The Cold War Never Ended in Asia

... divided and the replacement of political elites there was arguably more limited and selective than in Germany. All the apologies for the war crimes that have been issued by senior Japanese government officials notwithstanding, the overall attitude in Japan to WW2 remains more controversial than in Germany. It seems that at least some people in Japan have a strong feeling that in this war their country was more a victim than an aggressor. Andrey Kortunov: Decoding China: GSI and Beijing's International Role ...