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kgoerz,
IMO, to be more accurate, the japanese war crimminals did not really get away. They were never really pursued with the same vigor as in the european theater. From what I understand, Gen MacArthur was not a proponent of war-crimes trials and the trials that were conducted in the Pacific were the absolute minimum that was politically acceptable. MacArthur's primary interests were in stability during the occupation and setting the conditions for the creation of a new Japanese government that could exist peacefully going forward.
As far as their society being peace-loving today... IMO you can chalk that up to the grade A, made in the USA, industrial strength ass whipping that we put on them in WWII followed by a good ole' American occupation army.
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