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Will Japan’s habit of rewriting its history affect its future?

December 12, 2014

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

November 20, 2014

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

November 14, 2014

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

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