LOS ANGELES -- It is true that the issue of Japan's behavior a half century ago is not moot, especially if there is reason to believe that aggression against its neighbors is not truly a thing of the distant past.
But this issue, grave as it is, is separate from the questions of (a) whether U.N. Security Council reform is urgent, (b) whether Asia as a whole and as a region would be helped by the inclusion of a second permanent member from Asia, and (c) whether that next permanent member should be Japan.
The correct answers are (a) yes, (b) yes, and (c) yes.