[magua]

national character doesn't change.

[Michael81Dus]

"national character doesn´t change" ?? So the Italians are still the same Romans wishing to conquer the areas around the Mediterranean Sea?

Boy, the national character (if there is one) changes with the minds of the people, and I strongly believe that the era of 1933-1945 changed a lot of people´s minds all over the world! Therefore the "n.c." of Germany changed and so it did in Japan.

Or how could you explain that we´re integrating in a united Europe voluntary?