For the Wire, Professor Sanjib Baruah Wrote about the Late Shinzo Abe, the Tokyo Trial, and a Complicated Legacy with India
The Monument to Justice Radha Binod Pal in Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo. Photo by Ethan Doyle White
“In a country where spirits of the dead inspire reverence, anxiety, and fear, the matter of holding a state funeral for a former prime minister – post-War Japan’s longest-serving, and one of the most consequential – should not be controversial,” writes Sanjib Baruah, professor of political studies. For the Wire, Baruah navigates the “tricky legacy” of the late Shinzo Abe with respect to his “revisionist rewriting of Japan’s wartime history.” “In India, Abe will be long remembered for his role in bolstering the country’s relations with Japan,” Baruah writes. “But Abe’s push for a revisionist rewriting of Japan’s wartime history, which is a major factor in what makes his legacy controversial, runs the risk of implicating India.”
Post Date: 08-23-2022
Post Date: 08-23-2022