![]() In the late 1950s the trends became quite visible. Regression from a critical to an affirmative view of the war began only after the occupation ended. At that time, Japanese who sought to grasp the war experience, end the era of irresponsibility, and develop a critical historiography went virtually unchallenged. During the occupation years (1945 to 1952) neonationalists who rejected the Tokyo Trial and justified the lost war seldom spoke out. Trends in history, politics, international relations, and even culture, shape them. But their struggles never take place in a vacuum. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hirohito and History: Japanese and American Perspectives on the Emperor and World War II in Asiaįor nearly 60 years many Japanese have been struggling honorably to come to terms with the China War and the Pacific War, and indeed their entire imperialist past. ![]()
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