Taro Aso, Japan's Deputy Prime Minister, Says Tokyo Could Learn From Nazis' Tactics

Japan's gaffe-prone deputy prime minister has said Tokyo could learn from Nazi Germany when it comes to constitutional reform, prompting a rebuke from a Jewish human rights group. In a statement on its website late Tuesday, the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Taro Aso to clarify his comments that Tokyo, which is mulling a change to its pacifist constitution, should look to the way the Nazis quietly adopted reforms. "First, mass media started to make noises (about Japan's proposed refo...