东史郎日记案对历史认知与东亚和平的影响评析

Analysis of the Influence of the Diary of Azuma Shiro on Historical Cognition and Peace in East Asia

日本老兵东史郎逝世已经10年,日本最高法院终审判决东史郎日记案败诉也已经16年。但时至今日,东史郎日记案仍不时地被中、日、韩和马来西亚等国家爱好和平的学术团体、民间组织和研究者所提及,中、美、德、韩等多国媒体也时常举例报道,东史郎日记案对今天的历史认知与东亚和平乃至未来均有一定的影响。本文较为详细的论述东史郎日记案的缘起和过程,从日本人和中国人对该案的评价,以及对东亚的历史认知及和平走向影响等角度,试图从中日关系的个案出发,分析历史问题对国际关系特别是对中日关系的重大影响,理应引起各界人士的重视。

It has been 10 years since the death of Japanese veteran Azuma Shiro and 16 years since the Japanese Supreme Court's verdict in the case of the diary of Azuma Shiro. However, even now, the diary has been mentioned by academic societies, civil society organizations, and researchers from China, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, and many other media from China, the United States, Germany, and Republic of Korea. The diary has a certain impacton today's historical cognition and peace in East Asia and the future. This paper discusses the origin and process of the diary case in detail, in the perspective of the Japanese and Chinese's evaluation of the case and its influence on East Asia's historical cognition and peaceful trend. This paper attempts to analyze the impact of history on international relations, especially Sino-Japanese relations. The issue should be paid attention to by us all.