It seems that my interest in Northeast Asian rapprochement is shared with many others. Indeed, since writing a recent post on Japan’s effort to rein in its historical rows with its neighbors, I’ve discovered a number of interesting takes on the issue.
Anyone interested in understanding Sino-Japanese relations and the latent historical tensions that affect them should give these a gander:
-Tobias Harris has some good reading on the Democratic Party of Japan and its stance on history here.
-Kate Merkel-Hess and Jeffrey Wasserstrom have an interesting take on the recently published Joint Report of Chinese and Japanese historians here.
-Peter Brown has a markedly different interpretation of the report here.
-Ethan Chua has also dissects it here.
Japanese-capable readers might enjoy this background report:
