Dept. of Don't Hold Your Breath

Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi has apologized for his country’s aggression in WWII. [That means it’s safe for you to fly there Wednesday.-ed. I’m relieved.] The Chinese now should also be “relieved” since much of this sudden public atonement has been at their instigation. We shall see if their Communist Party in turn apologizes for the estimated fifty million deaths at the hands of the Great Helmsman.

UPDATE: But hasn’t there been a tsunami on their North-east Coast?-ed. Only a 4-inch one.