Published: Thu 17 May 2007, 8:27 AM Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 12:58 AM The end of the Second World War saw Japan not only devastated, but also derided by all for its military misadventures. That prompted it to renounce military ambitions in future and concentrate on economic development. That paid handsomely as Japan is today one of the world's top industrialised nations and its people are lea