Japan

[Comrade_Scott]

Id like to know the views of people on japan relating to the crimes of wwII they never really appologised for the crimes in china the phillipens and burma i personally feel disgust towards japan and america for not prosecuting the men who commited these crimes and allowing them to stay or gain power. what are youre views?

[Demogorgon]

Hardly surprising given the direction Japan took after the war. The CIA and the Japanese government resorted to all sorts of tricks throughout the war to keep the rightwing in power, and lrt's face it, much of the right wing there don't think they did anything wrong during the war.

[Cryotank Screams]

Originally posted by [email protected] 08, 2007 10:16 pm
what are youre views?
Same as that of america not admitting their own crimes, however it must be understood, that to an extent it's not the people that should be viewed as the cause of this sterilization, and overlooking of historical crimes, but the bourgeoisie of japan, I mean it is hard, irrational, and down right idiotic to deny crimes when you have footage of things such as the rape of nanking, and such, however, the bourgeoisie have a very old and strong hold on the people of japan; groups, and organizations are everything, so if you dissent, and cause trouble for the hands that feed you are instantly kicked out, dishonored, and such, have no life or livelihood connections and no alternatives, hence why you don't see a lot of japanese citizens urging the government to extend a formal apology.

[davie]

Comparing with Japan, Germans gain the respect of the world, because they admitted and apologized for their crimes in WW II. :mellow:

[Dimentio]

Japan is one of the most racist nations on the planet. They apparently have a policy of state-antisemitism.

[Cryotank Screams]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10, 2007 10:21 am
Japan is one of the most racist nations on the planet. They apparently have a policy of state-antisemitism.
Historically they have been a racist nation, though I am unsure if this idea of superiority is still intertwined into the modern japanese society, but anti-semitism? From what I understand when the german diplomats began urging imperial japan to start oppressing, and degrading the jews in japan and within the japanese colonies, the japenese leaders didn't because the jews had been nice to the japanese people and powers, and thus the japanese had no problems with the jews.

[Janus]

They apparently have a policy of state-antisemitism.
Never heard of it. Besides, how many Jews are there in Japan?

[Janus]

they never really appologised for the crimes in china the phillipens and burma
Not just that but the current ultranationalist trend in Japan is particularly disturbing such as the requirement of teaching kids to be patriotic and the distortion (or lack) of content concerning the Sino-Japanese war and the Japanese crimes.

[JKP]

Don't know about state anti-Jewishism, but they are certainly Anti- Russian:
http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html

[Comrade_Scott]

didnt russia and japan fight under nicky2 and he lost dismaly destroying peters "great armada" i think that also helped him loose favour the costly and pointless war with japan (ove korea i think)

[Vargha Poralli]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11, 2007 06:11 am
didnt russia and japan fight under nicky2 and he lost dismaly destroying peters "great armada" i think that also helped him loose favour the costly and pointless war with japan (ove korea i think)
Yes in 1903 0r 19o4 I think. That is one of the causes for the 1905 revolution.

[Red October]

Originally posted by g.ram+January 11, 2007 12:39 am--> (g.ram @ January 11, 2007 12:39 am)
[email protected] 11, 2007 06:11 am
didnt russia and japan fight under nicky2 and he lost dismaly destroying peters "great armada" i think that also helped him loose favour the costly and pointless war with japan (ove korea i think)
Yes in 1903 0r 19o4 I think. That is one of the causes for the 1905 revolution. [/b]
the russian navy got completely owned by the japanese. its understandable that they would have alot of antipathy towards each other. the japanese nationalism of oday would never allow any sort of recognition of the atrocities they committed during ww2. i doubt they'll take responsibility any time soon.

[Janus]

Don't know about state anti-Jewishism, but they are certainly Anti- Russian:
Try anti-foreign. Besides, there are few Russians in Japan as opposed to South Koreans and Chinese.

[Dimentio]

Originally posted by Cryotank Screams+January 10, 2007 09:22 pm--> (Cryotank Screams @ January 10, 2007 09:22 pm)
[email protected] 10, 2007 10:21 am
Japan is one of the most racist nations on the planet. They apparently have a policy of state-antisemitism.
Historically they have been a racist nation, though I am unsure if this idea of superiority is still intertwined into the modern japanese society, but anti-semitism? From what I understand when the german diplomats began urging imperial japan to start oppressing, and degrading the jews in japan and within the japanese colonies, the japenese leaders didn't because the jews had been nice to the japanese people and powers, and thus the japanese had no problems with the jews. [/b]
I have read somewhere that Jews are informally not allowed to take up positions in the state in Japan.

[Sankara1983]

"An estimated 200 Jewish families lived in the country. There were no reports of anti-Semitic acts." – 2005 US State Department "human rights report"

"Jews are a minor ethnic group in Japan, presently consisting of only about a thousand Jewish people or about 0.0008% of Japan's total population." – Wikipedia

[Guerrilla22]

Quite a few Japanese apparently still view Koreans as inferior.

[ComradeR]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18, 2007 06:44 pm
Quite a few Japanese apparently still view Koreans as inferior.
Of course they do, their attitude towards both Korea's shows that.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Japan is suck, even nowadays the Japs seem to be trying to colonize other nations by fooling the kids with their comics, action figure etc. <_<

[Cheung Mo]

It&#39;s not just the CIA and ultranationalists that are mucking around with the Japanese right. The Yakuza has powerful connections within the conservative establishment, as does the Buddhist equivalent to the U.S. relifious-right.

[Colombia]

Whats with the hate soley on Japan? When you look at history, crimes against humanity have been committed in just about every part in the world. China and Burma are no exceptions. Hate the master, not the slaves.

[Janus]

Quite a few Japanese apparently still view Koreans as inferior.
Not just the Koreans but also the Chinese as well (those two make up the greatest portion of the foreign residents in Japan).


Whats with the hate soley on Japan?
In Japan, the xenophobic attitudes are much more ingrained and institutionalized than in any other industrialized nation.