Etajima commemorates people who fought for Japan and could therefore be remembered there as heroes. Visitors whose countries fought against them can assess the same people very differently. Understanding that national perspective does not require regarding everyone commemorated as a good person. Clarke found the museums he visited more honest about the war than some comments on his Hiroshima video suggested. In particular, he rejected the claim that the Hiroshima presentation implied the Americans had bombed Japan for no reason.
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Etajima presents naval memory from Japan's own perspective
Etajima's commemoration of Japanese service members raises questions about national perspective and how foreign visitors interpret wartime heroism.