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World War II
Abbott’s WWII Comments Draw China’s Ire
By Jarni Blakkarly
The Chinese find Australian prime minister a little too fulsome in his praise for the Japanese.
Asia-Pacific: A Step Toward Historical Déjà Vu?
By Shang-su Wu
The power structure forming in the region today has echoes of the past.
Marking WW2 Anniversary, Xi Targets Modern Japan
By Shannon Tiezzi
The rhetoric surrounding the 77th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War has modern-day implications.
Japan's Most Famous Battleship: The Yamato
By Robert Farley
No battleship became a cultural icon in the same way that the Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato did.
D-Day Validates Realism
By Zachary Keck
U.S. WWII policy in general, and the landing at Normandy in particular, were based on realist logic.
What Japan Cannot Learn from Germany
By Stefano von Loë
Arguments that Japan need only adopt Germany’s attitude to its wartime past overlook a great deal of history.
History Education: The Source of Conflict Between China and Japan
By Zheng Wang
Current tensions between China and Japan have their roots in different approaches to history education.
Chinese Court Seizes Japanese Vessel to Enforce WW2-Related Ruling
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Shanghai Maritime Court seized a Japanese vessel to compensate for WW2-era losses to a Chinese firm.
Abe, ‘Deeply Pained’ By Comfort Women Suffering, Won’t Revise Kono Statement
By J.T. Quigley
Controversy over a possible review of the 1993 apology further strained Korean ties.
'Missing Histories': History Education and China-Japan Relations
By Zheng Wang
Differences in history classrooms reflect the social discourse problems that underline China and Japan's conflict.
With New National Days, China Strikes At Japan
By Jin Kai
New national days commemorating the Nanjing Massace and the end of WW2 show the historical roots of China-Japan enmity.
Shinzo Abe’s Nationalist Strategy
By Kosuke Takahashi
With his overt nationalism and his historical revisionism, Shinzo Abe has a plan for Japan.