K. Togo 
Japan and Reconciliation in Post-war Asia [PDF ebook] 
The Murayama Statement and Its Implications

Overview; Kazuhiko Togo Historical Role and Future Implications of the Murayama Statement: A View from Japan; Kazuhiko Togo Political Apology in Sino-Japanese Relations: The Murayama Statement and its Receptions in China; Daqing Yang In Search of the Perfect Apology: Korea’s Responses to the Murayama Statement; Youngshik D. Bong Redeeming the Pariah, Redeeming the Past: Some Taiwanese Reflections on the Murayama Statement; Rwei-Ren Wu Neither Exemplary nor Irrelevant: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with its Difficult Past; Thomas U. Berger Notes on Contributors

THOMAS U. BERGER Associate professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University, US YOUNGSHIK D. BONG Senior research fellow and director of Foreign Policy Studies, Asian Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea KAZUHIKO TOGO Director of the Institute for World Affairs and professor of International Politics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan RWEI-REN WU- Associate research fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan DAQING YANG Associate professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University, US