The truth is that the Japanese military was brutal during World War II, and, unlike the atrocities committed by the Third Reich, this fact has largely been avoided by the media. In addition to murdering hundreds of thousands of Chinese, the fatality rate for American POWs captured by the Japanese in World War II was a revolting 38 percent. By contrast only 1 percent of American POWs held by the German military died in captivity.   http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23430     This "Pearl Harbor" movie still bothers me. The Disney people re-edited the film for Japanese audiences because of "emotional sensitivity issues." In other words they softened what was already a cupcake of a movie because Disney wanted to do better in the box offices in the Land of the Rising Sun, which is the largest movie-going country after the USA. So I'm thinking to myself what would have happened if Steven Spielberg had re-cut "Schindler's List" for German audiences so they wouldn't be confronted with "emotional issues"? Well, you would have heard a worldwide howl that would have curled Ben Affleck's hair. Demonstrations would have been ordered up, and outrage would fill the air. But there is very little outrage over the re-cut of "Pearl Harbor" for the Japanese. Why? First the facts. Disney toned down "Pearl Harbor's" anti-Japanese slang and rhetoric. I guess it thinks the Japanese wouldn't accept the fact that some Americans may have been a bit peeved at them after the sneak attack. Disney also eliminated a Japanese spy scene. Of  course  there were no Japanese spies during World War II – no way that would have happened. The truth is that the Japanese military was brutal during World War II, and, unlike the atrocities committed by the Third Reich, this fact has largely been avoided by the media. In addition to murdering hundreds of thousands of Chinese, the fatality rate for American POWs captured by the Japanese in World War II was a revolting 38 percent. By contrast only 1 percent of American POWs held by the German military died in captivity. Want more? As of Jan. 1, 2000, only 16 percent of American POWs held by the Japanese were still alive – while 48 percent of our military people held by the Germans were still living. By all  accounts