Collective Memory and Politics: ‘Comfort Women’ in Current Relations between South Korea and Japan

The article analyzes how the “comfort women” issue influences current relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan. In the early 20th century, Japan annexed Korea, and the memories of colonial-era humiliation are vivid in Korean collective consciousness. As a result, issues of the past often so...

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Main Author: I. V. Dyachkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Japanologists 2020-12-01
Series:Russian Japanology Review
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Online Access:https://www.japanreview.ru/jour/article/view/25
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