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[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
Session Room 6 (Conference Room B)
Chair: Yuki Imoto (Keio University), Kai Ogimoto (Sagami Women’s University)
Organizer's Abstract

[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]On the Myth of "Izanaki and Izanami": Mythological Thinking and Inability to Mourn after WW2 in Japan

*Ritsu Yonekura2, Chizuko Tezuka3, Kai Ogimoto1, Eugen Koh4 (1.Sagami Women's University(Japan), 2.Nihon University(Japan), 3.Independent(Japan), 4.Australian National University(Australia))

[SY-59-02]Bias toward “Narratives of Sacrifice” in Japanese “August Journalism” and Collective Memory of War in Postwar Japan

*Ritsu Yonekura (Nihon University Department of Law(Japan))

[SY-59-03]apanese Narrative of World War 2 through the Cultural Lens of Japanese Tanka: Tragic Acceptance of War Realities and Its Implications

*Chizuko Tezuka (formerly Keio University(Japan))

[SY-59-04]Cultural work in the healing of cultural trauma from the Second World War

*Eugen Koh (University of Melbourne(Australia))
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