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''Contemporary Japan: A Review of Far Eastern Affairs'' was a quarterly〔US Bureau of the Census, ''Bibliography of Social Science Periodicals and Monograph Series: Japan 1950-1963'' (Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965), 6.〕 Japanese English-language magazine published between 1932 and 1970 by the Foreign Affairs Association of Japan. Though independently published, throughout its existence the magazine had close ties with the Japanese government. It was described by John W. Dower as "a valuable semi-official Japanese publication".〔John W. Dower, ''Japanese History & Culture From Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies'' (New York: M. Wiener Pub., 1986), 182.〕 ==Origin and content== ''Contemporary Japan'' was the flagship publication of the Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, an organization founded in October 1931 by Japanese politicians and intellectuals seeking to promote awareness in foreign countries about Japanese affairs.〔Klaus Schlichtmann, ''Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijuro, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War'' (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2009), 99.〕 The editorial preface of the first issue explained the magazine's aim "to know and to make known what is going on in Japan and in the minds of the Japanese."〔"Editorial Note", ''Contemporary Japan'', June 1932, 1.〕 The bulk of each issue consisted of translations into English of the articles and speeches of Japanese writers, scholars, and politicians. The first issue, for instance, included contributions from Hakucho Masamune, Taketora Ogata, Yamamoto Jōtarō, and Sakutaro Tachi who was also one of its editors.〔''Contemporary Japan'', June 1932, front matter.〕 The launch of the periodical was praised by the ''Financial Times'' "for the good work it will do in the propagation of a better knowledge of the nation" at a time when Japan's relations with the outside world were "increasingly complicated".〔"Japanese Affairs: A Valuable Quarterly Review", ''The Financial Times'', June 23, 1932, 5.〕 In June 1932 the magazine could be purchased for 1 yen and 50 sen per issue,〔 but by 1970 the price per issue had risen to 1,500 yen.〔Modern Language Association of America, ''MLA Directory of Periodicals: A Guide to Journals and Series in Languages and Literatures'' (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1978), 103.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contemporary Japan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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