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That isn't really just a Japanese thing. US schools usually skirt around or very quickly dash through unfavorable material as well. It isn't even just schools. There was a big controversy when the Smithsonian wanted to make an Enola Gay exhibit for the 50th anniversary of the end of the war (the plane that dropped one of the atomic bombs) because some people didn't like how the original exhibit portrayed the US. I guarantee you that China does the exact same thing when it comes to airing their dirty laundry.

Some people want Japan to appologize 24/7 for stuff that happened the later part of a century ago and refuse to move on.

Anti-Japanese racism is one of the few racisms thats a-ok to be in America these days.

Only Japan gets flak because the left hates them in general and will use any excuse to thrash them. Some people want Japan to apologize 24/7 for stuff that happened the later part of a century ago and refuse to move on. Anti-Japanese racism is one of the few racisms thats a-ok to be in America these days.

It's a bit hard for people to forget things like invading other countries or experimenting on innocent people

Japanese people aren't really as reviled nowadays as they were following Pearl Harbor. They've been displaced by Muslims and Sikh's.

I don't think the left hates Japan. Criticism does not necessarily equate to hatred. Japan is certainly not on the top of the list of countries that are criticized by the left, both in degree and frequency. No one in this community truly hates Japan, though some may criticize some things. There are some areas that those one the left may point to Japan as a role model in fact (not getting into specifics here to avoid going OT). If it was just about stuff that Japan did during WW2, that would be a bit silly for those outside Japan and Korea to focus much on. However, the concern is with right wing nationalists, like those mentioned in the article, who deny that war crimes occurred or that Japan's actions constituted war crimes, celebrate those war criminals, and impugn the reputation of the victims, living and dead, and that the current government of Japan might be too amenable to such right wing nationalism. It isn't a concern with all Japanese people, inside and outside Japan, just these folks mentioned in the article and potentially the governing party. No one is going to harass some random Japanese person on the street on this issue, especially given how unpopular such right wing nationalists are in Japan.

Every country did those sorts of things in war. Twice as many German women were assaulted by Allied soldiers in WW2 than Nanking. We just have the benefit of Germany being so self-hating about the war they don't bring it up every year.

All fascist movements are fundamentally the same. A bunch of socially-ill-adapt people from semi-prosperous backgrounds find they can't get ahead in life, because changing social structures means their privilege isn't as effective in concealing their other deficiencies as it was, or they thought it was, in their parent's days. And rather than work to change themselves they set themselves up to change society back to the Good Old Days when detail orientation and following instructions carefully was enough to let you get ahead, and shut down all those liberated women and #ethnics and #queers who are, if not the agents of change, the ones who doomed the proper shape of society, at least its symbol.

I graduated high school before 9/11, so I have no idea what history books say about our invasion of Iraq, but if its anything like how they covered previous wars I'm sure they left out tons of juicy, unflattering details. Then again, over the past year it's suddenly become cool for Americans to hate America so maybe they air out all our dirty laundry these days.

Only Japan gets flak because the left hates them in general and will use any excuse to thrash them. Some people want Japan to appologize 24/7 for stuff that happened the later part of a century ago and refuse to move on. Anti-Japanese racism is one of the few racisms thats a-ok to be in America these days.

It's not just limited to those extremists. Issues like how the majority of Japan are anti-immigration and 99.5% ethnically homogenous and proud nationalists draw their ire. Japan as a whole is far more right leaning even if you ignore those war crime-denying extremists.

But unlike Japan those sex crimes were never endorsed officially let alone institutionalized, instead they were transgressions by individual soldiers and would have been treated as crimes if caught. Or are you seriously claiming that 'comfort women' never happened?

BadNewsBlues wrote:

It's a bit hard for people to forget things like invading other countries or experimenting on innocent people

Every country did those sorts of things in war. Twice as many German women were assaulted by Allied soldiers in WW2 than Nanking. We just have the benefit of Germany being so self-hating about the war they don't bring it up every year.

But unlike Japan those sex crimes were never endorsed officially let alone institutionalized, instead they were transgressions by individual soldiers and would have been treated as crimes if caught. Or are you seriously claiming that 'comfort women' never happened?

The majority of people who vote, yes. They tend to be overwhelmingly older, and are more for keeping the status quo than single issue politics like immigration. Also, Japan being ethnically homogenous is false because it's made up of many diverse ethnic groups. I believe you mean "racially homogenous" as East Asians well-assimilated into a unified Japanese society.

Also, Japan being ethnically homogenous is false because it's made up of many diverse ethnic groups.

My bad. Although, eh, I wouldn't say it's limited to older people. I've met plenty of Japanese folks in their 20s and 30s that have similar views. Some were rather blunt on topics like Japan being more open borders, citing the UK and other countries rise in crime and how they like the safety of Japan as it is now.

Such as? And what's their total % of the population compared to the native Japanese?

Fun fact: The Imperial family has korean blood. Also, Japan in general has Chinese and Korean blood. And also, immigrants were welcome and have shaped Japanese Culture. Also, Yamato people, the main ethnic group in Japan, are a mix of Jōmon and Yayoi people. Not to mention all the ancient (Emishi) and even the modern-day peoples (Ryukyuan/Okinawan and Ainu) integrated into Japan. So much for racial purity, more like a nation of immigrants. Also, for the far-right groups against the LGBT, same-sex attraction thrived in the past, among other things. Oh, and the technology you're using is largely western.

Oh God, I love logical inconsistency.