Publication

5 Nov 2014

This commentary argues that although the Yasakuni shrine in Japan memorializes the nation's WWII dead, the accompanying museum gives a revisionist view of Japan's responsibility for that conflict, honors the role of suicide pilots in the conflict, and paints Japan as a victim of the war; all of which the author finds troubling.

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Author Barry Desker
Series RSIS Commentaries
Issue 217
Publisher S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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