Sixty years after the end of World War II, the political and social fallout from the War is alive and divisive, as scholars in this volume show. One example is how former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine prevented China, Japan and South Korea from sitting...

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Other Authors:	Koh, David W. H. (Editor)
Format:	Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2007
Subjects:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Politik Weltkrieg (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 / East Asia / Congresses World War, 1939-1945 / Southeast Asia / Congresses World War, 1939-1945 / South Asia / Congresses Ostasien Südasien Südostasien East Asia / Politics and government / 1945- / Congresses Southeast Asia / Politics and government / 1945- / Congresses South Asia / Politics and government / 20th century / Congresses Konferenzschrift
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Sixty years after the end of World War II, the political and social fallout from the War is alive and divisive, as scholars in this volume show. One example is how former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine prevented China, Japan and South Korea from sitting down together to talk about Northeast Asian integration, and wider Asian integration. Another example is the question of comfort women. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement - that there is no evidence that Japan's government or army forced women to work in military brothels during the War - appeared to go back on a 1993 apology for the comfort women. How such issues of history are dealt with by countries of this region has an effect on contemporary relations among the major powers contending for leadership in East Asia
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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages)
ISBN:	9789812304575