August fifteenth marks the eightieth anniversary of Japan’s unconditional give up and the top of World War II, placing focus as soon as once more on reckoning with the country’s past. The home debate in Japan on shaping narratives about World Conflict II is so tense that it’s also known as “historical past wars.”
Japan’s actions through the conflict are additionally a sore spot in worldwide diplomacy. China and each North- and South Korea have bitter memories of life underneath Japanese occupation, and barely miss a chance to remind their neighbor of the previous.
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