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This is a collection of primary documents related to contemporary U.S. national security held by The National Security Archive (NSA) in the United States.
Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000
From the vast collection of materials held by Sakae Wagatsuma (1897-1973), one of the leading postwar legal scholars, this collection covers the fields of constitutional law, the judicial system, civil law, civil procedure, land and house lease, and atomic energy. It is composed mainly of materials from the Legislative Council and study groups in which Wagatsuma participated, and is particularly rich in materials related to the revision of the Civil Code, judicial system reform, and the enactment of the Nuclear Damage Compensation Law.
This is the database of materials about diverse policies holded by Hiromi Arisawa, an economist who had a great influence on postwar economic policy.
The Ministry of Justice continued to conduct research, collect materials, and compile a general history and other materials related to the Tokyo Trials and war crimes until the 1970s based on the "Outline of the Plan for the Collection of Materials Related to the War Trials" decided by the Ministry Council in 1956.
This database provides cross-sectional access to the vast amount of compiled and collected materials created by the Ministry of Justice during that time.
It consists of extensive source documents from the war to the 1970s.
This is the database of materials demonstrating the footprint of institutional reform design of local self-government for about half a century after the war.
It collects a huge amount of minutes and handouts including recommendations and reports of Local Administrative Investigation Committee Meeting, Local System Investigation Committee, and Decentralization Promotion Committee.
This is the database of about 800 publications of The Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research, about municipal problems and local self-government.
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Pamphlet on Municipal Problems, Annual Report on Japanese City
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History of Metropolitan Institution, Urban Research Report, Municipal Problems Study Series
Ichikawa Fusae （1893‒1981）was a politician and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.
This database contains the vast amount of original documents she collected that remain at the Fusae Ichikawa Memorial Association "Women and Politics" Center.
The collection covers materials related to the women's movement from the prewar to the postwar period, beginning with the "New Women's Association" founded in 1919 with Hiratsuka and others, and ending with the postwar "New Japan Women's League" (founded in 1945).
An extensive collection of documents belonging to Takeo Miki (1907-88), who served as 66th Prime Minister of Japan. In addition to primary sources showing the international situation particularly in Asia, the Middle East, and in Soviet-Chinese-US relations during the turbulent years of the 1960s to‘80s, Related Documents on Takeo Miki serves as a rich source of information on Japanese domestic affairs, including administrative and financial reform, pollution and environmental problems, social security, and issues in education.
This database contains page images of Arabic and Western translations of Islamic classical works on religion, law, science, history, geography, literature, languages, and other Islamic studies etc. as well as Arabic translations of Christian works in European languages. These held by the British Library.
This is a rare and important collection covering an unprecedented range of subjects and a scale in its kind.
Module 1 : Religion and Law is available.
The First Period (Sato Eisaku Papers)
Unpublished materials left by Minoru Kusuda (1924-2003), the chief secretary who supported the Eisaku Sato administration (1964-1972).
The documents are virtually the "Sato Eisaku Papers," consisting of first-class, top-secret materials on everything from diplomacy to domestic politics.
This is a large collection of over 4,000 items, and is an indispensable basic historical document for the future of postwar history.
