I had to read up on that. I don't quite agree, or at least I don't see it. The problem is this was was set up as a moral question and in a moral context. It's one thing for a smoker to tell other ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wants to send a message to the world during his visit to Pearl Harbor that Japan will never repeat the atrocities of past wars. "The ...

When Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China in 1937, the conflict quickly escalated into one of the most brutal campaigns of the Second World War. Major cities fell as Japanese forces ...

In the Pacific theater of World War II, Japan's military was driven by the Bushido code—a strict samurai ethos emphasizing honor, loyalty, and death before surrender. This code led to extreme acts of ...

Yohei Kono, a Japanese politician who as top government spokesperson offered a historic apology to Asian women over sexual ...

Japan's war atrocities in WWII match or exceed those of the Nazis in Europe. However, they never had to deal with a true public accounting of these atrocities beyond token payments and statements.