This paper focuses on historical revisionism as a factor explaining the phenomenon that contemporary Japan's chauvinistic movement is picking old comer Korean residents in Japan as the main target of attack. We try to clarify the relationship between chauvinistic discourse / movement with history revisionism. First, historical revisionism regards the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” as a false allegation, and the Korean people and Korean residents in Japan are unduly condemning Japan. Also, the historical revisionism on colonial rule creates the recognition that Koreans in Japan live in Japan without just cause. These perceptions serve as a subjective reason for the rightwing chauvinists to justify their arguments. Second, ethnic discriminatory prejudice against Korean residents, which has close ties with chauvinism movement, acts as the basis for historical revisionist claims. The testimony of former “comfort women” victims will be denied as being untrustworthy because Koreans are “freeloaders” and “liars”. Thirdly, some of the main players of the chauvinistic movement are also committed to the historical revisionist movement, and this fact suggests close ties between chauvinism and historical revisionism in terms of personal connections of the movement. In contemporary Japan, the sense of crisis against the spread of historical revisionism is never widely shared. This is a matter of deep concern in considering the future of exclusionism in Japan.
동국대학교 일본학연구소 [The Institute for Japanese Studies Dongguk University]
설립연도
1979
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
동국대학교 부설 일본학연구소는 일본의 역사, 문화, 사회를 연구하여 한일간의 상호이해증진과 문화교류에 이바지하고자 다음과 같은 사업을 실시한다. 첫째, 한일관계의 연구발표 및 강연회를 개최한다. 둘째, 정기 간행물과 연구도서 발간 및 자료를 수집한다. 셋째, 한일관련 연구비를 보조한다. 넷째, 내외 저명인사의 초빙과 임직원의 해외파견을 실시한다. 다섯째, 부속도서실을 운영한다. 여섯째, 기타 목적달성에 필요한 사업을 실시한다. 이상과 같은 사업을 통하여 한일관계의 이해의 폭을 넓힘으로써 지금까지 가깝고도 먼 양국관계에서 가까운 양국관계를 구축해 가는데 일조하고자 한다.