Seriously, though, it completes the circle in terms of aligning with Germany’s policies with regard to the Islamic world.

Whatever you say, baduk…

I wouldn’t call the English Patient as “sympathetic” toward Imperial Japan, just unwilling to engage anyone in an Asian war or interfere with their politics, as their expedition was largely of a scientific nature. I’m sure there was no spying conducted on the Germans. :P America at the time was extremely opposed to entering any type of conflict, and officially adopted an isolationist policy prior to being sucked into WWII by the British.

I will say this about Japan, they are going to have one hell of a price to pay when China finally makes similar claims as to what Japan had — claiming all Asian countries as rogue Chinese states/Chinese properties in the coming years. Poor Japan, they can’t get along with anyone. How do you say “Sony, Panasonic and Toyota” in Chinese?