Memories of the South

Looking back at Ninety Years of My Life

Description

Title (English):

Looking back at Ninety Years of My Life

Title (Romaji/Japanese):

Waga kyūjū-nen no shōgai o kaerimite (わが九十年の生涯を顧みて)

Author (Romaji/Japanese):

Aoki Kazuo (青木一男)

Publisher (Romaji/Japanese):

Kōdansha (講談社)

Year of Publication:

1981

Place of Publication:

Tokyo

Pages:

viii, 563 pages

Table of Contents:

  • Preface (序)
  • Chapter 1: My Birthplace and Home (青木の生れた村と家)
  • Chapter 2: The Turning Point of Fate, Entering Nagano Middle School (連命の転機、長野中学に入学)
  • Chapter 3: Recollections of My Time as a First Year High Schooler(一高時代の思い出)
  • Chapter 4: Reminiscences of my Tokyo Imperial University Days (東京帝国大学時代の回顧)
  • Chapter 5: Finding Employment at the Ministry of Finance (大蔵省に就職の経緯)
  • Chapter 6: Crossing the Atlantic during the First World War (第一次世界大戦中に大西洋を渡る)
  • Chapter 7: Wartime Life in London (戦時下のロンドン生活)
  • Chapter 8: The Paris Peace Conference and the Question of German Reparations (パリ講和会議とドイツ賠償問題)
  • Chapter 9: The Spa Conference and My Hunger Strike (スパー会議と青木のハンガーストライキ)
  • Chapter 10: Returning Home After Four Years (四年ぶりの帰国)
  • Chapter 11: The Great Kanto Earthquake and Payment Moratorium Order (関東大震災と支払猶予令)
  • Chapter 12: Loans to the Hanyeping Company and the Establishment of Our Country’s Iron and Steel Industry (漢冶萍公司に対する借款とわが国製鉄業の創始)
  • Chapter 13: Reforming the Deposit Funds Management System (預金部資金運用制度の改革)
  • Chapter 14: The Showa Financial Crisis (昭和の金融恐慌)
  • Chapter 15: The Question of Lifting the Ban on Gold Exports (金輸出解禁問題の経緯)
  • Chapter 16: Compiling Our Country’s Invisible Trade Balance Statistics (わが国の貿易外収支統計の作製)
  • Chapter 17: The Manchurian Incident and My Special Mission (満洲事変の突発と青木に課せられた特殊使命)
  • Chapter 18: Minister of Finance Inoue’s Tenacity (井上蔵相の頑張り)
  • Chapter 19: Minister of Finance Takahashi’s Reimposition of the Gold Export Ban (高橋蔵相による金輸出再禁止)
  • Chapter 20: The Founding of Manchukuo and the Currency Problem (満州建国と通貨問題)
  • Chapter 21: The Enactment of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and Recollections of Takahashi Korekiyo (外国為替管理法の制定と高橋是清翁の思い出)
  • Chapter 22:  Diet Debate Regarding the Application of Statute of Limitations to Deposits of the Former Russian Government at Yokohama Specie Bank (横浜正金銀行の旧露国政府預金の時効適用についての国会の論戦)
  • Chapter 23: Chūzō Mitsuchi and My Colleagues’ Battle Against Judicial Fascism in the Teijin Incident (帝人事件で司法ファッショと戦った大蔵省の同僚と三土忠造先生)
  • Chapter 24: The Feb 26 Incident and My Departure from the Ministry of Finance (ニ・ニ六事件で大蔵省を去る)
  • Chapter 25: The Establishment of the Konoe Cabinet and the Cabinet Planning Board (近衛内閣の成立と企画院の創設)
  • Chapter 26: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the Military Currency Problem (北支事変の勃発と軍の使用通貨の問題)
  • Chapter 27: Management in Manchuria and the Issue of Foreign Capital Introduction (満州経営と外資導入問題)
  • Chapter 28: The Cabinet Planning Board’s Resource Mobilization Plans (企画院の物資動員計画)
  • Chapter 29: The Second Committee’s Reports (第二委員会の報告)
  • Chapter 30: Enactment of the National Mobilization Law (国家総動員法の制定)
  • Chapter 31: Becoming Chairman of the Cabinet Planning Board under the Hiranuma Cabinet (平沼内閣で企画院総裁)
