[Bogey78O]

Japanese culture is almost completely different than what it was pre-WW2. We have nothing to worrry about. All the imperialists died 50 years ago.

[Rule of Law]

Japanese culture is almost completely different than what it was pre-WW2. We have nothing to worrry about. All the imperialists died 50 years ago.

Go tell it to the Marines.

It wasn't long ago that some big-wig in the Japanese government had a book published about how it was the destiny of Japan to control the world.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Militarism is certainly declassé, but blind obedience to arbitrary authority, suppression of the individual identity to the group, and a complete lack of conscience is still considered fundamentally Japanese. That's one reason why Ozawa is reviled: he wants a country composed of citizens instead of subjugated corporate serfs. His understanding is that the military is a function of the nation state. This requires authority accountable to the electorate, but once responsibility enters the Japanese power system, the entire system disintegrates. That's the underlying reason the popular press holds him in contempt.