Attack on Pearl Harbor
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World War II began for the United States with the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Nearly four years later, the Japanese would surrender. Ever since that surrender, there has been speculation about why Japan had not apologized for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The issue was raised from time to time, and recently Japan offered what Japanese officials presumably believed was an apology for World War II. many in America see this apology as only half-hearted and as insufficient for the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and then for the subsequent war in which thousands of American lives were lost. The nature of this "apology" and its apparent meaning on both sides of the Pacific show how differently the whole issue is viewed by the two countries involved along with how differently these cultures view such concepts as "apology." The differences between the two countries and the importance of the apology sought by the United States begin with the beginning of the war. The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. It was a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet moored in the harbor by the Japanese air force. The attack on Pearl harbor should be seen first as a continuation of earlier Japanese policies. Japan had launched surprise attacks before, in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. At the time, the Western press saw these acts as well-executed strikes and as brilliant tactical maneuvers. American military authorities in
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en still refused to admit that their country had been responsible for starting a way? In these Japanese evasions there was something of the petulant child, stamping its foots, shouting that it had done nothing wrong, because everybody did it. This claim to be like everybody else was particularly odd, since one is used to Japanese describing themselves as unique, culturally, ethnically, politically, historically.
Perhaps one reason for Japan's attitude is that Japan has entered the international arena more recently than other nations, after a deliberate history of isolation. Japan was opened to the West in 1853 when Admiral Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay and found a country still in a feudal stage of development, a country that had isolated itself rigorously from the rest of the world. The Japanese culture found a way to satisfy the West while retaining its own style. The Japanese announced that they would open their market, but they also said it could not be done all at once. Foreign experts were hired to come to Japan and transfer the technology and skills they had developed. Japan negotiated trade treaties so that foreigners were prevented from doing business in the interior of the country. Japan also avoided foreign inv
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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)
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