Japan grapples with history of WW2 atrocities

11/17/2008:  The Economist discusses Japan's effort to come to grips with its history of atrocities during the Second World War.  The head of Japan's Air Force was recently fired for writing a revisionist essay on the Second World War that applauds Japan's militarism during the period, and Prime Minister Aso has echoed many of his right-wing views. He has, for instance, praised Japan’s occupation of Korea, even though his family fortune derives from a mining company that used Korean slave labor during WW2.