Documents released on January 9, 2020

Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 1: Japanese Diplomacy > Section 0 > Item 0

　We released five document collections related to the end of World War Two, such as one on the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and one on Allied Forces and military administration in Japan.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 1: Japanese Diplomacy > Section 2: Toward Asian and Middle Eastern Nations > Item 1: Asia

　Six document collections were made public on diplomatic relations between Japan and Burma and also with the People's Republic of China before normalization of diplomatic relations.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 1: Japanese Diplomacy > Section 5: Visits to Foreign Nations by Prominent Japanese > Item 1: Asia-Pacific Nations (by region)

　We have released document collections involving foreign diplomacy between Japan and other Asian nations, including visits to Southeast Asian states such as Australia and New Zealand by Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki and Prime Minister Shinsuke Kishi.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 1: Japanese Diplomacy > Section 6: Visits to Japan by Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Persons > Item 1: Persons from Asian Nations

　16 document collections were released on diplomatic visits by various Asian leaders to Japan.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 1: Japanese Diplomacy > Section 6: Visits to Japan by Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Persons > Item 4: Persons from British Commonwealth Nations

　20 document collections were released on visits by leaders of Asian Commonwealth nations to Japan.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 2: Foreign Diplomacy, International Politics > Section 1: Policies Toward Foreign Countries > Item 0

　25 document collections were released on foreign policy in Asian countries.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 2: Foreign Diplomacy, International Politics > Section 2: Diplomacy with Foreign Countries > Item 0

　68 document collections on diplomatic relations between Asian countries have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 2: Foreign Diplomacy, International Politics > Section 4: Visits to Foreign Countries by Prominent Foreign Persons > Item 1: Persons from Asian Nations

　21 document collections on foreign visiting by foreign dignitaries from Asia have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 2: Foreign Diplomacy, International Politics > Section 4: Visits to Foreign Countries by Prominent Foreign Persons > Item 4: Persons from British Commonwealth Nations

　10 document collections foreign visits by key figures of the British Commonwealth in Asian have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 4: Domestic Affairs and Conditions in Foreign Countries > Section 0 > Item 0

　A survey investigation of for foreign nationals in China was released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 4: Domestic Affairs and Conditions in Foreign Countries > Section 1: Asian and Middle Eastern Nations > Item 0

　28 Miscellaneous document collections were released on Asian domestic and national Relations.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series A’ Politics, Diplomacy and International Dispute > Category 7: International Conflict > Section 1: War > Item 0(Note: Partical)

　8 document collections on the Korean Uprising have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series B’ Treaties, Agreements, International Conferences and International Organizations > Category 2: The United Nations > Section 0 > Item 0

　18 document collections on Japanese membership of the United Nations were been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series B’ Treaties, Agreements, International Conferences and International Organizations > Category 2: The United Nations > Section 1: General Assembly > Item 0

　185 document collections on the 9th to 20th sessions of the UN General Assembly have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series B’ Treaties, Agreements, International Conferences and International Organizations > Category 2: The United Nations > Section 7: Treaties and Agreements > Item 0

　Five document collections on the United Nations Status of forces agreement have been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series B’ Treaties, Agreements, International Conferences and International Organizations > Category 3: Reparations > Section 1: Japan > Item 2: Peace Treaties

　One document collection has been released on miscellaneous compensations for Japan.

Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series B’ Treaties, Agreements, International Conferences and International Organizations > Category 6: Multilateral > Section 1: Politics and Special > Item 0

　We have released 12 document collections on an Asia-Africa conference held in 1955.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series E’ Economy > Category 1: Japanese Economy > Section 3: Industry > Item 2: Fisheries and Salt Manufacturing

　A document collection on Japanese fisheries and related as well as Occupied Japanese Fishing Vessel Operating Areas (MacArthur Lines) has been released.


Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs > Postwar Diplomatic Records > Series E’ Economy > Category 2: Economics, Trade, and Custom Tariffs with Respect to Japan > Section 0 > Item 0

　Extracts of meetings between the Director of Economic Affairs and US Economists of the embassy and GHQ DS were released with 61 document collections on management and trade related matters.

Documents released on March 27, 2020

Hoover Institution, Stanford University > The Japanese American News

　JACAR has added links in its digital archive to the San Francisco newspaper The Japan American News. The paper’s archives have been released online by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. The newspaper was launched in 1899, and it became a leading Japanese-language newspaper in the region along with The New World. You can search and browse the papers published from April 1899 to May 1942.