An exhibition commemorating the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in World War II is set to arrive in Japan later this year, but will not be held in either Tokyo or Osaka due to pressure from rightwing groups and certain bureaucrats.
The exhibition, "Memories of the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia According to Dutch, Japanese and Indonesians," consists of photographs and testimonies, including diaries and drawings, of those who lived through the Japanese occupation.
It was put together by the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation and is being brought here as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of Japanese-Dutch relations. It was first displayed in the Netherlands last year.