The Globalist

Japan enters an era of “beautiful harmony” as a new emperor ascends to the throne. But beneath the surface is a rising militarism.

Japan’s succession will provide the country with symbols of its past, though some will try to hijack them as markers for the future.

With nothing left to prove on battlefields, Germany can pursue other tasks and strategies.

What lessons for Iraq can the Bush Administration take away from the post-World War II occupation of Japan?