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10-14-2010, 05:26 PM
Most of the discussion of apologies here have been about Japan apologizing to other nations. The apology would be to their own countrymen for their actions, not to foreigners. The crimes were committed by Japanese against Japanese.
But while I agree with the emotional and moral judgements made here, something serious is being overlooked. You are demanding that a country apologize for enforcing penalties for treason. No matter how laudable the justification, turning against the Emperor in time of war is treason. In any country that carries a death penalty whether the leader is Hirohito, Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, or George Washington.
It was wrong, because the government was wrong. But the issue is not so black and white.
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