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\"\"<\/a>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<\/a> <\/em>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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1941<\/strong> Jun<\/a> | Jul<\/a> | Aug<\/a> | Sep<\/a> | Oct<\/a> | Nov<\/a> | Dec<\/a>
\n1942<\/strong> Jan<\/a> | Feb<\/a> | Mar<\/a> | Apr<\/a> | – | Jun<\/a> | Jul<\/a> | Aug<\/a> | Sep<\/a> | Oct<\/a> | Nov<\/a> | Dec<\/a>
\n1943<\/strong> Jan<\/a> | Feb<\/a> | Mar<\/a> | Apr<\/a> | May<\/a> | Jun<\/a> | Jul<\/a> | Aug<\/a> | Sep<\/a> | Oct<\/a> | Nov<\/a> | Dec<\/a>
\n1944<\/strong> – | Feb<\/a> | – | Jul – Sep<\/a> | Oct – Dec<\/a>
\n1945<\/strong> Jan – Mar<\/a> | –<\/p>\n

1941 Volume X
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<\/a>June, 1941 – <\/strong>ToC<\/a><\/p>\n

Note: the Table of Contents lists the date as “May” but spine says “June”<\/em><\/p>\n