東郷和彦編／日本と戦後アジアの和解：村山談話とその意味 Japan and Reconciliation in Post-War Asia : The Murayama Statement and Its Implications

Togo, Kazuhiko (EDT)

Palgrave Pivot（2012/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 116 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137301222
• DDC分類 327.5205

基本説明

The book considers former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama's 1995 apology statement, the height of Japan's post-war apology, and examines its implications for memory, international relations, and reconciliation in Asia. Taking a comparative approach and situating discussion within broader debates about war, apology, and reconciliation, this volume bring together insider perspectives from Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan, shedding light on how Japan's post-war apology discourse developed, what it achieved, what its limitations are, and what its future implications will be.

Full Description

Taking a comparative approach and bringing together perspectives from Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan, this volume considers former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama's 1995 apology statement, the height of Japan's post-war apology, and examines its implications for memory, international relations, and reconciliation in Asia.

Contents

Overview; Kazuhiko Togo Historical Role and Future Implications of the Murayama Statement: A View from Japan; Kazuhiko Togo Political Apology in Sino-Japanese Relations: The Murayama Statement and its Receptions in China; Daqing Yang In Search of the Perfect Apology: Korea's Responses to the Murayama Statement; Youngshik D. Bong Redeeming the Pariah, Redeeming the Past: Some Taiwanese Reflections on the Murayama Statement; Rwei-Ren Wu Neither Exemplary nor Irrelevant: Lessons for Asia from Europe's Struggle with its Difficult Past; Thomas U. Berger Notes on Contributors