Japanese apologies for World War II : a rhetorical study

Japanese apologies for World War II : a rhetorical study / Jane W. Yamazaki.

Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distress throughout Asia, leaving a legacy of resentment and distrust. Beginning in the mid-1980s, apology f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamazaki, Jane W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 3.
Subjects:
Since 1939
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
Apologizing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Apologizing
Diplomatic relations
Japan > Foreign relations > 1945-
Japan
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Accusations, accusers, and audience
  • 3. The early apologies : repairing relationships
  • 4. The comfort women apologies
  • 5. Hosokawa apologies : politics and history
  • 6. The anti-apologies/conservative apologia
  • 7. Murayama apology : on the international stage
  • 8. Apology as international discourse
  • 9. Conclusions.

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