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...guilt for World War II abuses. Yet, last month, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied Japan's wartime army had forced tens of thousands of Asian women into sexual slavery, igniting an international furor, Beijing stayed conspicuously quiet. China's diplomatic silence was the latest sign of an unexpected thaw in the two nations' often icy relationship...
...would never go to Yasukuni, because China sees the shrine as a symbol of unrepentant Japanese imperialism. Beijing has made Yasukuni a litmus test - it was only when new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became purposefully vague on visiting the shrine that icy Sino-Japanese relations began to thaw. Yushukan perpetuates the lie that the war was unavoidable, and that the 5,843 mostly young men who lost their lives as kamikazes died for a transcendent cause, died to save Japan. The museum is a celebration of wasted lives...
With a big serve and soft volleys, the junior has turned a mid-winter cold spell into a spring thaw that has swept away nine of his last 11 singles opponents and eight of his last 11 doubles foes...
...only attained a victory in the novice eight division on the day, the race was not about the result, as the regatta functioned as an exhibition for the lightweights. The contest was more about gaining vital experience that the crew has lacked this season, as the Charles did not thaw out until the middle of March—weeks later than expected. The squad hopes to build off of this challenge and transfer the training into winning next week. “Obviously, it’s hard to tell from this sort of racing where we stand...
...reactor, which produces the plutonium material necessary to make nukes, in return for a variety of economic and diplomatic benefits, including an emergency delivery of 50,000 tons of fuel oil. The Bush Administration's goal is not only a North Korea without nuclear weapons, but also a wholesale thaw in the Northeast Asian security environment. As Hill put it: "Our [talks are] really an effort to address broad problems in the overall region, of which denuclearization...