  • Chapter 32: Becoming Minister of Finance and Planning Board Chairman during the Abe Cabinet (阿部内閣の大蔵大臣兼企画院総裁に)
  • Chapter 33: Establishment of the Provincial Tax Allotment System (地方分与税制度の創設)
  • Chapter 34: Going to Nanjing as Special Advisor – Creation of a New Currency (阿部特派大使顧問として南京に赴く。新通貨の創造)
  • Chapter 35: Recollections of Wang Jingwei – A Politician of Conviction (信念の政治家汪精衛先生の思い出)
  • Chapter 36: Petition to Avoid War with the US (対米戦争回避の建白書)
  • Chapter 37: Rushing into War with the US and Britain (対米英戦争に突入)
  • Chapter 38: Appointment as Minister of Greater East Asia (大東亜大臣として入閣)
  • Chapter 39: A Switch in China Policy (対支政策の転換)
  • Chapter 40: Touring the Occupied Territories as Greater East Asia Minister (大東亜相として占領地域一巡)
  • Chapter 41: The Greater East Asia Conference (大東亜会議)
  • Chapter 42: Resisting the Ideology of Total Sacrifice (一億玉砕の思潮に抵抗)
  • Chapter 43: Leaving Office with the Mass Resignation of the Tojo Cabinet (東条内閣総辞職で退官)
  • Chapter 44: Legal Disputes in the House of Peers During the Final Stages of the War (戦争末期における貴族院の法律論争)
  • Chapter 45: The Jewel Voice Broadcast and War’s End (玉音放送による戦争の終結)
  • Chapter 46: Arrest as a Suspected War Criminal (戦犯容疑者として逮捕さる)
  • Chapter 47: Dialogue with Prosecutor Hammack (ハンマック検事との問答)
  • Chapter 48: Studying Waka in Prison (獄中で和歌を学ぶ)
  • Chapter 49: Recollections of My Colleagues in Sugamo (巣鴨の同僚の思い出)
  • Chapter 50: Starting Go Courses in the Prison Yard (獄庭に囲碁講座を開く)
  • Chapter 51: Profiles of the IMTFE Defendants (東京裁判の被告の横顔)
  • Chapter 52: Hachiman Shrine and the Tale of Kisokoma (八幡神社と木曾駒物語)
  • Chapter 53: Elegy (挽歌)
  • Chapter 54: Release (釈放)
  • Chapter 1: Lawyer Registration and an Initial Incident (弁護士登録と最初の事件)
  • Chapter 2: Fluctuation in Currency Value and Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus Litigation (貨幣価値の変動と事情変更の原則についての訴訟)
  • Chapter 3: My Beliefs Regarding the Essence of the Taxation Law Review System(税法上の審査制度の本質に関する青木の信念)
    The Fuji Industries Case (その一、富士産業事件)
  • Chapter 4: Memories of Seijō Gakuen (成城学園の思い出)
  • Chapter 5: Running for the House of Councillors and My Policies (参議院出馬とその政策)
  • Chapter 6: My Views on Constitutional Amendment and the  Establishment of the Research Commission on the Constitution (青木の憲法改正論と憲法調査会法成立の経緯)
  • Chapter 7: Was Article 9 MacArthur’s Proposal, or Prime Minister Shidehara’s? (憲法第九条戦争放棄の条項はマッカーサーの発案かそれとも幣原首相の発案か)
  • Chapter 8: Opposition to the Enactment of the Financial Institutions’ Fund Management Control Act (金融機関の資金運用統制法の制定に反対)
  • Chapter 9: The Restoration of Japan-Soviet Diplomatic Relations and the Supplementary Resolution on Territorial Issues (日ソ国交回復と領土に関する付帯決議)
  • Chapter 10: My Way of Go – Part 1 (青木と囲碁の道ーその一)
  • Chapter 11: Anti-Communist Doctrine and Security Measures (反共理念と治安対策)
  • Chapter 12: Questions in the House of Councillors’ Plenary Session Regarding the Japan Teachers’ Union’s Biased Education, etc (日教組の偏向教育等に関する参議院本会議の質問)
  • Chapter 13: My Motivations for Emphasizing Expressway Construction (高速道路建設に力を入れるに至った動機)
  • Chapter 14: The Income Doubling Plan and Addressing the Income Divide (国民所得倍増計画と所得格差の是正)
  • Chapter 15: Resistance to the Chūō Expressway and Tōkaidō (中央道と東海道の抗争)
  • Chapter 16: Starting Work on the Tokyo-Fujiyoshida Route (東京ー富士吉田線着工の経緯)
