Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES May 27, 2017

'The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan': Is it fair to compare wartime experiences?

by Iain Maloney

Despite regular, if sometimes half-hearted apologies, China and South Korea have repeatedly accused Japan of being unrepentant and insincere in its attitude to World War II. The nation's acceptance of defeat and acknowledgment or denial of guilt is most often compared with that of ...

National / History May 20, 2015

Number of scholars to sign statement urging Japan to address its wartime past tops 450

The number of academics who have signed a statement urging Japan to address its wartime past has more than doubled since its publication two weeks ago, a scholar who leads the initiative said Tuesday. Mark Selden, a senior research associate at Cornell University, said the ...

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Ian Buruma