Germany had spent its life to date, since the Second World War repenting for their sins, so that when they see America mimic their behavior today, they get noticeably upset. So how come Japan never had the same lesson drilled into them? The Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere was a program to gain full control of the Asian mainland from the two leading powers, China and Russia. The program didn’t apply to Russia as it did to the rest of Asia, which was under imperial rule by Europeans and the Americans. Following the warped neo teaching of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism, Japan sought the territories that the Mongols, Manchu’s and the Han dynasty had achieved. They believed that the mainland was weak, and during the periods of weakness, a powerful empire would sweep and unite the nation in a cyclical destiny that had been ongoing since the beginning of time. However, the Japanese learned that it would not be so easy, sure no one was home in China, but there were still guards, namely the Americans. These would be the same people who would forgive the Japanese for killing tens of thousands of Americans, but it was for a good cause, the fight against the new enemy of Capitalism, and that was Communism.
Therefore, mainland Japanese never experienced true defeats, they were branded by the Americans with a red hot poker, and that mark still exists with the American army, navy and air force burrowed deep inside the Japanese skin. Many would argue that the Atomic Bomb, and this continued occupation was a small price to pay to be released of any wrongdoing, whilst blaming everything on the military heads. While this is true, many Asians are angry to see former Class AAA war criminals playing golf, visiting war shrines and enjoying their old age peacefully, while others like Saddam Hussein, and former Nazi’s continued to get hunted down my Israeli’s and MI6. This is also another reason why Japan can not become a security council member in the U.N. When all of Asia looks down on Japan for not admitting war crimes like the Rape of Nanking, the railroad slavery and the war brothels, Japanese are bribing their way into power in the U.N. Any future attempt by Japan to desire a respectable leadership role in the U.N. can only be earned when the Japanese edit their history to look like the textbooks of the rest of the world.
