Edward Boyle is Associate Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto, Japan, and editor of Japan Review.Steven Ivings is Associate Professor of Economics at Kyoto University, Japan. He is the co-editor of Global Diasporas in the Age of High Imperialism (2017, with Ulrike Kirchberger).

• Introduction: Siting Japan's Empire and Borders of Memory Edward Boyle (International Research Center for Japanese Studies [Nichibunken], Japan) and Steven Ivings (Kyoto University, Japan)Part I - Struggles for Recognition1. The ‘time of the now’: Upopoy and Ainu ancestral remains as sites of memory Michael Roellinghoff (University of Hong Kong, China)2. Ichigaya Memorial and the (Non-)Representation of the Tokyo Trial Andre Hertich (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)3. Contesting Memories Online: The Case of the 'Comfort Women' Page on English Wikipedia Jonathan Lewis (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)Part 2 - Cosmopolitan Connections4. Enemies Buried Together: The Remains of War at Cowra Alison Starr (Independent Scholar, Australia)5. Debating the Meaning and Removal of Kyoto's Mimizuka across the 20th Century Daniel Milne (Kyoto University, Japan)6. Japanese Repatriation Museums and Bordering Memories of Empire Jonathan Bull (Hokkaido University, Japan)Part 3 - Stated or Unstated7. Beyond a 'Site of Memory': The Puppet Emperor Palace Emily Matson (University of Virginia, USA)8. Meanings and Uses of Meiji Shrine Peter Zarrow (University of Connecticut, USA)9. Humanizing Bordered Histories: Japanese Locals in Guam's War Memorial Maria Cynthia B. Barriga (Waseda University, Japan)BibliographyIndex

This edited volume offers insightful and thought-provoking analysis of Japan’s imperial legacies and their entanglement with global histories of memory. The various essays provide a compelling examination of the working of war memory, both within and between sites, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of the topic.