War and Diplomacy in Modern Japan

Ryuji Hattori received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Kobe University in 1999. He also holds an M.A. in Human Security from the University of Tokyo, an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor in Law from Kyoto University. He has been an associate professor at Takushoku University and was formerly a research assistant at Chiba University. He is the recipient of three awards, including the Shigeru Yoshida Award, which is attributed to the prominent former Japanese prime minister. He has also served as a member on the governmental committee of the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Japan-China Joint History Research, and the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, the National Archives of Japan. His recent published books include Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918–1931 (London: Routledge, 2024), Fighting Japan’s Cold War: Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and His Times (London: Routledge, 2023), Japan and the Origins of the Asia-Pacific Order: Masayoshi Ohira’s Diplomacy and Philosophy (Singapore: Springer, 2022), China-Japan Rapprochement and the United States: In the Wake of Nixon’s Visit to Beijing (London: Routledge, 2022), Japan at War and Peace: Shidehara Kijūrō and the Making of Modern Diplomacy (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021), Eisaku Sato, Japanese Prime Minister, 1964-72: Okinawa, Foreign Relations, Domestic Politics and the Nobel Prize (London: Routledge, 2021), Understanding History in Asia: What Diplomatic Documents Reveal (Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture 2019), to name but a few. His forthcoming publications include After Terrorism: The U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Post-9/11 Security Dilemma (New York: State University of New York Press) and Japan's Humanitarian Aid toward Myanmar after the 2021 Coup: Exploring Four Channels amid the Weaponization of Assistance (Singapore: Springer). Graham Leonard is a translator with a Ph.D. in International Public Policy from Osaka University in Japan and an M.A. in Japanese Studies from the University of Washington.

• Introduction – Two Sides.- From Fukuoka to Kasumigaseki – Hirota’s Youth.- Between China and the West – Beijing, Washington, Moscow.- Straying From the Ideals of China Policy – Foreign Minister and Harmony Diplomacy.- Ten Months as Prime Minister – Conflict with the Army.- We will not deal with the Nationalist government” – Foreign Minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War.- The Collapse of Imperial Japan – Senior Statesman.- The Tokyo Trials – An “Active Follower.- Conclusion: Departure.