![]() ![]() We assess the implications of these representations for the contemporary political objective of moving Japan toward a martial state. We argue that the press coverage that contextualized the shrine’s war criminals offered critical, mnemonic representations, while those that excluded this context provided fragmented representations. ![]() ![]() Theories of the social production of news and collective memory ground our analysis and interpretation of the representations and their implications. Using critical, qualitative content analysis, we analyze the coverage’s representation of historical context. The shrine memorializes war dead, including 14 Class-A WWII criminals, and is implicated in the history issue-the unresolved legacy of Imperial Japan’s wartime history. This article examines Japanese press coverage of Premier Koizumi’s controversial visits to Yasukuni Shrine from 2001-2006. ![]()
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