Emperor Showa "Worship Record" Shigeru Yoshida's diplomatic policy in the form of an internal policy September 7th 5:15
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In the “Worship Record” of the first Secretary of the Imperial Household Agency, which described the conversation with the Emperor Showa, Emperor Showa, whose political involvement is strictly restricted by the Constitution, has been customarily followed from the prewar days by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. In the form of "Kan", it was mentioned that he had received reports on national politics, such as the impact of the Korean War on Japan and the government's foreign policy. The expert who analyzed it says, “It is a valuable document that shows how Yoshida was talking about the Korean War and the personnel of the cabinet.”
Mr. Shigeyoshi Yoshida talked to Emperor Showa on the occasion of “Introduction” that was customary since the prewar days in the “Worship Record”, where Michiharu Tajima, the first Secretary of the Imperial Household Agency, recorded a dialogue with Emperor Showa. Appears frequently.
Of these, in the worship in July 1950, the month following the outbreak of the Korean War, Emperor Showa told Secretary Tajima, “Today, the Prime Minister Yoshida will come to Korea, and the United States will be treated again unless it is a third world war. As long as there was no good impact on Japan unless it was done, Yoshida said that after the Korean War, a “full peace theory” including the eastern countries such as the Soviet Union was blown away, and the unemployed people decreased. He told Secretary Tajima that he was talking about being connected.
In February 1946, Emperor Showa stated that Yoshida had spoken about the details of the Japan-US peace treaty negotiations the day before, It was about 125,000 police reserves, and the ministry was called the Ministry of Security.
In addition, it was noted that Yoshida had informed the Emperor Showa about the policy of ministerial personnel.
Dr. Nozomu Tominaga, an assistant professor at Kyoto University Archives, who analyzed the “Worship Record”, said that Emperor Showa had received such a report from Yoshida. Above, “I was able to confirm again that Yoshida was reporting to the Emperor as it happened in real time. I can see how Yoshida was talking about the Korean War and the personnel of the Cabinet. It's a valuable resource and will be a devotion to Shigeru Yoshida's future research. "