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dc.contributor.authorHacker, Randi
dc.contributor.authorTsutsui, William
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-22T18:58:09Z
dc.date.available2014-05-22T18:58:09Z
dc.date.issued2006-03-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13721
dc.descriptionThis is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
dc.description.abstractBroadcast Transcript: Japan has often been criticized for trying to whitewash its history of conquest and colonialism. First there were those school textbooks that skim over Japanese war crimes, then there were the prime minister's visits to the Nationalist Yasukuni shrine; and now there's Yuko Tojo. To most of the world, General Hideki Tojo was a war criminal on par with Hitler and Mussolini but to Yuko, he's grandpa and she is campaigning to improve his image. She travels with a box of Tojo-iana that contains a lock of his hair and the butt of his last cigarette. But how can even the strongest family ties polish up the reputation of the man who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor? Well, Yuko freely admits she hardly knew her grandfather. That might explain everything. #ceas #hacker #japan #tsutsui
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCenter for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPostcards from Asia;0017
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://audioboom.com/posts/806884-0017-whitewashed-history
dc.subjectJapan
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectGeneral Tojo
dc.subjectYuko Tojo
dc.subjectYasukuni Shrine
dc.subjectPearl Harbor
dc.titleWhitewashed History
dc.typeRecording, oral
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kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
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