Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun

Meron Medzini was born in Jerusalem and received his Ph.D in East Asia Studies from Harvard University. He began teaching modern Japanese history at the Hebrew University in 1964. Since 1973 he has been an Adjunct Associate Professor of modern Japanese history and Israeli foreign policy at the Hebrew University, Israel. Medzini is the author of six books and scores of articles.

Introduction Preface

Chapter 1: Early Jewish Settlers in Japan

Chapter 2: Jewish Settlers in Japan at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

Chapter 3: Japanese Images of the Jews: Myths, Canards and Fears

Chapter 4: Nazi Antisemitism and its Influence on Japan in the 1920's and 1930's

Chapter 5: Japanese Experts on Jews, Judaism, and Zionism

Chapter 6: Japan and the Jews of Manchuria Beginning in 1931

Chapter 7: Passports, Entry Visas, and Transit Visas: Japan's policy toward Jewish Refugees (1935-1941)

Chapter 8: The Jews of Shanghai under Japanese Rule

Chapter 9: Jews in the Japanese-Occupied Territories during the War Years

Chapter 10: A Japanese Righteous Gentile: The Sugihara Case

Chapter 11: The Japanese Policy toward the Jews in Japan’s Home Islands

Chapter 12: "The Jewish Question" in Japanese-German relations, 1936-1945

Chapter 13: The Japanese, the Holocaust of European Jewry, and Israel

Selected Bibliography

References

Index