Session Details
[Symposium 59] Cultural Responses to WW2 in Japan: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Intercultural Dialogue
Sat. Sep 27, 2025 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM JST
Sat. Sep 27, 2025 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM UTC
Sat. Sep 27, 2025 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM UTC
Session Room 6 (Conference Room B)
Moderator: Yuki Imoto (Keio University), Kai Ogimoto (Sagami Women’s University) Discussant: Koh Eugen (University of Melbourne)
Discussant: Eugen Koh (University of Melbourne)
Discussant: Eugen Koh (University of Melbourne)
[SY-59]Cultural Responses to WW2 in Japan: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Intercultural Dialogue
Ritsu Yonekura1, Chizuko Tezuka2, Kai Ogimoto3, Eugen Koh4 (1. Nihon University (Japan), 2. Independent (Japan), 3. Sagami Women’s University (Japan), 4. Australian National University (Australia))
[SY-59-01]Bias toward “Narratives of Sacrifice” in Japanese “August Journalism” and Collective Memory of War in Postwar Japan
*Ritsu Yonekura1 (1. Nihon University Department of Law (Japan))
[SY-59-02]apanese Narrative of World War 2 through the Cultural Lens of Japanese Tanka: Tragic Acceptance of War Realities and Its Implications
*Chizuko Tezuka1 (1. formerly Keio University (Japan))
[SY-59-03]On the Myth of "Izanaki and Izanami": Mythological Thinking and Inability to Mourn after WW2 in Japan
*Kai Ogimoto1 (1. Sagami Women's University (Japan))
[SY-59-04]Cultural work in the healing of cultural trauma from the Second World War
Discussant: Eugen Koh1 (1. University of Melbourne (Australia))