[mastroiani]

Thanks all for your replies. I really appreciate the input. When I say occupation I mean the historical occupation after WWII and then the continued presence of the US troops. I'm actually not looking to "blame" anyone for any crimes, I'm just trying to understand Japanese psychology and attitude toward several things: occupation, foreigners in general, inter-racial marriages in opposition to traditional family values, etc. I'm writing a fiction screenplay for a film, so I'm not trying to do an empirical research, so I want to get very subjective opinions of the Japanese themselves.

But I wonder if there is anyone Japanese from Japan that could reply to the post? Outsider's "insight" still remains an outsider.

Seeing that I don't have replies from the Japanese, I'm not sure what to conclude: either younger people don't know or don't care at all, or maybe they do and they don't express their feelings. Or maybe there are very very few Japanese on this forum?