Japan's deputy PM apologizes for praising Nazi tactics

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Japan's gaffe-prone deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso apologized Thursday after suggesting that Tokyo could learn from Nazi Germany, which he praised for quietly rewriting that nation's constitution.

“What I said in reference to the Nazi administration did not reflect my true intention, and it is very unfortunate that it caused a misunderstanding,” he said.

Germany and Japan were allies during the war.

At a symposium earlier in the week, Aso referred to the legislative skill and tactics of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi government, which followed the chaos of the Germany’s parliamentary representative democracy set up in 1919.

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