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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction Kazuhiko Togo and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 1 Part I: An Overview 15 Chapter 1. Dealing with Difficult Pasts: Japan’s ‘‘History Problem’’ from a Theoretical and Comparative Perspective Thomas U. Berger 17 Chapter 2. East Asian Historical Issues in a Contemporary Light Gilbert Rozman 42 Chapter 3. Japan’s Historical Memory: Overcoming Polarization toward Synthesis Kazuhiko Togo 59 Part II: Contentious Issues 81 Chapter 4. The History Textbook Issue in Japan and East Asia: Institutional Framework, Controversies, and International Efforts for Common Histories Hiroshi Mitani 83 Chapter 5. Myths, Milieu, and Facts: History Textbook Controversies in Northeast Asia Mikyoung Kim 94