No justice for rich japs?

Question

Nazis killed over 50 million jews in the holocaust. The japs killed over 500 million during their imperialism and put women prisioner through prostitituion. Why is the US ignoring their crimes?

They bring everyone to justice for war crimes, don't they?

Answer 1

Source:http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704110010
.html
Germany is Forgiven While Japan Continues to
Sin
by by Kang Kyung-hee, the Chosun Ilbo's correspondent in
Paris, in Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea, April 11,
2007

Akiko is a Japanese housewife in her late 30s who lives in Paris with
her French husband. Not long ago the three of us had lunch and spent
an afternoon talking. We discussed a few topics, including an old
argument the couple had as a result of cultural differences, popular
South Korean soap operas in Japan, and eventually the delicate
historical issues between Korea and Japan.
Akiko turned glum when the conversation drifted to Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's absurd remarks on comfort women and Japan's
distorted history textbooks. "I think the problem lies with my
generation," she said. "Maybe the younger Japanese in their teens and
20s are better informed. But when we went to school, we didn't learn
about these things. We were nearly shut off from information. We grew
up without knowing anything about the shameful parts of our history."

Akiko's husband Bruno said, "France has its own cruel history. When
we were at war with Germany, France mobilized people from its
colonies in Algeria and Africa as cannon fodder. But when I was in
school, textbooks didn't really mention that kind of shameful
history. Later I learned the truth from documentaries and books."

Bruno said, "Every nation has shameful moments in its past. But
what's important is that, like in Germany, people remember that shame
and decide never again to repeat those mistakes."

His remarks reminded me of the festive mood in Berlin during the
recent celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the EU. I was
impressed then by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she glowed with
pride. Merkel is respected for her diplomatic leadership of Germany,
Europe's largest economy and the world's third-largest economy.

For quite a while after World War II, Germany was an economic
powerhouse, but a minor player in world diplomacy. But Germany has
moved ahead, and it's now really the leader of Europe. The only
female leader of the 27 EU countries, Merkel addressed the other
European heads of state in a dignified manner, elaborating on her
visions for peace and the future of Europe.

During the celebration, Merkel appeared to be on friendly terms with
French President Jacques Chirac. That friendship showed vividly that
Europe's integration is based on the reconciliation between Germany
and France, which shed blood in the war.

Both Japan and Germany were criminal nations during the war. Yet they
have become the world's second- and third-largest economic powers,
respectively, through rapid post-war growth.

Yet the two countries are wide apart in terms of their diplomatic
status. Nobody in Europe really believes that Germany will ignite
another war. No matter how high she raises her voice, Merkel's moves
are understood as efforts towards promoting peace in Europe and the
world. In contrast, the more strength Japan displays, the more
Japan's neighbors become suspicious.

For more than 50 years, Germany has repeatedly apologized to the
world and paid enormous compensations for its wartime behavior. As a
result, it has been released from the fetters of history. But as
Japan engages again and again in collective amnesia and denial, it
further entangles itself in the chains of history.

Some time ago, Merkel visited Israel. In a hall dedicated to the
memory of the Jews murdered by the Nazis, she offered a silent prayer
and left the following message: "Only those who know their past can
have the future!"

Once enemies, Germany and France have since torn down their barriers
and their people come and go as if visiting next-door neighbors. They
work hand-in-hand for the future of Europe to assure they will
prosper together. But we seriously doubt there will come a day when
we can get along like this with Japan. Not so long as Japan insists
on repeatedly denying its past, like a broken tape recorder.

This column was contributed by Kang Kyung-hee, the Chosun Ilbo's
correspondent in Paris.

Answer 2

The Nazis killed 6 million Jewish people in the Holocaust and 6 million gypsies, homosexuals, ect... for a total of 12 million people they killed in the holocaust. This is asside from those who died during the War of course, including numbers from both fronts (Japanese and German wars) the total dead was 62 million.... about. Its hard to know exactly.

Secondly, it's kind of rude to say "the japs killed..." "Jap" is a pretty racist term.

Third, no, we did not ignore their crimes. Japanese leaders went on warcrimes trials just as the German leaders did. The Japanese did some pretty nasty stuff. (Read an article on the "Rape of Nanking"... a few hundred thousand civilians killed just in that one incident. Also don't forget the U.S. was involved in some of its own attrocities. The internment camps were a discrace, although obviously in the internment camps their soul purpose was not to kill.... but also not to mention the fact that many soldiers would slit the cheeks of captured Japanese soldiers to obtain their gold teeth. Read "War without Mercy" by Dower for more information on that.

Besides that, the war ended 62 years ago. Most of the leaders involved are either dead or in prison (Both Japanese and Germans). Let it go.

Answer 3

The criminal justice system in the US is based on equal justice for all accused. However, the facts of the system show that cases are often decided on the ability of the accused to afford the best (and most expensive) lawyers to represent them. Common people can rarely afford these lawyers and therefore are at a disadvantage as public defenders are often the "rookies". SM - if the war were really illegal, why has the Democrat congress allowed it to continue? LaDeeDa - perhaps you are too young to remember any presidents other than GW or maybe you just listen to the media hype but what Bush has done with classifying information, not revealing documents and claiming "Executive Privilege" is not a new thing. It has been done by many presidents, both republican and democrat.

Answer 4

If you do the research you will also see this is a cause of tension between the Asian countries, because Japan has never formally apologized, and does not teach the details of these crimes to their students - they have about a sentence to a paragraph. Of course, this insults and hurts the countries, survivors, and descendents of the people Japan abused.

Also - HA, America is a stupid hypocrite. You expect us to care equally about all the people in the world, when we have problems we have ignored for years in our own nation and ignore Africa almost completely?

Answer 5

uhh you need to check your facts and figures 500 million The world population during that time was 2 billion and you are saying they killed a quarter of the earth's population? I think if you check your facts you will see it was more like 30 million. Still I do not have an answer for you.

Answer 6

Why does the US have to address any alleged crimes?