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However, the military did not consider surrendering under such terms, partially even after US military forces dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, and the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan on August 8. On August 14, however, Emperor Showa finally ...
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Seventy-one years following Japan's surrender in World War II, the specter of militarism is still haunting the country and the Asia-Pacific. In his speech at a ceremony marking the anniversary in Tokyo on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe failed again ...
TOKYO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government's recent embrace of militarism has caused unrest among its citizens and raised alarm in the region and beyond. Concern is growing about the nation's failure to adequately address the atrocities committed during World War II. On Aug. 15, 19...
Both Japan and Germany have had long traditions of militarism, culminating in the two countries' aggressive actions in World War II. Today, after suffering crushing military defeats in 1945, both countries have again achieved positions of economic dominance and political influence. Yet neither seeks ...
besides expressing deep regret for the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in the past, even carry out in-depth investigation into the war crimes committed by the Japanese forces during the Second World War and seek to reveal these crimes and educate the young generation of Japan, so as ...
During the 1870s and 1880s, all major world powers were preparing for a large-scale war, although none expected one. Britain focused on building up its Royal Navy, already stronger than the next two navies combined. Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, and some smaller countries set up...
Two other findings in the survey reinforce this point: women were highly likely to express willingness to contribute in some way during a war but playing non-combat roles; and the gender gap is larger among black and pardo people, suggesting that the expected roles of black and pardo women ...
nations. For 20 years, the war of attrition on Afghanistan was waged under NATO auspices, as was the destruction of Libya, just to name two. It has been noted that if NATO’s existence has a purpose in today’s world, it can only be to manage the instability that its existence ...
had to be both alert and knowledgeable enough to bring it to heel. Two years later, JFK told us that peace — even at the height of the Cold War — was possible, not just peace in our time, but peace for all time. However, it would, he assured us, require sacrifice, wisdom, and...