The Nationalist Assault on Japan's Local Peace Museums: The Conversion of Peace Osaka
Journal: Japan focus
Year: 2015

Abstract In April 2015, Peace Osaka, a publicly-funded museum famous for its hard-hitting exhibits about Japan's wars of the 1930s and 1940s, reopened after a “renewal”. In the new exhibits, discussion of Japanese aggression and atrocities has been completely removed and the stance of the museum has changed from progressive to conservative. Based on a photographic record of the pre- and post-“renewal” exhibits, this essay discusses in what ways and why Peace Osaka has changed under three heading