Rebuilding Ties with Burma 1954–1974: Japan’s Post-War Prime Ministerial Diplomacy from Kishi Nobusuke to Tanaka Kakuei

This research seeks to fill the lacuna on Japan’s post-war leader-led diplomacy with Burma, a country with deep wartime significance to Japan, whilst also showing that Tōkyō often drew upon its historical and religious affinities to further its post-war diplomatic and economic aims. Historical connections and shared memories ran deep and helped form a ‘special relationship’ between post-war Japan and Burma.