JAPAN DEMANDS COMPENSATION FOR BROKEN WINDOWS IN PEKING

"Windows of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing and those of consulates in Shanghai and other cities were smashed by hurled stones, and the buildings' walls were defaced with ink and paint. Hundreds of PET bottles were hurled into the missions' yards."

The horror, the horror! But for genuine horror,

JAPAN AGAIN REFUSES TO COMPENSATE CHINESE VICTIMS OF WAR ATROCITIES

"The plaintiffs had sought 100 million yen (930,000 dollars) for atrocities including the Nanjing massacre, bombings by Japanese forces and the "Unit 731" that performed medical experiments on humans."

But then perhaps if you can create a unit 731 and never even apologize (while erasing it all from your children's history texts), refusing compensation must be even easier than using a comfort woman.

And as if that weren't enough warped righteousness,

JAPAN LEADER ANGERED BY CHINA'S REFUSAL TO APOLOGIZE FOR PROTESTS

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And now they're thowing gunpowder on the fire:

"Japanese lawmakers announced Tuesday that they would visit a controversial shrine that critics say glorifies past wartime atrocities. Every visit by a Japanese prime minister to the Yasukuni shrine - where Japanese war dead, including war criminals, are enshrined - prompts strong official protests from China."

For a good take on the roots and ramifications of Japan's behavior, see The Schizophrenic Superpower by Alan Dupont