This is a selection from the archives in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chosen on the basis of relevance to events leading to the Pacific War. 

• BM series: Biographical material. 6 reels.
• MT series: Correspondence and communications between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its officials, 1868-1926 (Meiji-Taisho period). 804 reels.
• P series: Papers of Parliamentary Vice-Minister Tadeo Matsumoto. 76 reels.
• S series: Correspondence and communications between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its officials, 1926-1945 (Showa period). 722 reels.
• SP series: Special studies. 185 reels.
• TEL series: Telegrams. 164 reels.
• TR reels: Treaties. 13 reels.
• UD series: Unindexed documents. 52 reels.
• WT series: Documents of the International Military Tribunal. 94 reels

GUIDE: Uyehara, Cecil H. Checklist of Archives in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, Japan, 1868-1945, microfilmed for the Library of Congress, 1949-1951. D-9464