AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. History and Responsibility: Debates over The Showa History2. From Relational Identity to Specific Identity: On Equality and Nationality3. Asian Theory and European Humanity: On the Question of Anthropological Difference4. “You Asians”: On the Historical Role of the Binary of the West and Asia5. Addressing the Multitude of Foreigners, Echoing Foucault6. The Loss of Empire and Inward-Looking SocietyPart 1: Area Studies and Transpacific ComplicityPart 2: Empire Under SubcontractPart 3: Inward-Looking SocietyConclusion: Shame and DecolonizationAppendix 1. Memorandum on Policy towards JapanAppendix 2. Statement on Racism Prepared by William Haver and Naoki Sakai, March 20, 1987, in ChicagoNotesReferencesIndex