Moreover, Murayama’s statement referred vaguely to “a certain period in the not-too-distant past,” rather than to specific war years, and others have since resisted phrases – for example, “war of aggression” or “colonial rule” – that Japan’s neighbors have not unreasonably sought.
Le problème le plus fondamental est que le Japon semble incapable, en tant que nation, d’assumer le genre de retournement psychologique collectif qui a permis l’évolution de l’Allemagne à laquelle il est inévitablement comparé.