Japan and Reconciliation in Post-war Asia : The Murayama Statement and Its Implications

Wu, Rwei-ren (CON)/ Togo, K. (EDT)

Palgrave Pivot（2012/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 116 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781349453436
• DDC分類 327

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