Memories of Japanese militarism: The Yasukuni Shrine as a commemorative site

Inuzuka, Ako; Fuchs, Thomas

doi:10.1080/13216597.2013.869239

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“…This position is challeged, on the other hand, by those who argue that the state should rightfully honour its war dead; to not do so, it is argued, is to succumb to external political pressure. More specifically, however, it was the enshrinement of 14 Class-A war criminals at Yusukuni in 1978 and subsequent visits by a number of Japanese Prime Ministers that has fuelled this controversy (Inuzuka & Fuchs, 2014).…”

Section: The Myth Of Yasukuni: Noble Enshrinementmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Kamikaze’ heritage tourism in Japan: a pathway to peace and understanding?

Sharpley

2020

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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Reflecting the wider belief that international tourism offers the opportunity to encourage peace and understanding amongst peoples and nations, one objective of Japan's recent tourism development policy is the enhancement of mutual understanding and the promotion of international peace. The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which this objective is achievable, particularly in the context of continuing controversy surrounding the country's confrontation of its twentieth century military heritage in general and its role in the Pacific War in particular. Based on research at two 'difficult' heritage sites, Chiran Peace Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture and Yūshūkan War Museum in Tokyo, it explores specifically how the kamikaze phenomenon is commemorated and interpreted for international visitors, in so doing revealing a significant degree of dissonance at both sites. Not only is a selective narrative of heroic sacrifice presented within a wider revisionist history of the Pacific War but also no attempt is made to acknowledge the prevailing cultural context that might underpin a more nuanced understanding of the kamikaze. Hence, the paper concludes that a meaningful opportunity to enhance international understanding has been missed.

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Section: The Myth Of Yasukuni: Noble Enshrinementmentioning

confidence: 99%