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Yoshiko Sakurai

Yoshiko Sakurai ((櫻井 良子, Sakurai Yoshiko, born 10 October 1945, Hanoi, Vietnam) is a Japanese journalist and TV presenter.

History

After graduating from Nagaoka highschool, she entered Keio University. Later she graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, majoring in history.

Sakurai started her career as a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor in Tokyo. She served as a news presenter on Nippon Television's late night reporting programme, Kyo-no-dekigoto, from 1980 to 1996. She is best known for her ardent study for the HIV-tainted blood scandal in Japan during the 1990s. She is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."

Criticism

When talking about the comfort women issue being taught about in schools, Sakurai insists "all the textbooks...assume 'taken by force' as a major premise; however,...it is my conviction that (the women) were not 'taken by force.'" For Sakurai, Japan's history needs to be told from the Japanese perspective, that is, a perspective through which the younger generation come to love the nation.[1]

References

  1. ^ Yoshiko Nozaki (2005-07-31). "The 'Comfort Women' Controversy: History and Testimony" (html). Japan Focus. www.japanfocus.org. Retrieved 2008-06-17. For Sakurai, Japan's (hi)story needs to be told from the Japanese perspective, that is, a perspective through which the younger generation come to love the nation.