SexViolHist Bib: Society: Organizations: Nippon Kaigi

»Nippon Kaigi (日本会議, lit. 'Japan Conference') is Japan's largest ultraconservative and ultranationalist far-right non-governmental organization and lobbying group. It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020.
The group has significant influence in Japanese politics. In October 2014, 289 of the 480 Japanese National Diet members were part of the group. Many ministers and a few prime ministers, including current prime minister Fumio Kishida, Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe, and Yoshihide Suga, were members.
The organization describes its aims as to "change the postwar national consciousness based on the Tokyo Tribunal's view of history as a fundamental problem" and to revise Japan's current Constitution, especially Article 9 which forbids the maintenance of a standing army. The group also aims to promote patriotic education, support official visits to Yasukuni Shrine and promote a nationalist interpretation of State Shinto. It also rejects that comfort women, recruited by Japan during World War II, were forced to work. « -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century, 21^st Century | II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Japanese History | III. Topical Index: Types: Forced Prostitution: "Comfort Women" System

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Yamaguchi, Tomomi. »The "History Wars" and the "Comfort Woman" Issue: The Significance of Nippon Kaigi in the Revisionist Movement in Contemporary Japan.« The Transnational Redress Movement for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery. Edited by Pyong G. Min et al. Berlin 2020: 233-260.

II. Speaker Index