the late 1930s but also historical process of Japanese administration in Micronesia as Yanaihara did. Furthermore, we historians should answer the question that Yanaihara asked the Chamorro chief: “What do you think about the future of Micronesian people under Japanese administration?”
--Yumiko Imaizumi is a professor of International and Cultural Studies at Hosei University, Japan. She is currently working on a book (Micronesia under Japanese administration: 1914-1946) as part of a PhD requirement for Tsuda College. Her research focuses on Micronesia-Japan relations, especially on Japanese administration, Micronesian society and immigration. Imaizumi has conducted surveys of archives and interviews in and out of Japan for 25 years. She served as a consultant on several projects such as listing and microfilming “South Seas Collection” in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She was a chief project member of the National Museum of Japanese History. She is also beginning a new study of Micronesia-Japan relations after World War II. Imaizumi was a coauthor of Kyoji Asada ed., Iwanami Series; Modern Japan and her Colonies (1992), “Annotated Bibliography” to Camp Susupe, edited by US Navy, Military Government Section, reprinted by Okinawa Historiographical Institute (2004). For further information, see Imaizumi’s profile at Hosei University.
62 ・ Marianas History Conference 2012