JACAR Newsletter

JACAR Newsletter  Number 41

September 30,2023

Information on Newly Released Documents

Documents released on March 27, 2023 National Archives of Japan

Records of the Cabinet Meetings, Meetings of the Administrative Vice-Ministers and Other Meetings of Officials, are constructed of cabinet meeting materials; meetings of administrative vice-ministers and others have been placed on file in chronological order.

Official documents for the Constitution, Imperial rescripts, laws, ordinances, treaties, notices and directives, Cabinet decisions, and other preserved documents related to the Cabinet (excluding personnel affairs). Documents are classified by the Preserved Documents Classification Chart and are compiled by retention period.

This group of documents includes statistical findings that served as reference materials for the Imperial Diet. The materials were organized for respective assemblies and departments in the format of expected questions and answers in response to bills.

   

These collection of records are already partially public. Certain volumes and documents (reference codes starting with A2210xxxxxxx) have been newly released.

Documents released on March 28, 2023 Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

One notebook regarding Foreign Minister Fujiyama’s visit to the U.S. and Canada was released.

Five notebooks regarding visits to Japan by prominent persons from the U.S. such as President Eisenhower was released.

Nineteen notebooks regarding foreign policy toward the U.S. was released.

One notebook regarding diplomacy between the U.K. and the U.S. was released.

Nine notebooks regarding talks among the leaders of the U.S., the U.K., the Soviet Union, France, etc. regarding international issues were released.

Six notebooks regarding visits to foreign countries by prominent persons from the U.S. such as President Eisenhower were released.

Ten notebooks regarding conditions in southern islands (e.g., the Ogasawara Islands, others) and South Seas islands under U.S. administration were released.

Twenty-eight notebooks regarding the Japan-U.S. Agreement for Settlement of the Awa Maru Claim, the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, the Japan-U.S. Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty, and the Japan-U.S. Ship Loan Agreement were released.

Twenty-seven notebooks regarding two treaties to prevent double taxation between Japan and the U.S., as well as the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Japan were released.

Six notebooks were released regarding the contract between Japan and the U.S. on the purchase of surplus commodities, and on the Investment Guarantee Agreement between Japan and the U.S.

Nine notebooks were released regarding talks between Japan and the U.S. on the GARIOA Agreement.

Six notebooks were released regarding the Japan-U.S. Civil Air Transport Agreement and agreement between Japan and the U.S. for the avoidance of double taxation on income derived from shipping.

Nine notebooks were released regarding correspondence connected to the Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program and arrangements between Japan and the U.S. on copyrights.

Eight notebooks were released regarding Dai-go Fukuryū-maru (“Lucky Dragon No. 5”) Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Disaster.

Three notebooks were released U.S. economics with respect to Japan, U.S. trade with respect to Japan, the purchase of surplus U.S. commodities, fiscal and financial affairs between Japan and the U.S., the dispatch of Japanese economic envoys and observer groups to the U.S., and Japan’s special procurements.

Five notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of the Philippines.

Ten notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Indonesia.

Eight notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Thailand.

Nine notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, and industry of South Korea.

Eight notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Vietnam.

Three notebooks were released regarding the economy, commerce, and external economies of Cambodia.

Two notebooks were released regarding the economy of Laos.

Nine notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Burma.

Seven notebooks were released regarding the economy, commerce, industry, and external economies of India.

Six notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, industry, external economies, and trade of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Seven notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Pakistan.

Five notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Hong Kong.

Five notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of Singapore.

Six notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, external economies, and trade of Malaysia.

Eleven notebooks were released regarding the economy, fiscal and financial affairs, commerce, industry, and external economies of the People’s Republic of China.

One notebook was released regarding the economy of North Korea.

One notebook was released regarding the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls.

Forty-three notebooks were released regarding cemetaries for Japanese overseas and investigations and the recovery of remains there, and regarding cemetaries for Japanese on Pacific Islands under U.S. administration and investigations and the recovery of remains there.

Eight notebooks were released regarding travel abroad by Crown Prince Akihito (to attend the coronation of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom).

Four notebooks were released regarding the establishment of Japanese embassies overseas (the Americas).

　

“Hierarchy” levels marked with (*) indicate a collection of records that is already partially public but for which certain volumes and documents (reference codes starting with B2301xxxxxxx have been newly released.

Documents released on March 29, 2023 Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Kashū Mainichi was a daily newspaper first published by Sei Fujii in 1931 with the strong support from the Los Angeles Nikkei community to fill the gap left by the discontinued Rafu Nichibei and challenge the monopoly by Rafu Shinpō (Rafu Shimpo). The first chief editor was Isamu Inouye. Kashū Mainichi temporarily stopped publishing on March 21, 1942 following the Executive Order 9066.

The Nyū Yōku Shinpō was first published by Ken’ichi Kai and Tomihei Hayashi in 1911. In 1915 the management was under Masaharu Senbongi after Kai’s departure for Japan. One year later, in 1916, Senbogi also returned to Japan, leaving the management in the hands of Shōzō Mizutani, who turned the Nyū Yōku Shinpō from a weekly into a semiweekly paper. Although the paper became one of the two major Japanese newspapers in New York, it stopped publishing after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Backed by better financial support, the Burajiru Jihō enjoyed the largest circulation among the Japanese newspapers published in Brazil. A Portuguese section was added in 1939 after all the foreign-language publications were ordered to accompany Portuguese translations. Later the Burajiru Jihō was suspended after foreign-language newspapers were banned in Brazil in 1941. The newspaper was revived in 1946 but eventually closed down in 1952 amid an escalated feud in the Japanese Brazilian community over disbelief of Japanese defeat in WWII.

The Biruma Shinbun was published by Biruma Shinbunsha in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma) from January 1, 1943, after Japanese troops advanced to the capital. The allied troops closed down Biruma Shinbunsha on April 21, 1945.

The Manira Shinbun was first published in Manila, the Philippines by Manira Shinbunsha on November 1, 1942, after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

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