Oil, Nationalism, and Japan's Diplomacy in the Middle East

This book investigates the untold story of how private Japanese entrepreneurs shaped the country’s post-war Middle East diplomacy through independent oil ventures. Moving beyond traditional narratives that focus solely on state-led resource security, it highlights the role of “national oil capital”, specifically the activities of business leaders Idemitsu Sazō, Yamashita Tarō, Tanaka Seige...