The basic study of the Japanese Foreign office between WW1 to WW2

本研究的目的是分析战前日本外务厅和官僚机构的结构，并解释由于国际政治形势的变化而进行的制度重组。本研究主要考察明治大正地区外务厅结构的变化，并对其扩张和完成的过程进行研究。通过统计分析精英，特别是通过对外务厅数据库的审查的人来完成。统计数据显示，不仅东京大学的缺席占主导地位，商界、政界和亚洲区的成员也占主导地位。本文通过对外交部文件的分析，解释了由于办公室工作合理化和文件化而导致的文字障碍的变化，并试图将这一结果与当前信息公开的问题联系起来。

The purpose of this study is to analyze the prewar structure of the Japanese Foreign office and bureaucracy and to explain the reorganization of the system due to changes of the international political situation from its beginning until the end of Second World War.This study treats mainly the changes of the Structure of the Foreign Office during the Meiji and Taisho area and shoes the process of its expansion and completion.By statistically analyzing elites, especially persons passed the examination to the Foreign office database is completed. The statistic shows that not only absolutions of Tokyo University but also members of the commercial sector, political Sector and Asian section were predominant.Analyzing the documents of the Foreign Office this study explains the changes in writing stile due to rationalization and documentation of office work and tries to connect the results with the present problem of making information's public.