"masayuki yoshida" <ysd_m@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message news:<bgth84$s5pq1$1@ID-201147.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> 
> Although I don't agree with all claim of the above simple comparison of Japan and
> Germany, but it would be interesting to discuss the reason why the two nations seemingly
> show quite different attitudes toward their responsibility for what they did in their
> modern war times.
> 
Simply put, Japan is Japan and Germany is Germany.

John W.