Singapore renames WWII exhibition after outcry
(Artdaily.org)

Singapore has renamed a World War II exhibition after the original title, which used the name given to the city-state by Japan under its brutal occupation, sparked a public outcry. The exhibition opened earlier this week under the banner `Syonan Gallery: War and Its Legacies` to mark the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, then a British colony, to Japanese troops. But many locals protested use of the term `Syonan` -- Japan`s name for the island during its three-year occupation -- saying it `evoked deep hurt` among individuals, parents and grandparents. Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim publicly apologised for the mishap. `This was never our intention (to cause hurt), and I am sorry for the pain the name has caused,` he said in a Facebook post on Friday after receiving letters of complaint