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Asian Studies: Japan
Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of
State Relating to Internal Affairs,
1955-1959
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1955-1959
Content
55,011 images
Product Number
16443658
Product Code
GDSC-302
The documents in this collection are predominantly instructions to and dispatches from
U.S. diplomatic and consular staff regarding political, economic, military, social, and other
internal conditions in Japan. Documents also include reports and memoranda prepared by
U.S. State Department staff, communications between the State Department and foreign
governments, and correspondence with other departments of the U.S. government, private
firms, and individuals. Contained here are U.S. Department of State Decimal Files 794, 894,
and 994, entitled Records Relating to the Internal Affairs of Japan, for the years 1955-1959.
Original Microform Title: Records of the Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of Japan,
1955-1959
Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of
State Relating to Political Relations,
1930-1939
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1930-1939
Content
5,356 images
Product Number
16381517
Product Code
GDSC-274
The year 1931 stands as a major turning point in Japan’s modern history. In September 1931
Japanese armed forces overranManchuria, committing their government to a course of direct
action in Asia and, ultimately, to the rejection of the structure of international relations which
had emerged in the 1920s. By 1940 Japan was caught up in a cycle of extreme nationalism,
isolation, and ultimately war with the United States. This archive charts a key decade in
U.S.-Japanese relations. It is is one of three digital collections based on the microfilm title
Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to United States Political Relations with
Japan, 1930-1954. The source material contains Decimal File 711.94.
Original Microform Title: Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations between the
United States and Japan, 1930-1939