The following statements are from the book “Retribution”, by Max Hastings: Germany has paid almost $6 billion to 1.5 million victims of Hitler; Austria has paid $400 million. Japan goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid admitting any responsibility, much less liability towards its victims. In a recent lawsuit against Mitsubishi defense lawyers questioned whether Japan had invaded China. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s recent prime minister publicly asserted that many Japanese and Korean comfort women volunteered for their role. In 1999 Britian made payments to former Japanese captives because they believed the Japanese would never make them. Based on Japan’s unwillingness to accept responsibility for WW II I am not going to criticize Asians who make sarcastic comments about them.