Imagining Japan in Post-war East Asia

<i> <p></i>This book analyses the portrayal of Japan in the societies of East and Southeast Asia and asks how and why this has changed in recent decades and what these changing images of Japan reveal about the ways in which these societies construct their own identities. It examines the role played by Japan as an Other in the construction of national selves across the East Asian region and examines the views fostered through a broad range of media ranging from school curricula and textbooks to film television literature and comics. </p>