#Latest news with #ShinichiKitaokaJapan Today6 days agoPoliticsJapan TodayPassing down history for posterity is one thing, and continuing to apologize forever is another.Shinichi Kitaoka, a professor emeritus with the University of Tokyo, specializing in the history of Japanese politics and diplomacy. He says Japan should use the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II as an opportunity for learning properly about history and then move on to what it should be doing in the coming years. © Asahi Shimbun
Japan Today6 days agoPoliticsJapan TodayPassing down history for posterity is one thing, and continuing to apologize forever is another.Shinichi Kitaoka, a professor emeritus with the University of Tokyo, specializing in the history of Japanese politics and diplomacy. He says Japan should use the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II as an opportunity for learning properly about history and then move on to what it should be doing in the coming years. © Asahi Shimbun