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Yeah, sure. Let's forget about Unit 731, genocide policy in China, union with nazi Germany, annual Yasukuni shrine rutuals, Shintoism, sick nationalism, etc.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202408/15/WS66be00dea3104e74fddba322.html
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-protests-japanese-premier-s-offering-lawmakers-visit-to-controversial-shrine/3545814
https://youtu.be/0Y2wTNTpk0k
https://youtu.be/Z-f9wACfNhQ
https://virtualworkersofamerica.com/japans-obsession-with-nazi-related-anime/
Sir, this is c/memes
Is this better?
Sure, and I love the great memes that get posted here. But this one distorts history beyond all measure. Japanese militarism in government circles hasn't gone anywhere, and neither has the desire for revenge. However, the American dropping of atomic bombs on civilians is not a joke either, but an unconcealed genocide. A demonstration of force, first of all, to intimidate opponents from the socialist camp.
It's a complex situation in Asia. It's not only Japan that is wary of China. The rest of the region that share a border with China, and there are many of them including my country, are constantly having border disputes with China. As with any country, Japan has its share of loud conservatives that like similar conservative things, and if there's anything conservatives are good at (and the left is ridiculously bad at), it's getting into government positions.
why are you talking about china? this is about the war crimes committed throughout asia by japan, and how is conveniently absent from a likely American made meme
The links were China related, and also, except for a few racists, there hasn't been a rift between Japan and the West for a while now.
Did the "they did a bad thing too!" excuse work with your mother? Because I'm wondering why you think it excuses the bad things America did?
....?
they aren't even talking about America....
they're saying that it's strange to leave out the history of cruelty when Japan has been one of the most brutal, cruel, and disgusting empires in the world.
Honestly overlooking that history sounds like something an American would do. are you the seppo here?
Who said anything about overlooking? Can you point to where I did that?