Research on the archival policies and the record keeping processes in the former Japanese colonies and occupied territories

本研究旨在以东北中国、中国沪宁地区、朝鲜半岛、马来亚-新加坡和荷兰印度为研究对象，对前日本殖民地和沦陷区有关档案政策和档案保存过程的史料进行调查和分析。它的目的特别是：(1)澄清日本殖民政府和军政府的文件管理制度，从而加强对日本殖民地和被占领土的研究的基础，并从档案政策的角度更清楚地了解日本殖民政府和军事政府的形象；(2)澄清日本军政府记录被销毁以及盟军和其他列强夺取记录的现实，特别是在战争结束时，并追查剩余记录的下落；以及(3)澄清日本殖民统治或军事占领期间地方志被掠夺、破坏和迁徙的现实情况，并追踪剩余地方志的下落。在三年的研究期间，特别是在中国东北部、朝鲜半岛和马来亚-新加坡发现了许多有用的史料。在台湾、澳大利亚和荷兰等地也发现了许多史料，这些史料在目前的研究中也取得了显著进展。负责人和其他研究人员已经利用这些历史资料发表了许多文章和演讲。目前正在考虑公布一份收集到的资料来源清单和项目成员的研究报告。最后，应该补充的是，一个新的赠款研究项目，题为“关于分享与前日本殖民地有关的历史记录的档案科学研究，重点是选定的政府一般记录”，只是为了推动这项研究。

The present research project intends to investigate and analyze historical records relating to the archival policies and the record keeping processes in the former Japanese colonies and occupied territories focusing on the northeast China, Shanghai-Nanking area of China, Korean peninsula, Malaya-Singapore, and the Dutch Indies. It aims especially : (1) to clarify the document management systems of the Japanese colonial and military governments and by doing so to strengthen the foundation of the studies of Japanese colonies and occupied territories, as well as to make the clearer images of the Japanese colonial and military governments from point of the archival policies ; (2) to clarify the realities of the destruction of records of Japanese military governments and of the capture of records by the Allied and other powers, especially at the end of war, as well as to trace the whereabouts of remaining records ; and also (3) to clarify the realities of looting, destruction and migration of local records during the Japanese colonial administration or military occupation as well as to trace the whereabouts of remaining local records. During the three-year research period, a lot of useful historical records have been found especially in the northeast China, Korean peninsula, and in Malaya-Singapore. Also found were many historical sources, which also made a remarkable progress in the present research, in such area as Taiwan, Australia and the Netherlands. Many articles and lectures have already been made by the head and other investigators using these historical sources. It is under consideration to publish both a list of collected sources and a research report by the project members. It should be added lastly that a new Grant-in-Aid Research Project titled "Archival scientific research on the sharing of historical records relating to former Japanese colonies focusing on the Chosen General Government Records" is just on foot in order to put the present research forward.