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“We should ask, ‘Do Japan’s people understand the suffering they inflicted on other peoples? Do their leaders show a commitment to remembering it, and are the people educated about it?’ ” says Associate Professor of Government Jennifer Lind in a USA Today story about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to issue a “forward-looking” statement on Aug. 15, the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, which ended World War II.