General Tojo Hideki's granddaughter insists that Japan fought a war of self-defence

[caster51]

And caster, are your trying to argue that two wrongs don't make a right, while on the other hand trying to argue that two wrongs DO make right?

I dont think so..
there are many view...
at first, we should disucuss it from opium WAR at least..
it will be not understood because it doesnt understand the reason.

Wow! I never knew that Japan was under so much danger from the impending attacks from China, Korea, Burma, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bali, Timor, Philippines and Australia. *sarcasm

Yes because most of them were colonies of ...
Korea was about to be a colony of russain

Dutch made a school for ppls there?

[junjunforever]

Dutch made a school for ppls there?

No they didnt. but most of the dutch political leaders and historians agree that what the dutch did during colonial periods were horrible.

The criticism today is not so much of what Japan did in the past, but more of what Japan is not admitting in the present. We all love Germany, but they have committed even worse crimes than Japan has. But they have banned Nazism, set up memorials and German nation as a whole agrees the war was wrong.

We dont have german people saying the war was a defensive war, arguing they were there was no way out for the Germans after the dump they were sitting on after WWI, which is more valid of an argument than the Japan's war for peace.

In Japan, many people still do not believe the war was wrong. This is where the criticism is directed.

[caster51]

In Japan, many people still do not believe the war was wrong. This is where the criticism is directed.

I think today's all Japanese think WAR was wrong.
however ,war is legal in all country's Law except Japan
that is way there is an article 9 in reality...

it does not mean Japan was wrong at all.

[caster51]

Abe's speech at indian congress
　

安倍首相は２２日にインド国会で演説した際、東京裁判で唯一Ａ級戦犯２５人の無罪を主張した故パール判事に ついて、「裁判で勇気をみせたパール判事は今でも日本国民から尊敬を集めている」と述べた。２３日にパール 判事の長男と会った席でも、「パール判事は日本・インド関係の基礎を築いた１人だ」とたたえた 。

Radhabinod Pal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhabinod_Pal

Abe said " judge Pal who showed courage at tokyo trial is still collecting respect from the Japanese people."

This remark might have taken on immense importance if it was before.
no Japanese cares about that any more.....
ppl realized truth?
oops.. only asahi communist newspaper complained that china is more important than india

and then korean newspaper criticized it
http://japanese.yonhapnews.co.kr/rel...002300882.HTML

Confluence of the Two Seas
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-pa.../speech-2.html

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milano-Aoyama/6915/