This article refers to the procedure of archival arrangement and descriptionusedintheWestasthe “western style of archival processing,”and it is aimed at comparing this style to the gradual processing that is the methodology of Japan, clarifying the difference between them. Firstly, by reviewing the history of gradual processing, it is pointed out that its development is based on the argument of Michael Cook. Secondly, Cookʼs book and the manuals of the US, France and International Council on Archives (ICA) are investigated to demonstrate the details of the western style of archival processing, and this is then compared to gradual processing. Finally, this article discusses the background of the methodology used in the West, based on the reports of the ICA Conference in 1964, to examine how the archivists in the West recognized the fundamental principles of archival science : respect of provenance and original order.

Two years have passed since the new Course of Study for high school became effective. In the subject of history, one of the main points of the revision is to use historical sources in the class in order to develop studentʼs abilities to think, make decisions, and express themselves. This report contains examples of utilizing historical sources from war in my history classes and the “Study group of Showa period history”, an extracurricular activity. Based on the practice, this report refers to methods, educational effectiveness,importance, and points of attention. The effective utilization of historical sources stimulates high school students’unlimited potential, developing their abilities that the new Course of Study focuses on.

The Nishiyodogawa pollution and environmental museum is a private museum that is at the center of the air pollution trial. The museum pays attention to pollution education. By utilizing the concept of Education for Sustainable Development（ESD），the museum answers peopleʼs questions about pollution and a new significance is placed on learning about pollution. In addition, it is possible to build a network of pollution museums across the country and embark on a generalization of the study of pollution; this is our vision for pollution museums. By focusing on the two­way study of ESD, the Nishiyodogawa pollution and environmental museum was able to increase the number of users in the pollution museum network and deepen their understanding through mutual learning about the importance of the archives there.

This paper is a practical report about educational programs in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Archives. In recent years, many universities have begun courses about the history of their own institution. University archives have carried out these courses as their outreach programs. We should survey these activities in a wide perspective, they have more useful and effective for activities in Archives. They are developed as tools of the beginning of the information sharing, community construction between Archives and its concerned. In this paper, I specifically show you these points through some practices.

This article aims to inquire into the decision­making system and original document sources of Imperial Japan, the colonial Chosun, the GHQ, and occupied Japan in terms of the postwar treatment of compensation for Japanese colonialism. This article deals with these institutions from 1910 to 1952 from the perspective of history and archivistics. The records have been dispersed in Korea, Japan, and the United States, mainly due to the complicated decision­making process among the Governor­General of the Chosun, the Japanese Imperial government, and the GHQ; it was a top­-down style, dual decision-­making system.

As a result, the records documenting the entire process of domination have been preserved dispersedly throughout Japan and its colonies. This article attempts to establish a foundation on which the perception of these documents made under Imperial Japan, its colonies, and its occupied territory would be widened by juxtaposing colonial rules and compensation with them in a continuous timeline.