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Japan’s Past War Crimes Cause Debate Among Asian Americans
Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm
Demonstrating that it can take generations for the political fallout of wars to end, the Japanese Prime Minister’s recent refusal to acknowledge that women were forced into military brothels during World War II has sparked discussion on American campuses. At Harvard, heated online discussion of Japan’s sex crimes against the Chinese (and others) during World War II prompted a forum called “Our Generation’s Perceptions of Different Asian Ethnicities.” Students from the Chinese Students Association, the Korean Association, and the Asian American Association participated in the discussion.
