Good post Giggerty.
Whilst they say that the victors write history I'm thoroughly sick of the rewriting of history by the Japanese.
The Germans have not only faced-up to the atrocities committed under Hitler they've probably gone overboard with the self-flagellation and regret. Good for them though.
The Japanese however have only made the weakest of efforts and their school text book revisions and mitigation of their own atrocities is appalling. What riles me is that my own generation and later are starting to become brainwashed by this. My ex-wife believed the American atrocities in Vietnam matched the Japanese in WWII.
If you see historical pictures of what happened in Nanjing your stomach will turn. I'm not surprised the Chinese are starting to give the Japanese a bit of a ruffling politically and I would say it's fully understandable. Time the Japs manned-up and fully and genuinely recognise the sh1t and misery they caused to their neighbours and humanity.