A Post-war History of Former Japanese Soldiers in Indonesia －An Analysis focusing mainly on ‘Fukushi Tomo no Kai'，a Welfare Association for the Japauese Group－

The Japanese soldiers who remained in Indonesia after ＷＷII were stigmatized in post-war Japan as fugitives and in Indonesia were seen as the former enemy despite having fought in the Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1949). In 1979 they established a welfare association called ‘Fukushi Tomo no Kai' and began the fight to restore their honor. As a result，they were able to visit to Japan，and receive payment of their military pension and commendation from the ambassador. The purpose of the paper is to clarifty what role the ‘Fukushi Tomo no Kai' played in post-war Indonesian society，and the inftuence it had on the first，second and third generation Japanese-Indonesians in shaping their identities. The monthlies，Geppo and Kaiho，are analyzed to see how the ‘Fukushi Tomo no Kai' has changedand what identity change can be seen between the first generation and their children. Finally，the paper elucidates that the second and third generation Japanese consciously chose the identity of Japanese-Indonesian latching onto the merits of their Japanese decent in relation to post-war Japan and intemational and global changes，which was different from the identity of the 1st generation