...Masaru Tamamoto Copyright © 2001 World Policy Institute 2001 M a sa ru Yam am oto is a senior fe llo w o f the W orld P o licy In stitu te. H e resides in Yokoham a, J a p a n . A Land Without Patriots The Yasukuni Controversy and Japanese Nationalism...

... notice­ ment grudgingly began to deregulate, and ably deteriorated. The most provocative is­ corporations stripped of regulatory protec­ sue has been the prime minister’s insistence tion began to restructure. For workers, job on making an annual visit to Yasukuni, a security waned. Japan embarked...

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... of his campaign to re­ Public support for the historical revisionism vive patriotism, Nakasone became in 1985 and the “Gaullism” of rightists like Ishihara the first postwar prime minister to officially was limited, but widespread media coverage pay his respects at Yasukuni Shrine, the na­...

... Asian rivals’ bids and it fur­ Koizumi’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine com­ ther strengthens China’s ties with the Islam­ memorating Japan’s war dead, where Japa­ ic countries on whose energy resources Bei­ nese war criminals are also interred. China’s 24...