Research on the looting and migration of archives in Asia during the Second World War period

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Aiming to reveal the history of archival administration in the former Japanese colonies and occupied territories in the Asia during the Second War period, the project team has carried out a series of research visits to China, Korea. Malaysia and Indonesia and collected a large number of historical sources. Focus has been taken on such points as : how local records were looted or destroyed during the war period and its aftermath, and how Japanese records including official, military and company records in such territories were treated after the Japanese surrender. In addition to the visits to the above four Asian countries, the project members have also made a number of research visits to Britain, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Israel, Spain, Czech, USA and Australia to collect historical sources. Selective list of the archives and libraries which the project members have made visits during the last two years is as follows.1. Chjna : Heilongjiang Prefecture Library, Harbin City Library, Jilin Prefecture Archives, Jiling Prefecture Library, Liaoning Prefecture Archives, Tairen City Library, Tairen City Archives, Second Historical Archives of China, Shanghai City Archives2. Korea : Korean National Library, Souel University3. Malaysia : Malaysia National Archives4. Indonesia : Indonesia National Archives5. The Netherlands : Foreign Ministry Library, National Institute for War Documentation6. UK : Public Record Office7. USA : National Archives, Library of Congress, MacArthor Memorial8. Australia : National Archives, Australian War Memorial