満鉄調査部に関する一考察 - 満鉄調査部の成立と背景を中心として -

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After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan advanced into Manchuria and established the South Manchuria Railway Company, where Shinpei Goto was appointed as its first president. Goto not only managed the railway company but also focused on several ventures such as newspapers, printing, education, and cultural enterprises. What intrigued him most was the examining functions of Mantetsu (the South Manchuria Railway Company), and this led to the establishment of the Examination Department of Mantetsu. The types of their activities included the collection and management of materials, investigation and research, information dissemination and publicity, and, depending on the period, even intelligence gathering. In particular, while it is an undeniable fact that the majority of their work was devoted to field surveys and academic research, the 1917 Russian Revolution led them to expand their activities beyond their original purely academic investigations and initiate, for instance, the surveys of the regions along the Russian border to restrain Russia’s southward advance. Their investigative activities aimed to expand Japan’s influence in Manchuria, and they can be seen as laying the groundwork for Japan’s later plans to establish Manchukuo.

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