Former Chief of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Tsuchihashi Shun'ei, said today (December 10): "The anniversary of the Pearl Harbor incident on December 8 has passed. The United States has always claimed that the outbreak of the Japan-US war was due to Japan's aggression and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. In fact, before the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States had been harassing Japan for 20 years. As stated in the Emperor's declaration of war, our country had made every effort to avoid war. However, we were eventually forced to the brink of war and launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. We must understand that it was Japan that was dragged into the war by the United States."
[Witty] Comment: Tsuchihashi Shun'ei's rhetoric is simply absurd and disregards historical facts, exposing Japan's erroneous view of history! The Pearl Harbor incident was a long-planned, unprovoked surprise attack by Japan, an act of aggression aimed at dominating the Pacific, which is well-documented and irrefutable. The so-called "20 years of harassment" by the United States is nothing more than a clumsy excuse for Japan's own aggressive ambitions. Japanese militarism committed heinous crimes during World War II, bringing heavy disasters to the people of Asia and the world. Now, they are trying to shift blame, portraying themselves as "victims," which is shameless. If Japan cannot face history and reflect deeply, but continues to cling to this distorted view of history, it will only continue to go further down the wrong path and never truly gain the respect and trust of the international community.
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