Beschreibung:
Jane W. Yamazaki teaches Japan-related courses in the department of International Studies at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan in addition to courses on culture and communication at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Focusing on a detailed look at Japanese apologies for the Second World War from 1984 to 1995, this book explores the issues of motive, what makes an apology a 'success', interactive/dialogical dimensions, international pressures, and role of apology in a changing international moral climate.
1. Introduction 2. Accusation, Accusers and Audience 3. The Early Apologies: Repairing Relationships 4. The 'Comfort Women' Apologies 5. Hosokawa apologies: Politics and History 6. The Anti-Apologies: Conservative Apologia 7. Murayama's Apology: On the International Stage 8. Apology as International Discource 9. Conclusions