoration of the International Settlement of Shanghai
  • Radio Address by Ambassador Saburo Kurusu, July 4, 1943
  • Joint Communiqué Issued by Japanese and Thailand Governments, July 5, 1943

August, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Deficiency in ABS Line-up (Katsuji Inahara)
• Carr’s Survey of European Problems (Sadaji Yabé)
• New Regional Administrative Councils (Mikiji Maruyama)
• The Tonari-gumi of Japan (Baron Shighétoh Hozumi)
• Newspapers in the South (Isamu Inouyé)
• Bankim Literature of India (Amar Lahiri)
• Japanese Women in Modern Novels (Dan Yazaki)
• Profiles of Our Industrial Leaders (Tatsu-ichi Hishiyama) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Treaty on Taxation of Japanese Subjects in China
  • Alliance Between Japan and Burma

September, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Their Quebec Conference (Katsuji Inahara)
• Facts behind Anti-Fascist Revolution (Yoshinori Mayéta)
• Significance of Italian Catastrophe (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• Metropolitan Government of Tokyo (Heizo Soyano)
• Trend of Axis-“Demoracy” War (Tanétsugu Soh-sa)
• Monisticism of America (Takizo Matsumoto)
• Industrial Growth of Korea (Yeisuké Zensho)
• Signboards of the Continent (Keisen Motoyama) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Thailand Acquires New Territories, August 20, 1943
  • Capitulation of the Badoglio Government

October, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• Southeastern Asia War Zone (Katsuji Inahara)
• War on Soviet Front (Masao Maruyama)
• Vatican’s Position and Peace (Shisui Shighétoku)
• Cabinet and Administrative Reforms (Ippo Tsukada)
• A Maker of Trouble (Thomas Baty)
• Our Popular Arts and Crafts (Keisén Motoyama)
• Sketch of Shimazaki Literature (Hakucho Masamuné)
• Freedom Fight of Filipinos (I) (Minoru Izawa) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Burma Acquires Territory in the Shan States, September 26, 1943
  • Fascist Republican Government Recognized, September 27, 1943
  • Foreign Minister Shighémitsu’s Exchange Broadcast to Germany on the Third Anniversary of the Conclusion of the Tripartite Pact, September 27, 1943
  • The Philippines Gains Independence

November, 1943 – ToC

• Proceedings of the Assembly of the Greater East Asiatic Nations
• March of Events
• New American Imperialism (Kazuo Kawai)
• War in Eighty-third Diet (Orinoshin Tanaka)
• United States and New World Order (Shighétomo Sayégusa)
• Jose P. Laurel: a Silhouette (Atsushi Kimura)
• Japanese Words of Foreign Origin (Minoru Umégaki)
• Our Present-day War Literature (Naoko Itagaki)
• Toys of Japan (Tékiho Nishizawa) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Ambassador Kurusu’s Lecture at Tokyo Imperial University, October 19, 1943
  • Pact of Alliance Between Japan and the Philippines, October 20, 1943
  • Premier Tohjo’s Address at the Eighty-third Session of the Diet, October 26, 1943
  • Foreign Minister Shighémitsu’s Address at the Budhet Committee of the Eighty-third Session of the Diet, October 27, 1943
  • Pact of Alliance Concluded Between the Governments of Japan and the Republic of China, October 30, 1943

December, 1943 – ToC

• March of Events
• New Order and East Asia Assembly (Hachiro Arita)
• Asia Declaration and Atlantic Charter (Hikomatsu Kamikawa)
• War Aims of America (Yasaka Takagi)
• Their Moscow Conference (Yoshitaro Kusuyama)
• New Sino-Japanese Alliance Pact (Itsuki Ohnishi)
• Gleanings of Ansei Era (Thomas Baty)
• Prime Minister Ba Maw of Burma (Amar Lahiri)
• Freedom Fight of Filipinos (II) (Minoru Izawa) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Address by Eiji Amau, President of the Board of Information at the General Assembly of Greater East Asia Newspapers, November 17, 1943
  • Broadcast Speech by Sadao Iguchi, November 25, 1943

1944 Volume XIII

February, 1944 – ToC

• March of Events
• International Law and Modern Conditions (Thomas Baty)
• Moscow’s Diplomatic Offensive (Shozo Mori)
• The Wartime Rôle of Manchoukuo (Takéo Sékiguchi)
• Argentina’s Diplomatic Defection (Minoru Unno)
• First Burmese Envoy Thein Maung (Amar Lahiri)
• Problems of the Balkans (Mata-ichi Kido)
• Japanese Sculpture of Today (Katsuyé Kitasono)
• Music in Japan (Klaus Pringsheim) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Premier Hidéki Tohjo’s Address of the Eighty-fourth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1944
  • Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigémitsu’s Address at the Eighty-fourth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1944
  • Finance Minister Okinori Kaya’s Address at the Eighty-fourth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1944

