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War Memory, Pacifism, the Self-Defense Forces, and Security Debate

How memories of war, Article 9, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Self-Defense Forces, the United States alliance, military bases, and pacifism remain connected in Japan’s security debates.

What does peace education look like in Japanese schools and communities?

What often stays with students from peace education in Japan is not a list of facts about war, but a feeling: war is frightening, and it should not happen again. The details of a lesson may fade, while that impression remains much strong...

War Memory, Pacifism, the Self-Defense Forces, and Security Debate

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