This might be a Western bias. I’m sure the Koreans, Chinese, and the many other Asian/Pacific nations would immediately think of the atrocities done by the Japanese.
It bothers me a lot even as a Japanese national that we only ever make media about how the “big bad Americans” came and bombed the shit out of us. Yeah, stories like the Grave of the Fireflies are amazing—it teaches us about children who are affected… in Japan. Do we seriously not have the balls to own up to our past and make movies calling out the horrifying acts we’ve done to our neighbours?
They do kinda mention it if they’re talking about the timeline of the war. But they might even muddle that by calling it “an incident,” instead of, “attack,” you know what I mean? I think the atomic bombs museum made the news last week because they FINALLY wrote “Japan invades China,” in their timeline. Before that, I think it said something like “war occurs” or “erupts.”
If you don’t mind my ranting, it doesn’t seem like enough people know or care about the suffering endured during the war here in Okinawa either. So many mainland Japanese people only see us as some fun loving islanders without a care in the world.
I have to admit that my knowledge of Japan’s involvement in WW2 is limited. Basically Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of war. What happened in Okinawa during the war?
Serious warning though, both are massively capital E Evil. In general japanese treatment of those it deemed subhuman was similar to Germany’s, but not as industrialised.
And then you can understand why Japans official “nothing bad happened” attitude is massively fucked up.
This might be a Western bias. I’m sure the Koreans, Chinese, and the many other Asian/Pacific nations would immediately think of the atrocities done by the Japanese.
It bothers me a lot even as a Japanese national that we only ever make media about how the “big bad Americans” came and bombed the shit out of us. Yeah, stories like the Grave of the Fireflies are amazing—it teaches us about children who are affected… in Japan. Do we seriously not have the balls to own up to our past and make movies calling out the horrifying acts we’ve done to our neighbours?
Japan still actively protests memorials for the raped women of occupied asian territories. (“Comfort Woman”)
So in the media there it mentions the US bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki but leaves out the Pearl Harbor of it all?
They do kinda mention it if they’re talking about the timeline of the war. But they might even muddle that by calling it “an incident,” instead of, “attack,” you know what I mean? I think the atomic bombs museum made the news last week because they FINALLY wrote “Japan invades China,” in their timeline. Before that, I think it said something like “war occurs” or “erupts.”
If you don’t mind my ranting, it doesn’t seem like enough people know or care about the suffering endured during the war here in Okinawa either. So many mainland Japanese people only see us as some fun loving islanders without a care in the world.
I have to admit that my knowledge of Japan’s involvement in WW2 is limited. Basically Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of war. What happened in Okinawa during the war?
If you don’t want to sleep tonight, read about Unit 731 and the Rape of Nanjing.
Serious warning though, both are massively capital E Evil. In general japanese treatment of those it deemed subhuman was similar to Germany’s, but not as industrialised.
And then you can understand why Japans official “nothing bad happened” attitude is massively fucked up.
Look up the Rape of Nanking, Unit 731, and Comfort Women if you want to learn a bit about Japans involvement in WW2.
They also bombed Australia repeatedly