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To: tejek who wrote (253930)	10/6/2005 8:47:18 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572341

"I don't know........that's why I asked the question." Japan was in the same position as Germany at the turn of the 20th century. Both countries were making their debut on the world stage having been relegated to the second ranks until then. But the rules were changing, there wasn't room any more for conquest and establishing colonies. So both countries got into trouble at some point. But Japan's conception of empire was formed under the shoguns. And that period of time was more like feudal Europe, but with even less rights for the peasants. To make it even worse, by being conquered, the populations that came under control of Japan were considered to have been dishonored, and thus had even lower status than they would have otherwise. So the soldiers were allowed to amuse themselves with the conquered population in any way they saw fit. Imagine Abu Ghraib, but on a national scale. I think Tench is right, a lot of Japanese feel shame about what happened. So there is a tendency to save face by down playing, or even denying, what happened. This doesn't sit very well with those who were conquered. And that leads to some very convoluted dances between those governments.