Preface ......................................................... 9
Notes to Readers ............................................... 21
Introduction The Historical Perceptions of Korea and Japan ..... 23
PART I The Dokdo · Takeshima Issue
Chapter 1
The Dokdo · Takeshima Issue: Its Origins and the Current
Situation
Hyun Dae-song ............................................... 37
Introduction ................................................... 37
1. Controversial Points Over the Claim of Sovereignty
Over Dokdo and Relevant Research ............................ 40
2. Controversies Over Historical Facts ......................... 48
3. Controversial Points From the Perspective of
International Law ........................................... 72
4. Confrontations Over Interpretations of a Series
of Measures Taken in the Period Between the Pacific
War and the Korea-Japan Treaty on Basic Relations ........... 81
Conclusion ..................................................... 89
Chapter 2
Japan's Incorporation of Takeshima into Its Territory
in 1905
Hori Kazuo .................................................. 93
Introduction ................................................... 93
1. Knowledge and Consciousness of Dokdo. Takeshima
as a Territory .............................................. 95
2. Japan' s Invasion of Korea's Outlying Islands .............. 111
3. Japan's Territorial Incorporation of Takeshima ............. 124
Conclusion .................................................... 136
Chapter 3
Questions Concerning the Japanese Theory on Takeshima as
Japan's Inherent Territory
Naito Seichu ............................................... 139
Introduction .................................................. 139
1. Wasn't Ulleungdo Korean Territory? ......................... 143
2. Questions Surrounding the Permission of Passage to
Takeshimav ................................................. 148
3. Questions Surrounding the Takeshima Ikken and
the Passage Prohibition .................................... 153
4. Questions Surrounding the Testimony of Ahn Yong-bok ........ 160
Chapter 4
Japan's Policy towards Territorial Disputes in East Asia
Wada Haruki ................................................ 171
Introduction .................................................. 171
1. Problems: Defeat in the War, Occupation and Territories .... 172
2. The San Francisco Peace Treaty ............................. 176
3. The Sovereignty Issue in Bilateral Relations ............... 179
4. Changes in the Situation and a Failed Effort ............... 186
Concluding Remarks: Reconciliation and Coexistence -
A Time for Turnabout in Territorial Disputes ............... 189
Part II The Issues of Yasukuni Shrine, 'Comfort Women',
and Textbooks
Chapter 5
Yasukuni Shrine: A Controversial Historical Issue
Involving Japan and Korea
Takahashi Tetsuya .......................................... 197
Introduction .................................................. 197
1. What is Yasukuni Shrine? ................................... 198
2. The Issue of Class 'A' War Criminals ....................... 202
3. Souls of Koreans Enshrined in Yasukuni Shrine .............. 208
4. Demand for the Cancellation of the Enshrinement
of Fallen Korean Soldiers .................................. 210
Concluding Remarks: How Korean Demands for
the Cancellation of the Enshrinement of Their
Family Members at Yasukuni Shrine will be Dealt with? ......... 211
Chapter 6
Controversies Surrounding the Question of the Japanese
Army's Comfort Stations and 'Comfort Women'
Youn Myoung-sook ........................................... 213
Introduction .................................................. 213
1. Overview of the Issue ...................................... 216
2. Two Main Issues: "Were the Women Forcefully Taken
Away?" and "Did the Comfort Stations System Consist
of Licensed Houses of Prostitution?" ....................... 218
3. Japanese Government's Legal Responsibility for
the Comfort Stations System ................................ 221
Conclusion .................................................... 226
Chapter 7
Historical Conflict and Dialogues Between Korea and Japan:
With the Focus on the Current Issue Concerning Japanese
Historical Textbooks
Chung Jae-jeong ............................................ 229
Introduction .................................................. 229
1. Historical Perspectives and Conflict ....................... 231
2. Disputes Over Historical Textbooks and History-related
Dialogues .................................................. 241
Conclusion .................................................... 254
PART III The Evolution of Conflict Between Korea
and Japan in the Post World War II
Chapter 8
The 'Treaty on Basic Relations' and the 'Agreement
on Claims' between the Republic of Korea and Japan
Kim Chang-rok .............................................. 261
Introduction .................................................. 261
1. Article 2 of the Basic Treaty .............................. 263
2. Agreement .................................................. 265
3. Present Situation of Righting the Wrongs of the Past
between Korea and Japan .................................... 273
Concluding Remarks: What Should be Done? ...................... 277
