The parliamentarians from the perspective of a journalist with experience studying in the United States : political activities of Seki Wachi against the Anti-Japan exclusion movement

Kawasaki Yoshinori

doi:10.14988/00029248

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アメリカ帰りのメディア議員 : 関和知の留学経験と排日運動
アメリカガエリノメディアギイン : セキワチノリュウガクケイケントハイニチウンドウ
アメリカカエリノメディアギイン : カンワチノリュウガクケイケントハイニチウンドウ

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This paper clarifies the activities and ideas of politicians working on the issue of the Anti-Japan Exclusion Movement. To illustrate, we focus on SEKI Wachi, a journalist who earned a degree in the United States and then acted as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives in the 1910s and 20s. Financial poverty forced him to work while studying abroad, giving him an upclose view of the various strata of American society. After returning to Japan, he worked as an editor for the newspapers Yorozu Choho and the Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun. In 1909, he became a member of the House of Representatives. He organized a consultation meeting with NAKANO Takenaka and others to oppose the California Alien Land Law. In addition, he engaged in other concrete political activities, such as forming the Japanese-American Section in the Inter-Parliamentary Union with American delegates at the 18th Conference. He emphasized that it is important to focus on the emotional differences between the people of the two countries in order to deepen mutual understanding.

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評論・社会科学

評論・社会科学 (142), 39-67, 2022-09-30

The Association of Social Studies, Doshisha University

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