Title Japan and reconciliation in post-war Asia : the Murayama Statement and its implications / edited by Kazuhiko Togo

Published [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Palgrave pivot Palgrave pivot. 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 Summary Japan and Reconciliation in Post-war Asia 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Publisher supplied information Subject Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Japan Diplomacy -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Japan. Asian history -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Japan. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Politics and Government. Diplomatic relations Reconciliation -- Political aspects SUBJECT Japan -- Foreign relations -- Asia Subject Asia Japan Form Electronic book Author Tōgō, Kazuhiko, 1945- ISBN 9781137301239 1137301236 9781137301222 1137301228 9781283717366 1283717360

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