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Lee Kuan Yew's Political Lessons from the Japanese Occupation of Singapore In The Singapore Story, Lee Kuan Yew pointedly explains that the three and a half years of Japanese occupation were the most important of my life. They gave me vivid insights into the behaviour of human beings and human societies, their motivations and impulses. My appreciation of governments, my understanding of power as ...