Apology Laid Bare

With anniversary commemorations for March 11, 2011's terrible tragedies overshadowing all else in Japan this spring - including momentous decisions about U.S.-Japan relations pivoting on a new base in Okinawa - it is notable that historical memory controversies have reemerged to sour Japanese relations with both China and Korea. Although Japan's immediate challenges would seem to make good neighborly ties more important than ever before, some Japanese politicians persist in milking time-honored retrograde strategies for all they are worth: denying the Nanjing massacre and denigrating the experience of the comfort women. The ghosts in the memory closet of Japanese colonialism and war will not be laid to rest

Archaeology · Colonialism · History · Japanese History and Culture

• Museums, Manga, Memorials and Korean-Japanese History Wars

  Open Access•John Kingston•Asian Studies•2014

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