On Sun, 30 May 2004 14:18:44 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"Duck Dog" wrote in message
.. .

The American occupation authorities made a concerted effort to
revitalize Japan after the war (non-militarily, of course) in an
effort to create an ally in the region that would oppose communist
expansion. One aspect of this effort was instilling a sense of pride
in Japanese culture, and one of the ways that the U.S. accomplished
this was to de-emphasize the war guilt teachings that would otherwise
have been imposed on Japanese teachers and schools. There may have
been a certain logic to it then (indeed, it may have been the right
move), but the cost was 60 years of ignorance by the Japanese of their
own history of atrocities.


The American occupation of Japan ended in 1952. What has stopped the
teaching of Japan's history as it happened for the last half-century?

Hey, I'm just saying we fostered it; certainly, I would agree that it
would be a valuable lesson for Japanese folks.