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The Legacy of Nanking: Differing Accounts of Brutality
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is a present-day tourist destination in southern Tokyo. This Art Deco style building was completed in 1933 and was originally the home of Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, who commissioned its construction after developing a taste for that particular architectural style during his travels with his wife in France and the …
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The New Face of Hiroshima
On May 5, 1955, not long before the ten year anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a group of young Japanese women departed from Tokyo for the United States to undergo reconstructive plastic surgery. These women were known as … Continue reading →
Perspective Matters
The Rape of Nanking has been forgotten by the majority of the world, denied by the Japanese, yet memorialized by the Chinese. The 1937 incident left an estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians dead in a matter of weeks. Sixty years later … Continue reading →
