The five papers which make up this collection examine the experiences of the Malayan population under the Japanese Occupation between early 1942 and August 1945. Abu Talib Ahmad discusses relations between the Japanese and the Malay/Muslim population, while Yoji Akashi and Hara Fujio consider the Chinese population. The other two articles, by Patricia Lim Pui Huen and Henry Frei look at how the Occupation is remembered in Japan and in Malaya. Taken as a whole, this volume offers a fresh look at the Occupation and its consequences for the people of Malaya and of Japan.