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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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