I EARLY CONTACTS AND IMPRESSIONS II THE NAVAL QUESTION IN RELATION TO JAPANESE MILITARISM (1927-1937) III THE PROGRESSIVE TWENTIES IV THE RETROGRESSIVE THIRTIES V MURDER AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLICY VI SOME CAUSES OF THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR VII FIRST WEEKS IN JAPAN (1937) VIII FIRST AFTERMATH OF OUTBREAK OF CHINA WAR (1937-38 ) IX AMENITIES OF LIFE (1938 ) X PRINCE KONOYE AND HIS FOREIGN MINISTERS (1938) XI CRUZEN]I . XII INTERPLAY OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS (1938-39) XIII TIENTSIN (1939-10) XIV TWO MODERATE GOVERNMENTS (AUGIST, 1939-JULY1940) 78XV JAPAN TAKES THE LOW ROAD (JULY, 1940). 87 XVI HAYAMA XVII AMERICAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS XVIII MATSUOKA'S YEAR (JULY, 1940--JULY, 1941) XIX THIRD KONOYE CABINET (JUL Y -OCTOBER, 194I) XX SOME EFFECTS OF THE GROWING POLITICAL TENSION XXI EVE OF WAR (OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 194I) XXII WAR (DECEMBER 8TH, 1941) XXIII INTERNMENT (DECEMBER, I94I-JULY, 1942) XXIV EVACUATION (JULY-OCTOBER, 1942)XXV RETROSPECT XXVI PROSPECT.