Abe must acknowledge the horrible war crimes Japan committed during the WW2!!! who agrees!?

Question

some people think we should forget about the past and deal with what's going on right now. in my opinion, this is simply selfish and riciculous. those people need to think about what it would be like if they had been the victims of those unimaginable tortures and human experimentations. if they still don't get it, they might as well see the movie "Maruta". it let's you have a peek at hell. how much longer does Japan think it can hide its past, saying there is not enough evidence when Korean and Japanese old ladies who served as sex slaves are protesting in front of the Japanese embassy everyday. even some Japanese people admit it. adults can be so childish sometimes.

THE POINT IS THAT JAPAN IS DENYING THE DEGREE OF CRUELTY OF ITS CRIME. ABE(CURRENT PRESIDENT OF JAPAN) IS SAYING THINGS LIKE "THOSE SEX SLAVES VOLUNTEERED". THIS SHOULD REST, HUH? OF COURSE THE PAST CAN REST ONCE IT HAS BEEN ADMITTED. WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MANY JAPANESE PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF THEIR HISTORY???

Abe(current prime minister of Japan) sorry

Answer 1

Completely aside from whether or not it was right or wrong to acknowlege the sexual abuse of Korean, Chinese, Philipino, etc. women under Japanese Military rule, Abe's comments were assenine, unnessecarily provocative, and politically stupid. Japan has been working feverishly to repair relations with the other countries of asia for the past two decades in particular and his comments about the "comfort women" gain Japan absolutely nothing, while setting their reconciliation efforts back a good ten years. Whatever he thinks personally is immaterial. It was a stupid thing to say and Japan will suffer consequences to their international relationships with other countries because of it.

Answer 2

Abe didn't recind the apology, he just said there isn't any evidence they were coerced. No one doubts that "comfort women" existed, but whether they were kidnapped and raped is an entirely different accusation. Chinese and Korean histories also say they staged great resistance without bothering to mention that half the Japanese army in China was made up of Korean and Chinese volunteers. Both countries have long histories of defecting to the enemy. Anyone who has seen the prevelance of prostitution in modern Korea and China would be forgiven for not thinking that in the past they were proper young ladies. Walking from the train station to the bus stop in Shenzhen I get asked by 4 different women if I would like a little action. It's only 3 blocks. Without evidence, you could never prove to me that those women weren't actual prostitutes. They may have been manipulated like present human trafficees are, but that is hardly worth a national apology. I doubt the Japanese government was involved. They didn't even have control of their own military at the time.
Never trust an eyewitness, they are the most unreliable and any detective could tell you that. If you coluded with the enemy and worked as a prostitute wouldn't you much rather say you were raped? I'm not saying people weren't raped, but besides not being unusual in war at the time, it can't be proven that the government sponsored or condoned it. And a country cannot be held responsible for what it's citizens do in other countries.

Answer 3

I'm a Filipino and when I was a kid I was taught in History about the horrible war crimes the japanese committed and I started to dislike them. However, as I grew older I began to question my beliefs about them (Me suddenly becoming an anime fan sorta helped actually). When I read about the Japanese government situation back then I found that not all Japanese were in favor of war. I also learned that those who started the war were the more militaristic Japanese officials (For me, these people sound like they wouldn't look out of place next to guys like Hitler, Stalin, and Nero.)

However, I also acknowledge that the most of the Japanese soldiers back then were jerks (I read that there were those that weren't but they are disappontingly few) I feel sorry for those young girls who were supposedly forced under such circumstances. The behaviour of those soldiers wouldn't look out of place in a sick hentai movie. The stories that I read about the 'comfort women' (including those from Korea and China) made my stomach churn.

Still, you should also consider the possibility that having an atomic bomb dropped on your head is just as bad. Over thousands of people died in the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. Also even though the numbers died in those two cities may not be half of how many the Japanese killed in the war those numbers were accumulated through the entire span of the war. The total number of people killed by Japanese soldiers was accumulated in pieces compared to the huge number that died the instant the noses of 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man' struck the ground.

I'm not siding with anyone here but you should try not to harshly judge a whole country and its people just by what one man says. No matter what position he holds.

Answer 4

Japan's past is old news. America's past is old news. Same with the injustice against the Native Americans, the Columbine shootings, and Bill Clinton's hummer in the Oval Office. There comes a time when enough has been said and it's time to let it rest. It's not childish - it's the mature thing to do.


Oh, and congratulations are in order. You've asked one question, answered no questions and you've already learned to used that thumbs down button. That's got to be some kind of record.

Answer 5

Who is Abe? I totally agree with you on all points but I think you have to be prepared to wait a while for an apology from anyone. The pope only recently apologized for the Catholic Church's passive role during WW2.

Answer 6

yes,
and lets talk about what the immigrants did to the Indians.
and what the Romans did.
and what the Greeks did,
and what the English did.
and ...............................................
it is a never ending story, talk about it as long as you want, but just stop sucking money out of the people that had nothing to do with it.
them fcuking lawyers should be punished for those bullsh*t lawsuits.

and Japanese people know there history very well, they respect there older (we don't), but they don't take our bullsh*t
any Japanese person in here will totally agree with me, and will say that you are misinformed

Answer 7

"Black Christmas", Hong Kong, December 25, 1941 On the day of the British surrender of Hong Kong to the Japanese, Japanese soldiers also terrorised the local population by murdering many, raping an estimated 10,000 women, and looting. Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 Prisoners of war were beaten randomly and denied food and water for several days. Those who fell behind were executed through various means: shot, beheaded or bayoneted. Operation Sankō Crime of genocide, Crimes against humanity (Extermination of civilians) more than 2.7 million" civilians were killed in this operation that began in May 1942. Laha massacre, 1942 After the battle Battle of Ambon, more than 300 Australian and Dutch prisoners of war were chosen at random and summarily executed Alexandra Hospital massacre, Battle of Singapore, February 14, Japanese soldiers approached Alexandra Barracks Hospital. Although no resistance was offered, some of them shot or bayoneted staff members and patients. The remaining staff and patients were murdered over the next two days Sook Ching Massacre, 1942 The massacre (estimated at 25,000-50,000) was a systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore by the Japanese Manila Massacre 100,000 Filipino citizens of Manila Unit 731 During this biological and chemical weapons' program over 10,000 were experimented on without anesthetic and as many as 200,000 died throughout China. Unit Ei 1644 Unit 1644 conducted tests to determine human susceptibility to a variety of harmful stimuli ranging from infectious diseases to poison gas. It was the largest germ experimentation center in China. Unit 1644 regularly carried out human vivisections as well as infecting humans with cholera, typhus, and bubonic plague. "Death Railway" Burma-Thai Railway The estimated total number of civilian labourers and POWs who died during construction is about 160,000. Comfort Women Up to around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels. Manchukuo More than 10 million Chinese civilians were mobilized by the Imperial Japanese Army for slave labor. Kaimingye germ weapon attack bubonic plague attacks.

Answer 8

Then it should be the same with America. The autrocities they were responsible for during the nineteenth Century towards the Native American and even in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries towards the African americans could be considered just as bad.

Answer 9

Their horrible war crimes were overshadowed by the atomic bombs dropped over Japan by the US marking the end of the second great war.

Answer 10

Off balace justice as usual