Area Studies-Based Socio-Cultural History on War and Memories

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26570008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Taihei 静岡大学, 情報学部, 准教授 (70585190)
• Research Collaborator: Chua Kar Ian Cheng アテネオ・デ・マニラ大学, 歴史学部, 講師 ; Kim Hyun Shin 中央大学, 総合文化政策学部, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アジア太平洋戦争 / 朝鮮戦争 / 記憶 / 忘却 / 想起 / 観光 / 遺骨 / 博物館

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is a joint research on war memories across borders among Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. The wars of the 20th century in East Asia consist of 50 years of Japan's invasion against Asian peoples and 30 years of domestic and international wars in countries outside of Japan. As joint researchers with different national backgrounds, we paid particular attention to the role of "activists on memories." 1) On "remembrances," we cited examples of misunderstanding and forgetting of other memories. 2) We also clarified conflicting memories on the same memorial and in the same site. 3) We also included the Philippines to the discussion of "politics of memories," which is usually confined among Japan, South Korea and China.

Free Research Field

アジア史