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Abe Shinzo: Japan's New Prime Minister a Far-Right Denier of History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

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In December 2012, not a few people in Japan remembered the 75th anniversary of Nanjing Massacre. Those people hoped that the lessons from war crimes committed by the Japanese Army from 1931-1945 would be learned so that Japan would never wage war against another country again, and peace would be achieved in East Asia. These Japanese, however, now face a major challenge.

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