In the span of one week in August 1945, Japan miraculously transformed from the world’s foremost barbarians to its biggest pacifists, a stance they have maintained ever since. Playing the “poor victim” role doesn’t lessen the barbaric acts committed by the Japanese empire. Only when brought to their knees and on the brink of complete annihilation did they relent. You are definitely a victim Abe – that of possessing a selective memory.