Comprehensive Study on the Colonial Education Policy of Japan before World War II

这些天来，我们关注的主要问题之一是扩大与亚洲，特别是韩国和中国的教育和文化交流计划。然而，要实现这些目标，我们必须从全面研究我们历史的消极方面，即日本殖民时期发生的事情开始。本研究主要从以下五个方面来探讨殖民地教育政策在朝鲜、台湾和满洲的现实：（1）殖民地教育政策的发展（2）抗日教育运动（3）殖民地的日语教育（4）殖民地的高等教育（5）日本教育家对殖民地教育的态度。我们研究在外交历史文献中心和其他有关机构购买和/或收集的材料。2.我们每年召开一次会员大会和两次小组会议，就每个会员的研究交换意见，这有助于形成对问题的共识。在每次会议上，都向其他成员介绍了新的材料。1992年8月，在国立女子教育会馆; 1993年8月，在福冈县社会教育中心，进行了两次时间较长的学习会，从明治时期的教育杂志中整理出有关殖民地教育的资料和社论。成员们在日本比较教育学会、教育史学会和九州教育学会的会议上作了8次发言。1993年10月，在教育史学会第37届年会上，我们主动举办了一个题为"殖民地教育史"的座谈会。我们发表了一份最终报告，《关于第二次世界大战前日本殖民地教育政策的综合研究》，包括19篇文章（342页）。

These days, one of our major issues of concern is the expansion of educational and cultural exchange programs with Asia, particularly with Korea and China. In order to materialize them, however, we have to start with a comprehensive study of the negative aspect of our history, or what happened during the Japan's colonial period. In our study, we intended to investigate the reality of the colonial education policy in Korea, Taiwan and Mahchuria in the following five aspects : (1) the development of the colonial policy of education (2) the educational movement against Japan (3) the Japanese language education in the colony (4) higher education in the colony (5) the attitude of Japanese educators toward colonial education.Major activities of this two-year-project were as follows :1. We studies materials purchased and/or collected at the Documentation Center of Diplomatic History and other institutions concerned.2. We held one general meeting and two separate group meetings every year to exchange opinions on studyies of each member, which contributed to develop a common understanding of the issue. In each meeting, new materials were presented to be shared with other members.3. We had two longer study meetings(August 1992 at the Natinal Women's Educational Hall ; August 1993 at Fukuoka Prefectural Center for Social Education) to sort out materials and editorials on colonial education from educational magazines of the Meiji period.4. Members made eight presentations at meetings of the Japan Comparative Education Society, the Society of Educational History, and Kyushu Society of Education. At the 37th annual meeting of the Society of Educational History, October 1993, we took an initiative in running a colloquium "Educational History in Colonies".5. We published a final report, Comprehensive Study on the Colonial Education policy of Japan before World War II, consisting of 19 articles(342 pages).