Although this may be true for a wide swathe of Japanese citizens, the ruling party of Japan has a long history of whitewashing Japan&#x27;s imperialist past, making this argument tenuous at best. Abe Shinzo&#x27;s government has been actively dismantling press freedoms to quell anything resembling dissent on this front as well, while his colleagues openly reference the Nazi&#x27;s rise to power as an exemplar.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;la-fg-japan-press-freedom-20160420-story.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;la-fg-japan-press-freedom-...</a>