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Description
Original 1924 (Taisho 13) Japanese military-political book titled “Anti-American Policy and Countermeasures,” written by Army Officer Akamatsu Hiromi.
Published the same year as the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924 (Japanese Exclusion Act), this rare work reveals how Japan’s military thinkers viewed the growing tension with the United States after World War I.
Akamatsu analyzed the anti-Japanese movement in America, the legal framework of the Exclusion Act, and proposed strategic countermeasures from Japan’s perspective.
Chapters include comparisons of Japan and America’s military and naval power, the concept of a united anti-American alliance, and early ideas about air warfare and Pacific strategy.
📖 Contents highlights:
- The Situation of Japanese Immigrants in the U.S.
- Legal study of the Exclusion Act
- Racial and economic causes of anti-Japanese sentiment
- Strategic comparison of Japan and America
- Proposal for an “Anti-American Alliance”
- Naval and aerial combat planning
📜 This copy includes a handwritten presentation letter dated September 1924 from the publisher Nisshindo, addressed to a member of the Japanese aristocracy (日本桝氏).
Such accompanying documents make this a museum-level primary source of Japan’s interwar military thought.
📕 Title: Gunjin no Mitaru Haiji to Taibeisaku
🖋 Author: Akamatsu Hiromi
🏢 Publisher: Nisshindo, Tokyo
📅 Published: September 18, 1924 (Taisho 13)
📄 Pages: 176
📦 Condition: Some wear, age spots, and stamps; complete and legible text.
This is a rare pre-WWII Japanese military analysis that reflects Japan’s perception of the United States long before Pearl Harbor.
Highly valuable for researchers of Japan–U.S. relations, prewar propaganda, and military strategy history.
🪖 Own a primary document that foreshadowed the Pacific War.
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