  • Chapter 17: Rerouting the Chūō Expressway Around Suwa (中央道の路線を諏訪回りに変更した経緯)
  • Chapter 18: Study Tour of Highways in Europe and North America (欧米の高速道路視察旅行)
  • Chapter 19: Summary of My Questions and Government Responses Regarding Expressway Policy in the Diet Budget Committee (道路政策に関する予算委員会における青木の質問と政府答弁の要旨)
  • Chapter 20: Recollections of the Establishment of National Foundation Day (建国記念日の制定の思い出)
  • Chapter 21: Opposition to the Bill Prohibiting Four Consecutive Terms for Prefectural Governors (知事四選禁止法案に反対)
  • Chapter 22: Why Do Liberal Countries Dislike Communism and Fear Communist Revolutions? (自由主義国は何ゆえに共産主義を嫌い共産革命を恐れるか)
  • Chapter 23: My Views on the Yasukuni Shrine Bill (靖国神社法案と青木の意見)
  • Chapter 24: The Birth and Demise of the Usui Pass Railway (碓氷アプト式鉄道の生誕とその終焉)
  • Chapter 25: My Urgent Questions Regarding the Diet Trepassing Incident by Zengakuren in 1960 (昭和三十五年の全学連の国会乱入事件に関する青木の緊急質問)
  • Chapter 26: Becoming Chairman of the National Highway Maintenance Network (全国高速自動車国道建設協議会会長として)
  • Chapter 27: Journeys through Taiwanese Go and Meeting President Chiang (台湾囲碁の旅と蔣総統との会見)
  • Chapter 28: My Way of Go – Part 2 (青木と囲碁の道ーその二)
  • Chapter 29: Building the Zenkōji Chūreiden (善光寺日本忠霊殿の造営)
  • Chapter 30: Diet Questions Regarding the Yen’s Denominations (円のデノミネーションに関する国会質問)
  • Chapter 31: Summary of Urgent Questions and Responses in the House of Councillors Plenary Session Regarding the JAL Flight 351 Hijacking Incident (日航よど号乗っ取り事件に関する参議院本会議における緊急質問と答弁の要旨)
  • Chapter 32: Building the Shō-Kannon (聖観音の建立)
  • Chapter 33: My Beliefs Regarding the Essence of the Review System (審査制度の本質に関する青木の信念)
    Questions from the House of Councillors Finance Committee (その二、参議院大蔵委員会の質問)
  • Chapter 34: Questions in the House of Councillors Finance Committee Regarding the Awa Maru Incident (阿波丸事件に関する参議院大蔵委員会の質問)
  • Chapter 35: Questions in the House of Councillors Budget Committee Regarding the Awa Maru Incident (阿波丸事件に関する参議院予算委員会の質問)
  • Chapter 36: Remembering Teshima Ikurō (手島郁郎先生を偲ぶ)
  • Chapter 37: Address Regarding the Israeli Military’s Entebbe Airport Rescue Operation (イスラエル軍のエンテベ空港救出作戦についての講演)
  • Chapter 38: My Views on the Unconstitutionality of the Japan Fair Trade Commission As Expressed in the Diet (青木が国会で展開した公正取引委員会違憲論)
  • Chapter 39: Devoting Myself to the Ideal Election – My Four House of Councillors Elections (理想選挙に徹した青木の四回の参議院選挙)
  • Chapter 40: My Golfing History (青木のゴルフ履歴書)
  • Chapter 41: President Peron and My Impressions of Argentina (ペロン大統領とアルゼンチンの印象)
  • Chapter 42: Yasukuni Shrine’s Dove Association (靖国神社白鳩の社)
  • Chapter 43: The Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in Canberra and an Overview of Australia (キャンベラの列国議員同盟会議とオーストラリア大観)
  • Chapter 44: Meeting with Vice President Chen Cheng and Visit to the Kinmen Islands (陳誠副総統との会見と金門島訪問)
  • Chapter 45: Visit to Taiwan by Members of the Japan-China Relations Parliamentary Friendship Association (日華関係議員懇談会メンバーの台湾訪問)
  • Chapter 46: The Unconstitutionality of the Supreme Court’s Rejection of the Seat Allocation Provisions under the Public Offices Election Law (公職選挙法の議員定数配分規定を違憲と断じた最高裁判決は憲法法律に違反している)
  • Chapter 47: My Monument on the Shores of Lake Suwa (諏訪湖畔に青木の顕彰碑建立)
  • The Personal History of Aoki Kazuo(青木一男経歴)