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2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Remembering Asia: History and Memory in Post-Cold War Japan
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‘Asia’ has returned to Japan, and Japan to ‘Asia’. For about one-and-a-half decades, intellectuals and politicians have been trying to redefine Japan’s place in the global order. Until 1990, the country’s primary orientation had been towards America. Under the umbrella of the security treaties with the US, Japan had defined herself essentially as part of the ‘West’. Asia, on the other hand, was virtually absent from Japanese discourse. The situation has changed markedly with the end of the Cold War and with the dissolution of the bipolar world order. While the US continues to be an important point of reference, the Asian neighbours in recent years have assumed increasing relevance in Japan.