Abstract: Chinese publications specializing in the study of Japan first appeared in the early Republic of China and gradually flourished thereafter. Among them, the Japanese Studies, founded in Shanghai in January 1930, can be regarded as the first regularly published Chinese magazine dedicated to studying Japan. Through a comprehensive analysis of factors such as the founding opportunity, publication process, content characteristics, and reasons for suspension of the journal, we can not only reproduce the historical background of the birth of Japanese research journals, examine the overall characteristics and academic level of Japanese research in China at that time, glimpse the time limitations and development difficulties of Japanese research journals, but also reflect on the status and significance of Japanese Studies in Chinese academic history.

Key words: the Republic of China era