Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy (DJFP)Contact:Miruko Atsuta, General Editor, Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy (miruko.atsuta AT mofa.go.jp) Senior Deputy Director, Diplomatic Archives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Kohei Hamada Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Diplomatic Archives www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/record/ |
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The project on the Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy (DJFP) was established in 1936. In launching this project, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan set two goals: to clarify the background of Japanese diplomacy since the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and to provide basic historical documents that could serve as precedents for diplomatic negotiations. Since then, the Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy series has been published every year except during World War II. Up to now, 230 volumes have been made available.
Since the publication of the first volume, the editorial work has been carried out under two different approaches; one is a chronological approach by compiling important diplomatic documents of each year after 1868, and the other is a thematic approach on such particularly important topics.
Post-war Thematic Series
DJFP, Records related to the conclusion of Treaty of Peace with Japan, Volume1-5 DJFP, Treaty of Peace with Japan, Preparatory Work DJFP, Treaty of Peace with Japan, Negotiation with the United States DJFP, Treaty of Peace with Japan, Signing and Entry into Force
DJFP, The Era of Occupation, Volume1-3
DJFP, The Era of Occupation, Special Studies
DJFP, Japan’s Admission to the United Nations
DJFP, Treaty of Peace between Japan and the Republic of China
DJFP, Japan’s Accession to GATT
DJFP, Reversion of Okinawa, Volume 1 (1951-64)
DJFP, Reparations Negotiations Following the Conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Part 1-2
DJFP, Reparations Negotiations Following the Conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Related Reports, Volume 1
Post-war Chronological Series
Showa Era, Series IV 1945-1960
DJFP, Japan-U.S. Relations Volume 1 (1952-54)
Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy (Completed Series)
Scope: Chronological / Thematical
Number of volumes: 208
Meiji Era Series 1868-1912 (Chronological Series)
Years of Publication: 1936 to 1963
Volumes: 73
Meiji Era Series 1868-1912 (Thematical Series)
(Treaty Revision, Commercial Treaties, the Hague International Peace Conference)
Years of Publication: 1941 to 1955
Volumes: 18
Taisho Era Series 1913-1926 (Chronological Series)
Years of Publication: 1964 to 1987
Volumes: 50
Taisho Era Series 1913-1926 ( Thematical Series)
(Paris Peace Conference, Washington Conference in 1921-1922, Japanese Immigration in the United States)
Years of Publication: 1971 to 1978
Volumes: 7
Showa Era, Series I 1927-1931 (Chronological Series)
Years of Publication: 1988 to 1995
Volumes: 9
Showa Era, Series II 1931-1937 (Chronological Series)
Years of Publication: 1996 to 2008
Volumes: 13
Showa Era, Series III 1937-1945 (Chronological Series)
Years of Publication: 2014 to 2016
Volumes: 4
Showa Era 1927-1945 (Thematical Series)
(Manchurian Incident, The Conferences for the Limitation of Armaments, The Tripartite Pact, Japan-U.S. Talks in 1941, The Pacific War, The Sino-Japanese War 1937-41, The Second World War in Europe, etc.)
Years of Publication: 1977 to 2013
Volumes: 34