englischThis book examines the exemplary function of German education policy in the early phase of Japanese colonial rule on Taiwan on the basis of the inspection tours carried out on behalf of the Taiwan General Government (Taiwan sotokufu) in the German Empire (1895-1914). The analysis of the [...]
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englischThis book examines the changes on and around Namsan Mountain in Seoul between 1892, when Japanese settlers first planned to build a Japanese Shinto shrine on Namsan, until the period after Korea’s independence in 1945 when all Japanese facilities on Namsan were dismantled. Because Japanese [...]
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englischThis book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Japanese debate on the nation’s Southeast Asia policy from 1938–1941 and 1952–1960.
In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and [...]
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englischThe book is the first study on the history of one of the most powerful semi-governmental international organizations in interwar Japan: the League of Nations Association of Japan. Established in 1920 for the purpose of achieving the spirit of the League of Nations, the association was at the [...]
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englischWhat is the meaning of East Asia for East Asian scholars and intellectuals? In the 19th century they began visualising the formation of an East Asian community, yet continue to be disappointed by persisting disputes about history and territories. Unrelentingly they pursue their dreams and [...]
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englischJapan’s colonial rule in Manchuria, lasting from about 1905 to 1945, rapidly evolved through various stages of development culminating in the establishment of the puppet state of Manshūkoku in 1932. Colonial policy was shaped and complicated by a number of conflicting influences such as the [...]
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