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  • Yasukuni’s Mass Enshrinement Lists

    Yasukuni’s Mass Enshrinement Lists

    Introduction by Paul D. Barclay, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. Published on Mar 29, 2021. Yasukuni Shrine has been a site of international and domestic controversy since the 1980s, especially around the issue of its enshrinement of high-ranking Japanese officers from World War II. But Yasukuni’s role as a premier record-keeper of Japanese battlefield fatalities… Read more

  • Building and Street Use Codes in the Japanese Empire

    Building and Street Use Codes in the Japanese Empire

    Introduction by Tristan R. Grunow, Pacific University. Published on Aug 20, 2021. Japanese colonial officials arriving in Taiwan after 1895 and Korea after 1910 quickly set about transforming the urban space of colonial cities like Taipei and Seoul. By erecting monumental new buildings constructed in Western designs, installing new parks, and improving urban infrastructure like… Read more