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Memoirs of War, Contemporary Japan, and its Asian Neighbors At the invitation of the Center for Cold War Studies and the East Asia Center, Ambassador Kazuhiko Togo, Japan's former Ambassador to Holland, former councilor for the Japanese Ministry of Education, and former chief of the European Asian Bureau will speak on the UCSB campus on the topic, "Memoirs of War, Contemporary Japan, and its Asian Neighbors." Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni Shrine has provoked storms of protest in China and South Korea. Most recently, Foreign Minister Aso's statement on Taiwan has counsed strong protest in China. These and other issues related to Japan, China, and the two Koreas will be the main focus of his talk. This event is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and the East Asia Center, and co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and others at UCSB. Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Time: 11:00 a.m. Location: History Department, HSSB 4020 Free event |