Transnational Japan as History

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Framing Japan’s Historiography into the Transnational Approach

   • Pedro Iacobelli, Danton Leary, Shinnosuke Takahashi

   Pages 1-20

3. Regionalism or Imperialism: Japan’s Options toward a Protected Korea after the Russo-Japanese War, 1905–10

   • Toyomi Asano

   Pages 21-46

4. Pan-Asianism in the Wartime Writings of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Intellectuals in a Transnational Space at Kenkoku University in Japanese-Occupied Manchuria

   • Yuka Hiruma Kishida

   Pages 47-69

5. The “Siberian Internment” and the Transnational History of the Early Cold War Japan, 1945–56

   • Sherzod Muminov

   Pages 71-95

6. Colonialism and Migration: From the Landscapes of Toyohara

   • Tessa Morris-Suzuki

   Pages 97-120

7. Migrations and the Formation of a Diverse Japanese Nation during the First Half of the Twentieth Century

   • Noriaki Hoshino

   Pages 121-143

8. Statehood, Gender, and Japanese Migration to Singapore, 1890–1920

   • Bill Mihalopoulos

   Pages 145-166

9. A Language for Asia? Transnational Encounters in the Japanese Esperanto Movement, 1906–28

   • Ian Rapley

   Pages 167-186

10. Imagining “World Peace”: The Antinuclear Bomb Movement in Postwar Japan as a Transnational Movement

    • Hiroe Saruya

    Pages 187-210

11. Transnationalism and Transition in the Ryūkyūs

    • Kelly Dietz

    Pages 211-241

12. Back Matter

    Pages 243-275

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This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider Asian-Pacific region and the world. This interconnectedness is examined in the volume through the themes of empire, migration, and social movements.

• colonialism
• history
• imperialism
• Japan
• Korea

“All of the chapters contribute to a dynamic picture of modern Japan as a maritime empire and part of a globalizing world. Some may be of greater interest to specialists in Japanese history than others, but all are informative and readily approachable for the general reader. As a whole, Transnational Japan as History provides an excellent snapshot of the most innovative research being done today in this exciting new field.” (Jordan Sand, The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (4), 2016)

Bill Mihalopoulos, Associate Lecturer in History, Alfred Deakin Research Institute at Deakin University, Australia Hiroe Saruya, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sophia University, Japan Yuka Hiruma Kishida, Assistant Professor of History, Bridgewater College, USA Ian Rapley, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, England Kelly Dietz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, Ithaca College, USA Noriaki Hoshino, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dickison College, USA Sherzod Muminov, Doctoral Candidate, University of Cambridge, England Shinnosuke Takahashi, Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University, Australia Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor of Japanese History in the Division of Pacific and Asian History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Australia Toyomi Asano, Professor in History, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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