Japan-Thai Relationship in the Period of the 2nd World War

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This report is composed by three chapters as follows ; Chapter 1, discourses on Japan by Thai elite before the second World War, Chapter 2, Thai studies and student exchange programs by Yasukichi YATABE, Japanese Minister to Siam from 1928 to 1936, Chapter 3, Thai-Japan Relations in the latter half of 1943 and Greater East Asia Conference in Japan.How Siamese elite compared Thai cases with Japanese ones and attempted to follow Japanese examples in the important turning points in the modern Thai history, are discussed in Chapter1. It is in the 1930s that arguments on "Japanization of Siam" appeared. However, this chapter demonstrates empirically that Siamese elite were deeply influenced by Japanese examples even before the decade of 1930. Siam experienced strong Japanese Boom after the 1932 Constitutional Revolution and number of Siamese travelers to Japan increased remarkably. Such Japanese boom is proved by the rapidly increased publications of Thai books on Japan as listed in the appendix.As for Chapter 2, endeavors of a Japanese diplomat, YATABE, to promote Thai studies among Japanese and prepare facilities for Thai students in Japan in order to attract more Thai students to Japan are focused on. A list of YATABE's books and articles is appended.Chapter 3 treats the turning and most important period of Thai-Japan relationship during the Pacific War, that is the latter half of 1943. In this chapter, the effects of recovery of former territories approved by Prime Minister Tojo in July 1943, widening split between Premier Phibul and Foreign Minister Vichitra Vadakan, and intended nonat endance of Phibul to Greater East Asia Conference in Tokyo in November 1943 are discussed.