I'm kind of glad there's not much nitpicking here in this thread... It really gives me a major head ache having to see all that regurgiated, over, and over....
Anyway, why can't all the countireis involved come clean with the past, so we can get along? Is that so hard ?
I mean, look at Germany. Do the Japanese right wing really think that the Germans were happy to listen to all their misjudgements from a stiff, moralistic view ? I'd imagine quite a few innocent Germans born after the fact had to suffer major nightmares having to learn about WWI, WWII, Nazi crimes for 12 yrs (is that right ?) But with that comes moral justification, making good with the present & future. Japan's extremists are just making a huge intellectual mistake by denying their past. Like the shrinks say, "Realizing one's past to the point where one sees one's problems without breaking a major sweat is the best cure they (therapy) can give."
Denial is a sin unto oneself... like cance or leprosy... Even the majority of Japanese seem to be aware of the silent truth. Why not come into the sunlight where all can be well again ? Back to Germany, it's not because they lost; it's because the ideas & actions based on them were highly questionable. Even if Germany had won, Germans themselves would have come to terms with the dreadful truth. Power of intellect; which the Japanese hard-core supremacists are incapable of having, and letting them go on can become a national sickness of the Japanese soul.
I heard there are many lies in the history books of Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, etc. etc. Why not come clean everyone ? We're all supposed to be civilized.... or ... NOT ! *sweat & relief*