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

本报告由以下三章组成：第一章，第二次世界大战前泰国精英对日本的论述；第二章，1928 - 1936年日本驻暹罗公使薮部泰一的泰国研究和交换学生计划；第三章，1943年下半年的泰日关系和日本的大东亚会议。第一章讨论了暹罗精英如何将泰国的案例与日本的案例进行比较，并试图在泰国近现代历史的重要转折点上效仿日本的例子。“暹罗日化”的争论是在20世纪30年代出现的。然而，本章的实证研究表明，早在1930年代以前，暹罗精英阶层就已经深受日本的影响。1932年立宪革命后，暹罗经历了强劲的日本繁荣，前往日本的暹罗游客数量显著增加。附录中列出的有关日本的泰国书籍的迅速增加，证明了日本的这种繁荣。第二章主要介绍了日本外交官YATABE为促进日本人学习泰国，为泰国学生在日本留学准备设施，以吸引更多的泰国学生来日本留学所做的努力。附加了一份YATABE的书籍和文章清单。第三章论述了太平洋战争中泰日关系转折和最重要的时期，即1943年下半年。本章讨论了1943年7月东条英机首相批准的收回前领土的影响、菲布尔总理和外交部长维希特拉·瓦达坎之间日益扩大的分歧以及菲布尔拟于1943年11月出席在东京举行的大东亚会议的影响。

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.