Japan to review Yasukuni shrine

October 10th, 2006 at 13:36 Björn Hallberg

Because as we all know, America has a monopoly on writing history.

Japan’s controversial Yasukuni shrine is to review a controversial display that says the US provoked Japan into entering WWII, Japanese media reports.

The US government complained about the exhibit, which claims that a US economic embargo forced Japan into war.

Not only is the idea that Japan was forced into the larger WW2 by the embargo fairly accurate, but a closer examination will also reveal that Japan’s imperial ambitions (from the 1870s and on) were motivated and facilitated by America’s careless relationship with the nation and general policies in the region. This is important to note since Japan’s foreign conduct, or lack thereof, was named as the chief reason for setting up the same embargo.

On a side note, at least Shinzo Abe didn’t run snivelling to the USA the first thing he did, as has been customary among newly appointed Japanese prime ministers. However, to think that he is anything but a lap dog would be a most serious mistake.

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