Regrets, they've had a few, but then again too few to mention:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that his government would express remorse for World War II on the 70th anniversary of its end in August.
Abe is known for his nationalist views, and many analysts have speculated that he may downplay Japan's responsibility for the war. At a year-opening news conference Monday, he sought to reassure the world that he wouldn't veer from past official statements on Japan's wartime responsibility.
Compare this with the German approach of perpetual post-modern self-flagellation. Even after all these years the Japanese remain committed to old style tribalism: To admit the wrong of one generation is to admit wrong of all generations. I don't think either approach is especially health, particularly seven decades after those "remorseful" events. Admit the Sins of the Father and let the House of Son get on with it.
Earlier:
"The Rising Sun’s Past Horrors…"
https://cdfai3ds.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/mark-collins-the-rising-suns-past-horrors/
Mark
Ottawa
Posted by: markottawa | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 03:45 PM
Exactly. No living person was responsible for the war just like no living person was responsible for putting the Indians in 160 years of the economic, cultural, and racial quarantine known as the Indian Act after they were defeated, deceived and displaced. Not lifting the quarantine is another mater.
Posted by: John Chittick | Thursday, January 08, 2015 at 08:42 PM