Japan has long wrestled with the memories and legacies of World War
II. In the aftermath of defeat, war memory developed as an integral
part of particular and divergent approaches to postwar democracy.
In the last six decades, the demands placed upon postwar democracy
have shifted considerably--from social protest through high
economic growth to Japan's relations in Asia--and the meanings of
the war shifted with them.
This book unravels the political dynamics that governed the
place of war memory in public life. Far from reconciling with the
victims of Japanese imperialism, successive conservative
administrations have left the memory of the war to representatives
of special interests and citizen movements, all of whom used war
memory to further their own interests.
Franziska Seraphim traces the activism of five prominent civic
organizations to examine the ways in which diverse organized
memories have secured legitimate niches within the public sphere.
The history of these domestic conflicts--over the commemoration of
the war dead, the manipulation of national symbols, the teaching of
history, or the articulation of relations with China and Korea--is
crucial to the current discourse about apology and reconciliation
in East Asia, and provides essential context for the global debate
on war memory.
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