I would say generally yes. The Japanese have done quite well considering that they have 150 million citizens (half the US population) living on a land area smaller than California, and have an extremely urban and industrial society. They have very strict controls on logging and pretty effective pollution controls.
But like in America, they have debates about whether or not they are doing enough. Japan is also rather poor in natural resources, which is actually good for their environment. It means they must import most of their resources rather than extract them at home, which is usually environmentally destructive.
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.