Documents released on February 10, 2023

*The National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense＞Army Records (Rid of Dainikki)＞Chubutaiheiyou (Central Pacific Islands) ＞Zenpan (General)

Of the Army’s battles during the Pacific War that took place on islands in central Pacific, this document collection is related to those units dispatched to the South Sea Islands. The “Overall” category includes, for example, records related to all battles that took place on central Pacific islands.

*The National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense＞Army Records (Rid of Dainikki)＞Chubutaiheiyou (Central Pacific Islands)＞Eastern Caroline and Marshall Islands

Of the Army’s battles during the Pacific War that took place on islands in central Pacific, this document collection is related to those units dispatched to the South Sea Islands. The “East Carolines and Marshalls” category includes, for example, records of units dispatched to the eastern islands of the Caroline group (Truk Islands, Pohnpei Island, and Jaluit Atoll).

 * The National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense＞Army Records (Rid of Dainikki)＞Chubutaiheiyou (Central Pacific Islands)＞Mariana Islands

Of the Army’s battles during the Pacific War that took place on islands in central Pacific, this document collection is related to those units dispatched to the South Sea Islands. The “Marianas” category includes, for example, records of units dispatched to the Marianas Islands, including Guam and Saipan.

Documents released on February 10, 2023

・The Institute for Economic and Business Research Shiga University > Documents on Japanese Repatriation from Manchuria

The records related to repatriation from Manchuria include such items as register collections like those created by Manmō Dōhō Engokai [Association for Supporting Compatriots in Manchuria and Mongolia] (predecessor to the present-day Kokusai Zenrin Kyōkai [International Good Neighbors Association]); along with the various manuscripts and materials used in compiling both Manmō shūsen-shi (comp. Manmō Dōhō Engokai; Tokyo: Kawade Shinbō Shinsha, 1962) and the introduction and all volumes of Manshūkoku-shi (ed. Manshūkoku-shi Hensan-kankō-kai; Tokyo: Manmō Dōhō Engokai, 1970, 1971). At the time when Kokusai Zenrin Kyōkai assumed the operations of Manmō Dōhō Engokai, those documents and materials that were determined to be either unnecessary or had already served their purpose were provisionally stored at the Hōsei University Ōhara Institute for Social Research before coming into the possession of the Shiga University Institute for Economic and Business Research in 2003.