This is a collection of diplomatic materials that trace the political and commercial relations between the United States and Japan over the course of almost half a century. Items include mostly instructions to diplomatic and consular officials, as well as notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomats in the US, memoranda prepared by State Department officials, and correspondence with officials of other government departments and with private businesses and persons.
Topics include advertising, aircraft, commerce, customs administration, drug regulations, duties, embargo, free ports, landing certificates, law, markets, merchandise, prison-made goods, pure food and drug regulations, smuggling, tariff treaties, export and import trade, and undervaluation of imported merchandise.
Of interest to scholars of East Asian studies, international relations, economics, legal studies, government, public policy, and history.
Commercial relations 1910 - 1949: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/12243110
Commercial relations 1950 - 1964: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/12243111
Political relations 1930 - 1939: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/12243112
Political relations 1940 - 1944: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/12243113
Political relations 1945 - 1949: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/12243114