A Study of Investment in Japan by the British Armament and Steel Industries before the Second World War

在过去的三年里，我们主要在剑桥的维克斯档案馆和日本钢铁工厂的Muroran检查历史文献。除了下面所附的参考文献外，还准备了不少研究成果，如：Abe撰写的“战争期间Vickers Ltd.的商业战略和公司财务”。小野冢的文章《1910年代英国对日本武器工业的技术影响：金刚2号及其姊妹舰在日本建造的意义》、《武器制造商之间的合并与竞争：20世纪初的阿姆斯特朗和维克斯》和奇达的文章《1870年代至1890年代海军建设计划和钦珠湖的建立》、《库列钦珠湖的建设和建成》将在不久的将来完成。横井的论文《维克斯-阿姆斯壮公司在20世纪30年代英国重整军备期间对日本的武器出口》也正在准备中。Nagura， Onozuka和Yokoi将在2002年5月1日和歌山大学举行的社会经济历史学会全国会议上发表联合论文。除此之外，特雷比尔科克还提交了题为《英国军备工业、英国政府、技术转让和日本市场（1850-1929）》的讨论文件。

For the last three years, we have been inspecting historical documents mainly at Vickers Archives, Cambridge and Japan Steel Works, Muroran. Besides references attached below, not few research results are in preparation as follows :Abe's writing 'the Business Strategy and Corporate Finance of Vickers Ltd. between the Wars'. Onozuka's articles, 'Technological Influence from Britain to Japanese Armament Industry in 1910s: Significance of Kongo II and her sisters built in Japan' and 'Coalescence and Competition among Arms Manufacturers: Armstrongs and Vickers in the early twentieth century' and Chida's articles, 'The Naval Construction Programme and the Establishment of Chinjuhu, from 1870s to 1890s', and 'The Construction and Inaugration of Kurechinjuhu', will be completed in the near future. Yokoi's paper,' Arms Exports to Japan by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. during the British Rearmament in 1930s' is also in course of preparation. Nagura, Onozuka and Yokoi will read joint-paper for the 71^<st> National Conference of the Socio-Economic History Society, Wakayama Univ.,19^<th> May, 2002. In addition to them, Trebilcock has already presented discussion paper, 'The British Armaments Industry, the British State, Technology Transfer and the Japanese Market 1850-1929'.