ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศไทยกับประเทศญี่ปุ่น ตั้งแต่รัชสมัยพระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว จนถึงรัชสมัยพระบาทสมเด็จพระปกเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว / สุรางค์ศรี ตันเสียงสม = Thai-Japanese relations during the reigns of King Rama V, Rama VI and Rama VII / Surangsri Tonsiengsom
Thesis aims at studying the relationship between Thailand and Japan during the reigns of King Rama V, Rama VI and Rama VII in order to know the policies between the two countries. The study covers the period from the time Japan opened her intercourse with Thailand in the Ayudhya period down to the reign of King Chulalongkorn or Rama V and the reign of King Rama VII. The relationship between the two countries was changed during that time. Most of this thesis seeks to reveal Japan’s economic expansion in Thailand. The thesis id devided into 5 chapters excluding the introduction and the conlusion which can be summarized as follows: the introduction states the significance of the topic, the purpose, the scope and the research method as well as the problems and the benefit gained from the study. Chapter 1 deals with the development of Thai – Japanese relations from the ancient time to the reign of King Rama V. Chapter 2 explains the reasons behind the renewal of the relationship between Thailand and Japan in the reign of King Rama V, the policies of the two countries, and the cordialty between the two countries during that time. Chapter III emphasises the role and importance of several Japanese working of the Thai government. These Japanese are in the Ministry of Justice, Education and Agriculture, chapter IV analyses and criticises the extra – territoriality, the reason that the Thai had to surrender this privilege to Japan, and other problems that followed, and the ways to abolish it. Chapter V explains the economic relations between the two countries, that alternately waxed and waned. It deals also with organizations and companies that help facililate trading. The concluding chapter summarizes the relationship between Thailand and Japan which could be characterized into two categories : that between small countries in the beginning to be developed into that between a powerful nation and a small one. It points out also the tendency that Japan would try to increase its influence upon Thailand in economics as well as in politics.
