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Memories and Aporias in the Japan-Korea Relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Alexis Dudden
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2010 is the centennial year of Japan's takeover of Korea. The history of this event is of enormous significance to the 20th century, and not simply because it garnered Japan a foothold on mainland Asia. Although Koreans see it very differently, for Japan, the 1910 annexation of Korea established Japan's entry as a power on the world stage.

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Part 2: Topics of Historical Memory in Japan
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Special Issue S7: Course Reader No. 7. The Politics of Memory in Japan and East Asia , January 2013 , pp. 232 - 246
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[1] Richard Samuels, “Kidnapping Politics in East Asia,” Working Paper, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2010; also essential, Gavan McCormack, “History Too Long Denied: Japan's Unresolved Past and Today's North Korea Problem”.

[2] Charles Armstrong, The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950, New York: Columbia University, 2004.

[3] “Megumi” on YouTube.

[4] Nature, March 17, 2005.

[5] Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Exodus to North Korea: Shadow's From Japan's Cold War, 2008; also, The Forgotten Japanese in North Korea: Beyond the Politics of Abduction.

[6] Hirayama Ikuo, Watashi wa Konna Shiji ni Naritakatta, Tokyo: Asahi, 2009

[7] For a partial translation, see this link.

[8] Herbert Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

[9] Sapio, January 27, 2010.

[10] Rumi Sakamoto and Matthew Allen, “Hating ‘The Korean Wave’” Comic Books: A sign of New Nationalism in Japan?

[11] See Itagaki Ryuta's articles in Asahi Shimbun, March 15-17, 2010; also, Nikkan Aratana Hajimari no 20sho, Tokyo: Iwanami, 2007.

[12] See, Japan Times, July 12, 2005.; “Koreans in Utoro Call for Home Country's Help” Korea Times, July 27, 2007.

[13] Link 1; Link 2.

[14] Funabashi Yoichi, Asahi Shimbun, July 2006; Matsumoto Kenichi, Kaigansen no Rekishi, Tokyo: Mishimasha, 2009.

[15] See Kimie Hara, Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Aland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot, New York: Routledge, 2009.

[16] Asahi Shimbun, December 25, 2009, evening edition; also Asahi Shimbun, December 26, 2009.

[17] Yomiuri Shimbun, December 28, 2009; Asahi Shimbun, December 27, 2009.

[18] Asahi Shimbun, December 26 and 27, 2009; Hankyoreh, December 26 and 27, 2009.

[19] Asahi Shimbun, March 30, 2010.