Chapter 9
The Cold War and Relations between Japan and Korea
Kimiya Tadashi ............................................. 279
Introduction: Purpose and Significance of This Article ........ 279
1. Japan - Korea Relations in the Early Cold War Period:
Initial Conditions in the Bilateral Relations .............. 282
2. The Political Process of Negotiations for
the Normalization of Relations Between Japan
and Korea: With the Focus on Korea's Claims
for Compensation for Japanese Colonial Rule ................ 289
3. Conclusion of the Negotiations for the Normalization
of Relations between Japan and Korea ....................... 295
Concluding Remarks: The Cold War and the Relations
Between Japan and Korea Following the Signing of
the Korea-Japan Treaty on Basic Relations .................. 298
Chapter 10
Current Situation of Compensation for Koreans Mobilized
Forcefully During Japan's Colonial Rule: With the
Focus on the Period Following the Disclosure of the
Documents Related to the Korea-Japan Negotiation for
the Normalization of Bilateral Relations
Choi Bong-tae .............................................. 305
Introduction .................................................. 305
1. Disclosure of the Documents and Steps Taken by
the Korean Government ...................................... 306
2. Actions Taken by Victims After the Disclosure
of the Documents ........................................... 311
3. Noticeable Actions Occurred Recently in Japan .............. 313
4. Expected Controversial Points .............................. 316
Conclusion .................................................... 319
PART IV Beyond the Past and Confrontation
Chapter 11
Background to History-Related Conflicts Between Korea and
Japan: Japanese Nationalism Against Korea
Kang Deok-sang ............................................. 325
Introduction .................................................. 325
1. Seikanron .................................................. 329
2. Korea and the Popular Rights Movement in Japan ............. 332
3. Korea As a Forward Base for Japan's March Toward
the Asian Continent ........................................ 336
4. Significance of Japan's Annexation of Korea ................ 339
5. Policy of Harsh Oppression ................................. 340
6. Suppression of the March First Independence Movement ....... 341
7. Speaking up for Democracy Internally, and Invading
Other Countries ............................................ 343
8. Public Order Preservation Act and Koreans .................. 344
9. "Subjects of the Japanese Empire" During Wartime ........... 345
10.Reality of Forced Wartime Mobilization ..................... 346
11.Do the Japanese Feel Remorseful About the Wrongs
Perpetrated During Their Colonial Rule Over Korea? ......... 347
Conclusion .................................................... 347
Chapter 12
What are the Japanese to Koreans?: The Past, Present
and Future
Kim Young-jak .............................................. 349
Introduction .................................................. 349
1. Views of Each Other in Pre-Modern Times: Confrontation
Between the Korean Sense of Cultural Superiority Over
the Japanese and the Japanese Sense of Military
Supremacy and Self - image As a Divine Land ................ 355
2. Modern Times: The Conflict Over the "Peripheral
Supremacy of Korea'and Japan's Dual Image as
a Model for Modernization and /or as a Foreign Pressures ... 360
3. Modern Times (Post-liberation Period): Relations
Between Korea and Japan - The Need for the Settlement
of Past Wrongs Perpetrated by Japan and the
Establishment of a New Relationship As Virtual
Allies and Economic Cooperation ............................ 368
Concluding Remarks: Issues to be Settled-Will
the Two Countries Be the Key Actors in the
Launch of the "Northeast Asian Community?" ................. 374
Chapter 13
For Comprehensive Management of Relations with Japan:
The Dokdo Issue, a Stumbling Block to Smooth Bilateral
Relations
Gong Ro-myung .............................................. 377
Introduction: The Gap Between the Reality and
the Best Possible Approach .................................... 377
1. Lack of Perspective When Recognizing Historical Facts ...... 378
2. "A Matter Concerning Takeshima"(1696) and
the Dajokan(Imperial Japanese Council of State)'s
Instruction (1877) ......................................... 379
3. The Edo Bakufu's Prohibition of Japanese Voyages
to Ulleungdo ............................................... 381
4. The Various Names for Dokdo Used by the Japanese ........... 382
5. Inshu shicho goki (Records of Observations of Inshu) ....... 382
6. Finding a Desirable Way of Settling the Dokdo Issue ........ 383
7. Need to Take Care of it Patiently as One Requiring
Long-term Care ............................................. 384
8. What is Japan to the Koreans? .............................. 385
Concluding Remarks: Political Leadership Required ............. 387
Appendix
Chronology of the Historical Perceptions of Korea and Japan ... 390
Index ......................................................... 447
Contributors .................................................. 461
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