"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I'm sure however that every Japanese journalist knows about the Pearl
Harbor attack.

You'd be amazed at how naive Japanese are about history prior to 1945.
Actually, naive is probably the wrong word -- "distorted" is probably more
appropriate.

Another point that someone left out was not only the Rape of China, but
ofthe Phillipines as well.

If something like this conversation took place, it
almost certainly meant: "What has our conventional and justifiable
attack on a military target have to do with your incincerating one of
our larger cities?"

Quite...ten years ago, at least, their teaching of their history was not
only short, but the same caliber of propaganda they got from the war
ministers in the 1930's and 40's.