July – September, 1944 – ToC

• Whither Goes the British Empire? (Saburo Ohta)
• Japan’s “Fleet in Being” Strategy (Masanori Ito)
• Our New Koiso Cabinet (Tatsuo Mitarai)
• Moscow’s Diplomatic March (Shozo Mori)
• Roosevelt or Dewey? (Kazuo Kawai)
• Pen-sketch of Information Chief Ogata (Bunshiro Suzuki)
• America’s Economic Dilemma (Shighéto Tsuru)
• First Year of Indendent Burma (Katsuji Inahara)
• Freedom for All (Mitsuaki Kakéhi)
• Japanization of Oriental Thoughts (Sadao Kiyohara)
• Racial Migrations in the Pacific (Kénji Kiyono)
• Music of Thailand (Klaus Pringsheim)
• New Cure for Opium Addicts (Kénji Tadénuma)
• How the Tonari-gumi Operates (Kénnosuke Sato) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Japan’s Reply on Atrocity Charge to the United States: Statement by Sadao Iguchi, May 8, 1944
  • Broadcast by H. E. Ba Han, Head of the Special Burma Research Commission, May 18, 1944
  • Japan’s Policy for Amity with China Reiterated, July 5, 1944
  • Address of Thein Maung and Shighémitsu at the Banquet Celebrating the First Anniversary of Burmese Independence, August 1, 1944
  • Foreign Minister Shighémitsu’s Radio Address to the Peoples of Greater East Asia, August 21, 1944
  • 400 Million Yen Credit Given to the Central Reserve Bank of China, August 25, 1944
  • Premier General Koiso’s Address at the Eighty-fifth Extraordinary Session of the Diet, September 7, 1944
  • Navy Minister Admiral Yonai’s Address at the Eighty-fifth Extraordinary Session of the Diet, September 7, 1944

October – December, 1944 – ToC

• Decisive Battles in the Pacific (Ryozo Nakamura)
• The War Kaleidoscope (Thomas Baty)
• Policy of the Koiso Cabinet (Shoh-ji Iizawa)
• Charter of the United Nations (Hikomatsu Kamikawa)
• Roosevelt’s Victory: an Analysis (Kazuo Kawai)
• Why the Tokyo-Berlin Axis? (Ichiro Kanoh)
• State Minister Chuji Machida (Yukichi Kuroki)
• With the Mobilized Students (Yasuji Itoh)
• ABS Powers and West Asia (Tomohidé Naitoh)
• A Glimpse of Ancient Indian Art (Amar Lahiri)
• Christian Culture in Our Feudal Times (Izuru Shimmura)
• Clocks and Watches of Tokugawa Japan (Ryuji Yamaguchi) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • 200 Million Yen Loan to the Federal Reserve Bank of China, September 13, 1944
  • The Philippines Declares War on Britain and the United States, September 23, 1944
  • 200 Million Yen Loan to the Philippines, October 11, 1944
  • Addresses of Premier Koiso and Ambassador Vargas at a Dinner Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Filipino Independence, October 14, 1944
  • Foreign Minister Shighémitsu’s Radio Address on the First Anniversary of the Conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Pact of Alliance, October 30, 1944
  • In Celebration of the First Anniversary of the Adoption of the Jonit [sic] Declaration of the Greater East Asiatic Natoins [sic], November 6, 1944
  • Address by Ba Maw, Burmese Head of State, at the Hibiya Public Halol, November 18, 1945

1945 Volume XIV

January – March, 1945 – ToC

• Their Crimea Conference (Katsuji Inahara)
• Moscow’s Fourth Winter Offensive (Katsuji Fusé)
• Our Budget for 1945-46 (Toh-shiro Hoshiyasu)
• A Note on Soviet Foreign Policy (Saburo Ohta)
• Anglo-Soviet Clash of Interests (Motokichi Kyoguchi)
• America’s War Power in the Pacific (Amar Lahiri)
• Tokyoites under Air Raids (Mitsuaki Kakéhi)
• Translated Literature of Japan (Yoshinori Yoshitaké)
• Trees and Japanese Life (Ichiro Kurata) …
• Chronicle of Current Events
• Documentary Material
  • Premier General Kuniaki Koiso’s Address at the Eighty-sixth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1945
  • Foreign Minister Mamoru Shighémitsu’s Address at the Eighty-sixth Session of the Diet, January 21, 1945
  • Statement of the Japanese Government Concerning Indo-China, March 10, 1945

In addition to these issues, see a list of issues and contents from 1930-1970 at the National Diet Library of Japan. The NDL holdings, however, are missing some of the 1942 and 1943 issues listed above.

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