Frieden in Ostasien - Japan
The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol 11, Issue 1, No. 1, January 14, 2012.
http://japanfocus.org/-Narusawa-Muneo

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Abe Shinzo, a Far-Right Denier of History

Narusawa Muneo
Translated and edited by Satoko Oka Norimatsu and David McNeill

In December 2012, not a few people in Japan remembered the 75th anniversary of Nanjing Massacre. Those people hoped that the lessons from war crimes committed by the Japanese Army from 1931-1945 would be learned so that Japan would never wage war against another country again, and peace would be achieved in East Asia. These Japanese, however, now face a major challenge.

In Japan’s general election of Dec. 16th the Liberal Democratic Party, which had been in opposition since August 2009, won an overwhelming majority putting it back in power. With Abe Shinzo, a right-wing historical revisionist back as prime minister, the change of government is no longer just a Japanese issue.