The Review of Korean Studies
- P-ISSN1229-0076
- E-ISSN2773-9351
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ISSN : 1229-0076
Perspectives on the Korean War in Japanese High School Textbooks: Research Trends of Japanese Academia and their Reflection in the Textbooks
Abstract
This paper analyzes descriptions on the Korean War in Japanese high school textbooks. This paper also reviews Japanese academia’s research trends on the Korean War and determines to what extent recent academic research has been reflected in the high school textbooks. First, even though Japanese academia understands the divided situation of the Korean Peninsula not only from the viewpoint of the Cold War but also as an aspect of the Korean people’s conflict and confrontation, these views have been omitted in textbooks. Second, since the end of the Cold War, classified material from China and the USSR has been available to researchers. Thus there has been more research on the Korean War done in Japan, and the influences of the Korean War on Japan have been faithfully described from an economic standpoint. But there has been a lack of critical analysis regarding rearmament, and the Japanese army’s participation in the Korean War is rarely described. Third, content about the circumstances surrounding the Armistice Agreement and the meaning of the Korean War is very limited.
- keywords
- Korean War, Cold War, wartime special procurements, rearmament, Armistice Agreement, history education
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