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
Tribune on the website of the Revue Défense Nationale
July 22, 2022
Symposium on the war in Ukraine organized by Teikyô University
November 14, 2022
Chapter in a new book edited by Claude Quétel: The Pacific War: When the Great European War Became a World War
September 15, 2022
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.