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

Van Pelt Library DS885.48 .Y36 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Yamazaki, Jane W.
Series:
Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 3.
Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
World War, 1939-1945.
Apologizing.
Japan--Foreign relations--1945-.
Japan.
International relations.
Physical Description:
x, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Contents:
Study objectives 2
Theoretical framework 4
A new approach 11
2 Accusations, accusers, and audience 24
The accusations 24
The accusers/victims 26
The audience(s) 30
Responsibility and guilt 31
3 The early apologies: repairing relationships 33
Japan-Korea: a legacy of colonialism 33
Previous apologies 34
Crafting the apology in public 44
Korean response 49
Sincerity: actions to support apology 52
Summary: relationship apologies 53
4 The comfort women apologies 57
Towards a new morality 57
The crisis 58
The comfort women apologies 59
Full disclosure: investigation and apology 63
The question of compensation 65
Summary: the transcendent apology 68
5 Hosokawa apologies: politics and history 71
Apology and politics 71
The political context 72
A new era 73
Apologies of 1993 74
Summary: apology, identity, and domestic politics 87
6 The anti-apologies/conservative apologia 90
Conservative politicians "mis-speak" 91
Diet resolution 1995 93
Conservative apologia 95
Why do nations refuse to apologize? 97
7 Murayama apology: on the international stage 100
Prime Minister Nakasone's United Nations Commemoration apology 100
Japan's official apology 103
Long-term effects: a successful apology? 109
Summary: international exigency 110
8 Apology as international discourse 111
Influence of international apologies on Japanese discourse 112
Apology to Japanese Americans 113
The German comparison 115
German apologies 118
Why do nations apologize? 127
The failure of Japanese apologies 129
Apology and apologia: some theoretical implications 135
Appendix A Key documents/apology statements 140
Early documents 140
Comfort women apologies 146
1993 Hosokawa/Doi statements 148
Fiftieth anniversary World War II apologies 153
Appendix B The language of apology 157
The words of war 157
The words of apology 159.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-190) and index.
ISBN:
0415355656
OCLC:
60418126

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