Josep L. Barona is professor of history of science at the University of Valencia. His research deals with international diplomacy, public health and nutritional policies in the global context focused from a transnational perspective.

1 Nutritional policies and international diplomacy: soft power in favour of Japanese prestige

2 Demographic and epidemiologic background. The birth of a public health administration

3 Rice in Japanese culture

4 Rice, diet, and the problem of beriberi

5 Tadasu Saiki (1876-1959), founding father of Japanese nutritional science

6 The Imperial State Institute of Nutrition (1920) in interwar years

7 The international impact of Japanese nutritional policies

8 The consequences of the Second World War