Author： Blackburn Kevin
Publisher： IP Publishing Ltd
ISSN： 0967-828X
Source： South East Asia Research, Vol.18, Iss.1, 2010-03, pp. : 5-31
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Abstract
This article analyses why some countries in South East Asia have set aside a national day to remember the Japanese Occupation in the cause of nation-building and why other countries have tended to choose not to remember the Japanese Occupation because for them it does not further nation-building. Singapore, the Philippines and Burma have all remembered their experience of struggle and sacrifice during the Second World War to further national unity. However, most South East Asian countries have chosen at a national level not to commemorate this undoubtedly major watershed in the region's history.
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