Victims or Victimizers? Museums, Textbooks, and the War Debate in Contemporary Japan
The Journal of Military History, Vol69 No1
Abstract
“War” Museums
Yasukuni Shrine War Museum (Yushukan)
Showa Hall (Showa－kan)
The Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
“Peace Museums”
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Osaka International Peace Center (Kokusai heiwa Sentaa)
Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
The Struggle over Textbooks in Present－day Japan
The society for the Creation of New History Textbooks
The 2001 Textbook Struggle
Conclusions
“War” Museums
Yasukuni Shrine War Museum (Yushukan)
Showa Hall (Showa－kan)
The Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
“Peace Museums”
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Osaka International Peace Center (Kokusai heiwa Sentaa)
Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
The Struggle over Textbooks in Present－day Japan
The society for the Creation of New History Textbooks
The 2001 Textbook Struggle
Conclusions
