mtfester@netscape.net wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> > mtfester@netscape.net wrote:
>
> > screwed themselves and each other during the war. Okinawans in particular
> > might be happy to tell you about their wartime suffering themselves.
>
> Older generation, probably.

Irrelevant. Japanese who believe, cry or demand "never forget", tell the world,
take action now, should understand people feel exactly the same way about Japanese
wrongdoing.

> > Which is still no excuse for Japan's ignoring its international historical
> > issues today, while at the same time expecting the US, the UN, China, or
> > anyone else to act quickly to resolve issues such as North Korea in Japan's
> > favor. I can't believe the US is agreeing to place so much importance on the
>
> Well, having a stable regime on its border is also in China's favor; having
> one on its border is in the ROKs best interests as well.

A stable regime is not the Japanese precondition to resumption of aid, or
normalization talks. They seem to believe that some Japanese and their children
are more important than a nuclear power with ballistic missiles a seven minute
flight away.

> > abduction issue in upcoming talks. Someone should tell the Japanese the US
> > has not yet resolved its own much greater, POW/MIA issues before expecting US
> > help over thirteen people and their spouse or children, an alleged 240
> > missing people and any of their children, or a few thousand Japanese and
> > their descendants.
>
> I know I've posted this before, but I was in Japan in 1995 during the
> various "50th Anniversery"  Commemorations. On the front page of both
> the Nihon Keizai and the Asahi were results of public opinion polls,
> each indicated the majority (over 65%) of the Japanese  people felt their
> government hadn't done enough to apologize for Japan's war-time actions.
> About 25% felt they done about right, with the remaining 10% feeling "too
> much" had been done.
>
> Sorry, Mr Takabayashi, but not one single resource available to me has
> verified your assertions that the Japanese people are ignorant or uncaring
> about the issue.

The majority knew or cared then about Unit 731, which is the issue we are
referring to? Are you using the standard dictionary definitions or usages, and I
am, concerning "the public" (noun), "know" (verb), "reveal" (verb), "resolve"
(noun)?

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