After all, Japan came close to invading their country during the war; Australian prisoners-of-war were brutally treated in Japanese camps; and only a couple of weeks ago Mr Abe had brought ignominy upon himself by denying that foreign "comfort women" had been coerced into working in wartime military brothels.
The finals of 1966 brought the ignominy of North Korea and Pak-Doo Ik, the team met upon their return from England by an airport-full of radged-off supporters wielding sizeable boxes of assorted ripe organic produce.
The conservatives have chosen the wrong issue on which to make a stand, and are doing it in the wrong way, bringing nothing but ignominy upon hitherto honourable parties.
Vera's not ashamed of what she does, but she knows the pain and ignominy it will bring.
The ignominy this will bring on Britain... this is going to make Britain look very small, as if we are purely self-interested and not considerate of the sensitivities of other countries," he said.
Chris Huhne faces jail and political ignominy after he brought an end to years of denials and finally admitted that he has repeatedly lied about a motoring offence a decade ago.
West brought its special brand of ignominy to the N.F.L. playoffs last season — the Seattle Seahawks won the division and hosted a playoff game with a losing record — the only balm was that such mediocrity is rarely rewarded in January.
But, swept along by Nureyev's voracious life, he decides to tell his story through the perspectives of others: Fonteyn, polite and adoring, a motherly ache in her ballerina's bones; his sister, Tamara, resentful of the ignominy his defection has brought on her family; and Yulia, the troubled, impoverished daughter of his first teacher.
Reyes was sent off in the final seconds with the last tackle of the game - a stupid shove at Ronaldo that brought a second yellow card and the ignominy of becoming only the second player to be dismissed in an FA Cup final.
Every day brings new revelations, new momentum and new ignominy as this band of conservative geeks goes on the warpath to set the video gaming world to rights.
