Historian of Japan and East Asia
Welcome to Franck Michelin's site
Franck Michelin
Researcher on the history of contemporary Japan and Asia, and more particularly on Japan's relations with the world in the twentieth century, I built this site to share with everyone my passion for Japan, my perspective of this country, and other parts of the world.
News
Conference on "Sibusawa Eiichi and the regions"
(in Japanese)
July 20, 2021
Conference on Decision Making in Japan, Pearl Harbor to COVID 19
February 17, 2021
Online conference at the Maison franco-japonaise to present my book
May 11, 2021
My current research
Japan and the Asia-Pacific region
Shibusawa Eiichi and the development of the capitalist economy in northern Japan
This is a new research project on the role played by entrepreneur Shibusawa Eiichi in the development of the capitalist economy in northern Japan, and more specifically in Akita Prefecture.
For more than twenty years, my research has focused on Japan's relations with the world in general, and on those it had with French Indochina during World War II in particular. I am preparing an international research project on the question of contemporary world history in the Pacific Ocean.