Grassroots Museums for Peace in Japan

There are many peace museums in Japan but thequality of the exhibitions is problematic becauseJapan's victim side of World War II tends to beexhibited at public peace museums without exhibitingJapan's aggression. The Osaka International PeaceCentre is a public peace museum but the exhibitionson Japan's aggression could remain in spite ofnationalists' attacks in the 1990s which raised aquestion why it was possible to exhibit Japan'saggression. The aim of this book is to explorecitizens' efforts for promoting peace andreconciliation at peace museums in Japan in the1990s. This book brings into light citizens' effortsfor peace and reconciliation at the OsakaInternational Peace Centre and also three privatepeace museums. It is argued that citizens' activeattitude and action are the key factors for peacemuseums to exhibit the historical truth (Japan'saggression) and engage in peacemaking at both publicand private peace museums. This book should beuseful to professionals in peace education peaceresearch and peace making through peace museums oranyone else who is interested in promoting peace.