1. Manuals and Rules of the Bank of Japan's Operations (in Japanese, Nihon Ginko Enkaku-shi)
2. Materials on Japanese Monetary History (in Japanese, Nihon Kin'yu-shi Shiryo)
3. The Bank of Japan: The Eighty Years (in Japanese, Nihon Ginko Hachijunen-shi) and The Bank of Japan: The First Hundred Years (in Japanese, Nihon Ginko Hyakunen-shi)

Archival documents at the Bank of Japan Archives have frequently served as a catalyst for the development of research into the monetary and financial history of Japan. The following are some of the major research categories and examples of research conducted using the materials in the Archives.


1)  Financial stability

• "Micro-aspects of monetary policy: Lender of Last Resort and selection of banks in prewar Japan," written by Tetsuji Okazaki (Exploration in Economic History 44, 2007)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -   Individual opening and closing of agreements for business relations between the BOJ and private banks

• "The activities of the Bank of Japan as lender of last resort in the 1920s" (in Japanese, 1920 nendai ni okeru Nippon Ginko no kyusai yushi) and "The Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan, and the recovery of special compensatory loans, 1927-1936" (in Japanese, Hoshouhoukuchi tokuyu no kaishu/shori to Nippon Ginko/Ookurasho, 1927-1936 nen), written by Keishi Shiratori (Socio-Economic History, vol.69. No.2, 2003/Socio-Economic History, vol.70. No.6, 2005)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -    The governor's speeches and statistics compiled by the BOJ

• "The Failure of Fujita Bank and Its Liquidation" (in Japanese, Fujita Ginko no hatan to sono seiri), written by Masanao Ito (in Regional Banks in Financial Crisis: An Analysis of the Interwar Period, 2001)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  

  -  Special loans to Fujita Bank

2)  Historical monetary and foreign exchange policies

• "A Myth of the Keynesian before Keynes: Low Interest Rate Policy in the Early 1930s in Japan," written by Masato Shizume (Kobe University Discussion Paper Series,No.191, 2006)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -  Minutes of the branch managers' meetings of the Bank of Japan

• Lever of Empire, written by Mark Metzler (Berkeley, CA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 2006)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -  Correspondence between Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Inoue Junnosuke of the Bank of Japan

• From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister TAKAHASHI KOREKIYO, Japan's Keynes, written by Richard Smethurst (Cambrige, Harvard University Asia Studies Center, 2007)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -  Takahashi's correspondence with BOJ Governor Matsuo, Finance Minister Sone, and Prime Minister Katsura

3)  Development of the financial markets

• "The Bank of Japan Network and Financial Market Integration: From the Establishment of the Bank of Japan to the Early 20^th Century," written by Mari Ohnuki, (Monetary and Economic Studies, vol. 25, No1, March 2007), "Institutions, Competition, and Capital Market Integration in Japan," written by Kris James Mitchener and Mari Ohnuki (Journal of Economic History, vol.69,2009)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  

  -  The BOJ's periodical business reports and materials for the preparation of business reports, speech given by Bank of Japan board member Morito Yokura

4)  Other research on economic policy issues and topics reflecting the contemporary economic situation

• "Did the Structure of Trade and Foreign Debt Affect Reserve Currency Composition? Evidence from Interwar Japan," written by Mariko Hatase and Mari Ohnuki (European Review of Economic History, vol.13, Special Issue 03, December 2009)
   (Archival materials mainly used)
  -  Accounting ledgers of the Bank of Japan

• "Policy Debates on Public Finance between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan from 1930 to 1936," written by Eisaku Ide (Monetary and Economic Studies, vol.21, No.4, December 2003)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  -  Minutes of the Joint Research Committee of the MOF and BOJ for Improving the BOJ System
• "Open-market operations by the Bank of Japan and regional banks during World War II" (in Japanese, Senji taiseika ni okeru Nippon Ginko no kin'yu chousetsu to chiho ginko), written by Keishi Shiratori (Socio-Economic History, vol.72. No.5, 2007)
  (Archival materials mainly used)
  

  -  Minutes of branch managers' meetings and relevant materials