Prof. Masahiro Hosoya

E-mail: mhosoya@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Education

Ph.D., 1982, History, Yale University

M.A., 1976, International Studies, Sophia University

B.A., 1968, English, Sophia University

Selected Publications

In English

"Economic Democratization and the 'Reverse Course' during the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952," The Journal of International Studies (Institute of International Relations, Sophia University) No. 11 (July 1983), 59-104.

"The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952," in Sadao Asada, ed., Japan the World, 1853-1952: A Bibliographic Guide to Japanese Scholarship in Foreign Relations (New York: Columbia University Press, 1989), pp. 387-427. (with Makoto Iokibe and Sadao Asada)

"Graduate Program in American Studies at Doshisha University, 1991-2000," Doshisha American Studies No. 38 (March 2002), 103-112.

In German

"Die Wirtschaftspolitik der Besatzungsmächte im okkupierten Japan: die Auflösung der 'Zaibatsu'," Dietmar Petzina, Ronald Ruprecht (Hrsg.), Wendepunkt 1945? Kontinuität und Neubeginn in Deutschland und Japan nach dem 2. Weltkrieg (Bochum: Universitätsverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, 1991), S. 40-61.

In Japanese

"An Aspect of American Occupation Policy toward Japan: A Case of SCAP Prohibition of Use of Zaibatsu Trade Names and Trademarks," Doshisha American Studies No. 20 (March 1984), 53-72.

"Democratic Reforms in Occupied Japan," in Toshiki Gomi and Yuichi Hasegawa, eds., Nihongaiko to taigai funso (Japanese diplomacy and international conflicts) (Tokyo: Renga Shobo Shinsha, 1984), pp. 134-162.

"Toward Activation of the American Occupation Policy of Zaibatsu Dissolution: The Role of the 'Hadley Memorandum'," Doshisha American Studies No. 22 (March 1986), 177-184.

"The 'Moderation' of American Occupation Policy toward Japan--The Deconcentration Review Board and the 'Salwin Memorandum'," Doshisha American Studies No. 23 (March 1987), 71-76.

"The 'Shift in Emphasis' in American Occupation Policy toward Japan: From 'Reform' to 'Reconstruction'," Doshisha American Studies No. 24 (March 1988), 135-152.

"Senryoka Nihon ni okeru zaibatsu kaitai to zaibatsu no taio (Zaibatsu dissolution in occupied Japan and responses of zaibatsu)," in Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Sophia University, America and Japan (Sairyusha, 1993), pp. 127-176.

"Nihon senryo seisaku to zaibatsu no kaitai (American occupation policy toward Japan and the dissolution of zaibatsu)," in Yasushi Yamaguchi and Ronald Ruprecht, eds., Rekishi to aidentiti--Nihon to Doitsu ni totteno 1945 (Geschichte und Indentität: Das Jahr 1945 für Deutschland und Japan) (Kyoto: Shibunkaku Shuppan, 1993), pp. 63-82.

"MacArthur and Yoshida Shigeru," in Masanori Nakamura, ed., Kindai Nihon no kiseki 6 Senryo to sengo kaikaku (History of modern Japan vol. 6 Allied occupation and postwar reforms) (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1994), pp. 101-125.

Research Interests

U.S. foreign economic policy in the Post-WW II period
History of Americanism

Courses

Graduate

Japanese-American Relations
Allied Occupation of Japan
History Seminar

Undergraduate

Japanese-American Relations in the Post-WW II Period
International Relations
American History