An Analysis of the Historical Representation of the Japanese War and Occupation in Singapore: IntroductionBuilt in 1887, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) is the oldest museum of the country. Using diverse and new ways of representing history and culture, NMS seeks to provide visitors with an unconventional museum experience. (National Museum of Singapore, 2013). In the Singapore History Gallery, a segment is dedicated to describing the Japanese occupation, showing the progress of Japanese expansion in Singapore and the reactions of locals and the British. In this article, we will discuss how the Japanese occupation was represented in the museum, as well as the importance of war museums in the context of the NMS in Singapore. Then there are the limitations of the NMS in its representation of the Japanese occupation. Underlying this article is the thesis that although the NMS was successful in objectively describing the Japanese occupation, it has its limitations with regard to certain sensitive issues of the war. events in a logical manner. It begins by recounting how the British ruled Singapore and how Japan had begun to invade Southeast Asia in the 1930s. After these facts comes the crucial Battle of Singapore from February 8 to 15, 1942, which broke out right in the middle of the Second World War where the Japanese authorities carried out their expansionism as far as Southeast Asia. There followed the rapid capitulation of Singapore by the British, leaving the island in Japanese hands for almost three years. During this period, severe marks of trauma were inflicted on the Singaporean... middle of article...... Frost, MR (2009). The creation of the Singapore History Gallery: some personal reflections. Accessed 02/27/2014 from http://s-pores.com/2009/02/history-gallery/#_ftn3Muzaini, H. (2006). Producing/consuming memorial landscapes: the genesis/politics of the commemoration of the Second World War in Singapore. Geojournal, 66(3), 211-222. doi:10.1007/s10708-006-9030-3Muzaini, H. and Yeoh, BSA (2005). War landscapes as “battlefields” of collective memory: reading the Reflections in Bukit Chandu, Singapore. Cultural Geographies, 12(3), 345-365. doi:10.1191/1474474005eu335oaNational Museum of Singapore. (2013). National Museum of Singapore - Overview. Retrieved February 28, 2014 from http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/NMSPortal/AboutNMS/OverviewOrtmann, S. (2009) Singapore: The Politics of Inventing National Identity. Southeast Asian Current Affairs Journal, 28(4), 23-46.