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Envisioning A New East Asia: Some Concrete Steps Japan Can Take For Peace And Reconciliation, Tatsushi Arai

Tatsushi Arai

This is a policy proposal submitted to Japanese policymakers and opinion leaders concerned with the sustained controversy over the Yasukuni shrine and other issues related to the future of Japanese international relations with its neighboring countries in the Asia Pacific. Based on the insights into psychoanalysis and trauma healing, the paper explores how to use and transform historical symbols and discourses to facilitate long-term reconciliation.