Will Japan’s habit of rewriting its history affect its future?
Author: Washington Post
Categories: Views
Richard Cohen presents an opinion piece discussing Japan’s controversial wartime past and how modern leaders in the press and in the government are skewing views to fit their agenda.
Tags: comfort women, history, opinion, POW, prisoners of war, Shinzo Abe, textbook controversy, wartime past, Yasukuni
The Comfort Women and Japan’s War on Truth
Author: New York Times
Categories: Views
Asia Policy Point’s Mindy Kotler takes a scathing look at Japan’s efforts (and lack thereof) to control how others read the country’s colorful history, including that of WWII sex slaves, or “comfort women”.
Tags: comfort women, history, Op-ed, opinion, textbook, textbook controversy, truth, WWII
Hirohito: String Puller, Not Puppet
Author: New York Times
Categories: Views
In the works since 1990 (the year after his death), the Japanese government released an official biography of Emperor Hirohito and his life leading up to, during and after World War II.
Tags: emperor, Hirohito, history, imperial, textbook controversy, wartime past, World War II, WWII