On 6th January the following digital news from Sankei Shimbun arrived.
Not only is it not a real scholar but John W. Dower and Alexis Dudden who must be ashamed of their biased idea and ignorance it is a must read this article.
In November, 'north korea economic history 1910-60' was published by academic special publisher Chisen Shokan (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). About 150 pages of books.
North-South division due to defeat from Japan-ROK consolidation, Korean War (1950 to 53), it is the economic history of the era in which the socialist state · North Korea made a great breakthrough such as "Chollima movement".
By referring to the data of Japan Governance era and the official data of North Korea that existed in the former Soviet Union, it points out how modern researches over North Korea in Japan were filled with deception. (Cultural Department Yuki Murashima)
First edition only 800 copies. Author Mitsuhiko Kimura Aoyama Gakuin University professor has translated materials on North Korea from 1946 to 1965 published at the Russian Archives Museum after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he is an economist who published "Former Soviet North Korea Economic Data Collection" six years ago.
Mitsuo Oyama who is in charge of editing "Mr. Kimura is the only person in Japan who is researching information based on information on North Korea, and his first publication in the range that Mr. Kimura has no mistakes" and publication meaning Emphasis. On the back cover is to be called "a groundbreaking outline that first examined the economic history of North Korea over a half century by using huge data and revealed its real state".
The main data of this book relies on the statistical annual report of the Choson Governor's Office before World War II, economic data of North Korea and the former Soviet Union after the war. Professor Kimura was originally a starting point for Asian development economy. From both macro and micro viewpoints, it will study steadily North Korean economy based on data, but "everything I've written in a book" is said.
Therefore, instead, there is "military industrialization of North Korea" jointly with Professor Kimura, former Ministry of International Trade and Industry technical officer, Mr. Keiji Abe (77) who is familiar with the North Korean industrial heritage of Japan Governance era= Pen name, Abe Namba =, I get his explanation about "North Korean economic history -" and its era background.
"It is because capitalism is evil and socialism is good as we have seen history," Abe said. Also, after the defeat of World War II, the Korean scholars from the Korean Peninsula who worked enthusiastically for Korean research, and atonement conscious Japanese researchers' "left wing", they did not trust the official materials announced by the empire and governor-general as the official history of the official, but puts the value of the material in his listening and testimony from the public. (Mr. Abe)
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