Mike wrote --
  
> >   In German schools kids are taught about that time.  Japan?  Its skimmed over.
> >   And the emperor never admitted Japan had lost, but merely "the war didn't go as we planned", or words to that effect.
> 
> Yep.

   There were revisionist "academics" a few years ago who said WWII was all
America's fault, that we imposed sanction of scrap iron, oil, etc on Japan
and "forced" them into the war.  
   Apparently they neglected to learn about Japan's invasion of China
(1931), Manchuria (1937), SE Asia, etc which we were trying to contain while
remaining neutral.
   If Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbour it might of been another year or
two before we finally did enter the war, on England's side, if it hadn't
been conquered by the Axis first.  
   Joe