I think the Japanese should apologize as soon as the Chinese apologize to the Tibetans, the Mongolians apologize to the Russians, the Turks to the Serbs, and pretty much everyone to the Armenians, Irish, gypsies, Cosacks and Kurds.

My point is that this has little to due with apologies and everything to do with the Chinese playing the new bully on the Asian block. And they are looking just like that: bullies. Let them block trade with Japan; it will be mutually destructive. The Chinese are just as vulnerable due to their manufacturing slowdown and property bubble, and they is NO WAY they will really take action--all a bunch of talk, as per usual with the Chinese.

btw--Mao systematically killed more Chinese than the Japanese ever did.