Japanese Blood Debt Issue During the Era of Tunku Abdul Rahman

Research Paper from the year 2015 in the subject History - Asia, National University of Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: Behind the country''s Pro-Western policy due to the Cold War era, diplomatic relations was established between the Federation of Malaya with Japan that has economic motives in order to reduce dependence on British. It became clear to the country''s leadership that the war compensation issues will affect the common economic interests of both parties. British also saw Japan approach to the region is inevitable and decided not to stop it by the year 1954. American capital, Japan technical skills and Southeast Asia resources must be connected to fight Communism. The methodology used is based on the research methods of the resources available in libraries and the National Archives of Malaysia.


Dr. Uqbah bin Dr. Muhammad Iqbal is a Researcher at School of History, Politics and Strategy, the National University of Malaysia. He was born in the United States of America and now lived in Malaysia. He was the recipient of Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He's authoring 20 books and 52 ebooks such as The Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence, The Historical Development of the Malay Society Economic Nature During Pre-Colonial Era, The Historical Development of British Investment in Malaya Before the Second World War and The Historical Development of Foreign Investment in the Formation of the Malaysian Economy. His papers appeared in 23 international and national journals such as TAWARIKH, SUSURGALUR, Management and Administrative Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review, Jurnal Kemanusiaan, Jurnal Sejarah, Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, Jebat, International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Asian Social Science and Geografia. He's joining the editorial board of 52 journals such as Asian Social Science, International Journal of Management Research and Social Science, International Journal of Art and Literature, International Journal of Archaeology and History, American Journal of Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research and Pratidhwani the Eco. He became a reviewer for 128 journals and 10 book publishing companies and book websites. Until now, he has published 120 publications. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 2 of his reviewed books received Gold Award and Silver Award in the Nonfiction Book Awards.