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

I took part in the documentary "Indochina, une guerre Japonaise"

September 1, 2020

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.