nationalism and history

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Karoline-Postel_Vinay/3349Updated: See the associated documents below en Français, Japanese, and English. L’Affaire Something unusual happened on 5 March 2009 in the quiet compound of the French school known as Sciences Po, the National Foundation for Political Science, from which most of the past and present French governmental elite graduated. It … [Read more...] about Trial Results: French Nippon Foundation Sueit Gainst Scholar for Libel over Japanese fascist dismissed

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Mark-Selden/3173 Yoshiko NOZAKI and Mark Selden Japan’s neonationalists have launched three major attacks on school textbooks over the past half century.1 Centered on the treatment of colonialism and war, the attacks surfaced in 1955, the late 1970s, and the mid-1990s. The present study examines three moments in light of Japanese … [Read more...] about Japanese Textbook Controversies, Nationalism, and Historical Memory: Intra- and Inter-national Conflicts (Japan Focus)

Immediately following the ruling by the Osaka District Court on the Okinawa Mass Suicides Suit (March 28, 2008), I was being interviewed by a correspondent from a foreign newspaper, while the plaintiffs were already engaged in the appeals process.  Almost by way of greeting, I was asked by the correspondent, “What has this trial meant to your life?” I replied by saying, … [Read more...] about Kenzaburo Oe: Misreading, Espionage and “Beautiful Martyrdom”: On Hearing the Okinawa ‘Mass Suicides’ Suit Court Verdict