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Japanese Textbook Controversies, Nationalism, and Historical Memory: Intra- and Inter-national Conflicts (Japan Focus)

June 23, 2009 投稿者 Paul

Kenzaburo Oe: Misreading, Espionage and “Beautiful Martyrdom”: On Hearing the Okinawa ‘Mass Suicides’ Suit Court Verdict

November 12, 2008 投稿者 Paul

Immediately following the ruling by the Osaka District Court on the Okinawa Mass Suicides Suit (March 28, 2008), I was being interviewed by a correspondent from a foreign newspaper, while the plaintiffs were already engaged in the appeals process.  Almost by way of greeting, I was asked by the correspondent, “What has this trial meant to your life?” I replied by saying, “If I have spent half my life writing essays and novels, then I have spent the other half of it reading books, or more precisely, focusing my readin

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