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3 From the Editor of the Thai - Japanese Studies Journal

4 From the Special Editor of the English Edition

6 Emperor Hirohito and the Turbulent Showa Era      Takeda Kiyoko

14 The U.S. - Japan Alliance in the Historial Perspective     Hisahiko Okazaki

19 Siam - Japan Relations, 1920 - 1940       Supaporn Jarunpattana

37 Rejecting the Military Path        Sakamoto Yoshikazu

47 The U.S. - Japan Cooperation for the Security of the Asia - Pacific  Region     Seizaburo Sato

59 Problems of Thai - Japanese Cultural Exchange       Haruo Washi

64 Japan Facing the challenges : Cultural Ecxhange, Internationalization and Beyond      Prasert Chittiwatanapong     

70 The State and Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan       Dr. Kanoksak Kaewthep

79 The Problem of the Receiving of Japanese Literature in Thailand     Artorn Fungtammasan