Dark Heritage in Contemporary Japan - Relics of an Underground Empire

This book examines civic activism to conserve dark heritage built by the colonial and wartime labor regime in contemporary Japan.

List of contents

1. Prologue 2. Constructing the Empire Underground 3. Attaching Wartime Memories to Places 4. Making of the Heritage of Shame in the Name of Peace 5. Making of the Heritage of Resentment by Excavating Memories of Forced Labor 6. Epilogue

About the author

Jung-Sun Han is a professor at the College of International Studies, Korea University. Majoring in modern and contemporary Japanese history and culture, Han has worked on the interwar and wartime Japanese political thoughts and the Japan-Korea relations via visual culture of modern Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Jung-Sun Han
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032583709
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258370-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, General & world history, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General