Volume 1. Political Reports, 1906¿1922; Volume 2. Economic Reports, 1906¿1912: 1906¿1912 trade reports; Volume 3. Political Reports, 1923¿1931: 1923¿1931 annual reports; 1931 25-year review by Sir F. Lindley; Volume 4. Economic Reports, 1913¿1926: 1913¿1926 Department of Trade reports; Volume 5. Political Reports, 1932¿1937: 1932¿1937 annual reports; 1934¿1935 press summaries; 1935¿1937 political diaries; Volume 6. Economic Reports, 1926¿1935: 1926-1935 Department of Trade reports; Volume 7. Political Reports, 1938¿1942: 1938¿1939 annual reports; 1938¿1940 political diaries; 1940, 1942 political reviews; Volume 8. Economic Reports, 1936¿1941: 1936¿1941 all surviving annual, quarterly and monthly reports; Volume 9. Political Reports, 1945¿1953: 1945 review (August-September); 1945¿1953 political diaries; 1946¿1953 annual reviews; Volume 10. Economic Reports, 1947¿1951: 1947 economic notes; 1947¿1949 labour reports; 1948¿1951 monthly economic reports; Volume 11. Political Reports, 1954¿1960: 1954¿1960 political diaries; 1954¿1960 annual reviews; Volume 12. Economic Reports, 1952¿1960: 1952¿1954 monthly economic reports; 1958¿1959 monthly economic reports; 1958¿1960 annual reviews; Volume 13. Political and Economic Reports, 1960¿1962: 1961¿1962 political diaries; 1961 political reviews; 1961¿1962 annual reviews; 1961¿1962 monthly economic reports; Volume 14. Political and Economic Reports, 1963¿1970; 1963¿1968 political diaries.

British diplomatic reports on Japan 1906-1970: the phase of imperial expansion, and territorial conflicts with Russia and China.