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Binational Pearl Harbor? Tora! Tora! Tora! and the Fate of (Trans)national Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Geoffrey M. White  and
Marie Thorsten
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The fifty-year anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States, signed on January 19, 1960, was not exactly a cause for unrestrained celebration. In 2010, contentious disagreements over the relocation and expansion of the American military presence in Okinawa, lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corporation, ongoing restrictions on the import of American beef, and disclosures of secret pacts that have allowed American nuclear-armed warships to enter Japan for decades, subdued commemorative tributes to the U.S.-Japan security agreement commonly known as “Ampo” in Japan.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 37 , September 2010 , e1
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