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The history being taught in Japan, at least at the time these
gentlemen were learning it, kind of skipped over Japan's involvement
in how the war got started, but sure focused on how it ended. For
many Japanese, apparently, their understanding of WWII is that they
somehow got to fighting with the US, then we dropped two atomic bombs
on them. China isn't mentioned, Korea isn't mentioned and the fact
that they attacked Pearl Harbor isn't mentioned.

Amazing, if true, although it isn't the first time I've heard of the
Japanese style of blindered teaching of this period of their history.

Corky Scott

All of us do that, to some degree, but perhaps not quite that
blatantly. A nation wants to forget its mistakes, so we downplay them
in the history texts, or take them out altogether. Conversely, we
emphasize our successes, sometimes taking credit not rightfully ours.
It's not fair to our kids, and they won't learn from their ancestor's
mistakes. Here in Canada there's often debate about what belongs in a
text (or a documentary) and what should be left out.

Dan

Dan