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Kyoto War Heritage

Emergence of Contestation: 1945

Members of the 16th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed in Kyoto were sent out across the Asia-Pacific, linking various sites across the city to Japan's military past. This past and the associated sites, however, are conspicuously absent from Kyoto's tourism landscape, and remain a negative heritage, yet to be dealt with.

Kyoto's Contested Asia-Pacific War Heritage: Sites of the Army's 16th Division - Justin Aukema

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Hokkaido Jingu

Emergence of Contestation: 1869, 1895, 1945, 1949-1987

The Shinto shrines built over time along the expanding Imperial Japanese border carried different associations in different locations across varying points in time. While the shrines in Hokkaido retained a religious association even after the war and were linked to the pioneer narrative, in colonial Taiwan the shrines were primarily locations of patriotic worship of the dead, and, as they became set as secular after the war, they transformed into symbols of a multicultural Taiwan.

Desecration or Veneration: The Legacy of Shinto Shrines at the Borders of Imperial Japan - Karli Shimizu

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Arahama Elementary School

Emergence of Contestation: 2011

In the wake of the March 2011 disasters in Tohoku, several remaining ruins have become sites of negative heritage. This site - an example of a successful evacuation - is being preserved as a monument to the importance of disaster preparation (BOSAI).

Framing Negative Heritage in Disaster Risk Education: School Memorials After 3.11 - Julia Gerster, Flavia Fulco

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War Memorial of Korea

Emergence of Contestation - 1994

The War Memorial in Seoul commemorates the successful military campaigns of Korea, and aims at preventing future wars through education. However, the museum has been criticised as a glorification of Korea's military past, as it fails to offer any counter-narratives and does not highlight wartime atrocities perpetrated by Korean soldiers in Vietnam, as well as as domestically during the suppression of the democratic protests of 1980.

War Memorial of Korea - Dasom Lee

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