Guilt-fealing of Japanese People in 2nd World War Time.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	07041074
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	Field Research
Research Institution	KYOTO Univ.of Art and Design
Principal Investigator	NODA Masaaki KYOTO Univ of Art & Design Professor, 芸術学部, 教授 (80112548)
Project Period (FY)	1995
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help	¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 1995: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords	war / Guil-feeling / Rost-Traumatic Stress Disora / veteran / prisoner-of-war / China-North-East / peace movement / bacteriological warfare
Research Abstract	Time is running out for the men who fought world War II.Many Japanese, remorseful about the atrocities they committed in China and South-east Asia, want to unburden themselves. Their Testimony should be collected lest Japanese culture's suppression of guilt deniesposterity this chapter of our history. Do the Japanese feel guilt? We have a sense of shame, and don't want others to learn of our wrongdoing.But do individuals ever agonize privately over their own misconduct? Some Japanese Soldiers deeply regretted their brutality oversea, but were never asked to tell their stories for the record. Nevertheless, some former soldiers have come forward to tell about the Rape of Nanking in 1937 and the atrocities committed in northern China and the South Pacific.Ex-police officers have admitted torturing political prisoners in Japan.