2023年9月19日火曜日

During World War II Japan, itself a significant imperial power, drove the European powers out of Asia

Well, this video in a very simple manner shows that Westerners left China because of Japan's attack! That's the basic story of this video. It's a historical fact too. "During World War II Japan, itself a significant imperial power, drove the European powers out of Asia. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, local nationalist movements in the former Asian colonies campaigned for independence rather than a return to European colonial rule." ("Decolonization of Asia and Africa, 1945–1960" by Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: United States Department of State) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/asia-and-africa#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%20to%20late,and%20territory%20for%20future%20settlement

The United States should welcome, not oppose, a government in Tokyo that wants to make the U.S.-Japan alliance more equal

The United States should welcome, not oppose, a government in Tokyo that wants to make the U.S.-Japan alliance more equal. That's exactl...