[Avenger]

THINKING JAPANESE, AS THE SAYING GOES, KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEY'D LIKE TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG. BUT IN POINT OF FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 10 OR 15 BOOKS WRITTEN BY JAPANESE DENOUNCING THE NANJING MASSACRE, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, AND EXPOSING IT FOR WHAT IT WAS, OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS. SO WHEN PEOPLE LIKE IRIS CHANG WRITE AND SAY THAT EVERYONE IN JAPAN IS AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE WRONG.

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Just like I was saying. In any case, it was a matter between the publisher and the author; it could have come down to a matter of a misunderstanding of two people and proves absolutely nothing about Japanese society in general.

[Drammach]

BUT IN POINT OF FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 10 OR 15 BOOKS WRITTEN BY JAPANESE DENOUNCING THE NANJING MASSACRE, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, AND EXPOSING IT FOR WHAT IT WAS, OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.

I am not sure what your time frame / point of reference is here, but the article was "printed" in '99..
That make "the last 10 or 15 years" mean the "first" books appeared about '84 or '85..

If I were to assume you are younger than I, then what you consider a "long time" would not seem the same to me, but it seems waiting 40 years to discuss a nation's war crimes is a bit "long"..