The Nation

The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase

Abe Shinzo, then Japan’s prime minister, is seen behind a statue of a teenage girl symbolizing former “comfort women,” who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II, near the ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Imaging Japanese History:

Japan has a long history. Archaeological evidence shows that people have lived in the Japanese islands since prehistoric times, and written records from almost 1,700 years ago describe primitive ...
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History of Japanese art after 1945 : institutions, discourse, practice / by Kitazawa Noriaki, Kuresawa Takemi, Mitsuda Yuri ; with an introduction by Kajiya Kenji

Translation of chapters 7-9 from: Bijutsu no Nihon kin-gendaishi : seido, gensetsu, zōkei = Histories of modern and contemporary Japan through art : institutions, discourse, practice / henshūiin, ...
The Diplomat

Why Can’t Japan Solve Historical Perception Issues?

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...