Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Frog in a Well: East Asia History Roundup

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Jonathan Dresner has a roundup of East Asia history news from around the web that includes the Shinzo Abe “comfort women” debacle and apology (see also the controversy over the approaching anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre) as well as the Taiwan textbook flap. Textbooks are a hot topic in Korea too where recent revisions are [...]

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Japanese PM publicly apologizes for dismissing sex slavery claims

March 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seeking to shore up his crumbling base domestically, ripped open old wounds by publicly questioning the accounts of thousands of women forced to work as sex slaves by the Japanese army during World War II. Abe suggested that “no historical proof exisisted” that these women had been [...]

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