Japanese Embassy under attack by the Chinese

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Originally Posted by joea

The funny thing is I never hear of any such resentment by say Russians against modern Germans (more against Americans), perhaps because they (well the Soviets) raised the flag on the Reichstag while end of the Pacific war was on the USS Missouri.

I think what hasn't helped with China and Japan is that some parts of Japan are still in denial about events of the war. For example, a hundred members of the LDP party (one of the longest running ruling parties of Japan) denounced Nanking as Chinese propaganda in 2007 whilst their party was in power. There are many others in positions of power in Japan who hold similar viewpoints, the Governor of Tokyo (who I have already drawn attention to) is one of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking...re#Controversy

Then there's been the continual controversies in Japanese school textbooks which have been altered by the Japanese government over the years in order to downplay Japans role in the Pacific war, in particular its actions in China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes..._controversies

There's also the Yasukuni shrine, which is another sensitive issue between Japan and China which flares up a lot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine


Compare this to Germany where even displaying a Swastika is forbidden, and any hint of historical revisionism brings down hordes of 'Nazi' comments and criticism.
That is not to say there are not those who have forgiven what Japan did, but Japan itself hasn't done itself any favours with its bullish treatment of its own history.