Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire edited by Paul H. Kratoska, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, 1- 433 pp.

Abstract

This book provides detailed insights on the various forms of labour mobilisation by the Japanese during the Second World War. It is a compilation of 17 chapters divided into 10 parts. Part 1 to part 9 covers labour mobilisation in Japan and in occupied territories including Manchuria, North China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaya, Philippines and Vietnam. The last part, part 10, touches on memory of the war and reconciliation after the war.