With ALL forms of Marxism, you get the state sponsored and sold perception of benevolence for all at the price of unspeakable tyranny.
Many in Asia would like to see the Japanese be more open and contrite about the horrors committed by its military in World War II. I must say I agree with them.
But Japan today is NOT an imperialist, now, and its government is NOT a dictatorship with its eyes on throwing its weight around, particularly with its neighbors in Asia - but China IS all those things, today.
So, maybe the Japanese could offer to be more open and contrite on World War II history, on the provision that the Chinese communists publicly detail the “crimes against humanity” of their own leaders.
I think, if the Japanese proposed that, the world might be surprised to see how many in Asia would join it in supporting that proposition.
But teaching real history would be a good start, you know, just so that they would know. No reason to feel bad, it was just a crazy time, and some nations just went a bit crazier than others.