>>2297Your probably a troll, but there's gonna be people out there who would legitimately use that argument.
The fact to that is while Nazi's have been and are being hunted down for their atrocities (rightfully so), that's not really happening for former Imperial Japanese. With over 80,000 nazis having been tried for war crimes compared to about 5,600 Imperial Japs, that means for every Imperial Jap who faced justice, fourteen nazi's also faced the same.
Largely, most eastern war criminals have gotten away with it.
This matters because even though it's over 70 years ago, true justice has not been delivered. Statistically, you'll find tons of these Japanese war criminals who are still alive to this day. They can still be brought to justice, but there's no action being done.
It also matters because all those in the highest parts of power in Japan today downplay and deny these historical facts. It's a major slap in the face to the dead and living victims of those actions.
>>2294Same as what I said above in relation to trolling and excuses.
Most incidents committed by Imperial Japs were not rogue groups of soldiers acting on their own, but direct orders from Hirohito and others high up in the military.
These war crimes were not like the Dachau Massacre, while still fucked up, understandable why they occurred.
There's no rational reason for Imperial Soldiers to have viciously raped 50,000 Chinese women. Or to throw infants into the air and catch them with their bayonets. (aka the Nanking Massacre)
The Japanese military did not commit war crimes by accident, or commit war crimes that aren't really war crimes (I'm talking about things like hollow-point bullets quite literally being illegal in war.)
WW2 Japan instead committed acts of pure moral insanity.
>>2292They actually do keep that subject and other related topics totally out of what is taught to students.
>>2293 Korea is sadly one of many nations in which the Imperial Government inflicted tragedies upon during WW2. Disgust is my same viewpoint also.