Yutaka Kanda

With a focus on the diplomacy of the administrations of Ikeda Hayato and Sato Eisaku , Mr. Kanda will research Japan s China policy in the period from the beginning of the 1960s to the normalization of relations between Japan and China in 1972. His focus while at Yale, will be to examine the international environment surrounding Japan s diplomacy, primarily US policy toward Asia, which was the most important factor influencing Japan s China policy. The ultimate goal of Mr. Kanda s research is to point out the lessons and guides for the future gained from the past history of Japan, so that Japan can contribute to peaceful coexistence in East Asia and the world. Mr. Kanda will make use of Yale s rich library resources. He also plans to visit the National Archives, and the JFK and Lyndon B. Johnson libraries.