Prisoner Number 600,001
Rethinking Japan, China, and the Korean War 1950-1953
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3668338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Morris-Suzuki (0000-0002-6145-5952, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 411-432 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911814002253 |
| OpenAlex | W2009333545 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
Among more than 100,000 prisoners captured by United Nations forces in the Korean War, there was just one Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Matsushita Kazutoshi, Prisoner Number 600,001, had served in the Japanese army in China, both Nationalist and Communist armies in the Chinese Civil War, and in the Chinese People's Volunteers in North Korea, and was to end his military career in the ranks of the South Korean army. Using his forgotten story as a prism, this article explores neglected transborder dimensions of the Korean War. It argues the need to pay closer attention to the historical continuities linking the Asia-Pacific War and Chinese Civil War to the Korean War; it reconsiders the nature of Japan's connections to the conflict in Korea and reconceptualizes the UN POW camps as sites of ongoing Chinese and Korean civil wars
Ancient history · China · Communism · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Prisoners of war · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
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Race for Empire
The Chinese People at War
The Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War, 1945-49
The Other Cold War
Race for EmpireKoreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II
Re-Imaging Japanese Women
Mao, Stalin and the Korean War
Truce Tent and Fighting Front
Japanese Devils and American Wolves
Staying On
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |