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Tango01 | 18 Aug 2014 10:47 p.m. PST |
… in Japan. "As Japan marked the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Friday, people on the streets of Tokyo showed mixed reactions. Right-leaning visitors to Yasukuni Shrine found a new cause in their movement, while the day evoked memories of wartime suffering among older residents. For many young people, however, the anniversary meant little more than a reminder of a day from the distant past. Right-leaning activists around Yasukuni Shrine demanded the government embrace more nationalistic policies, such as revising the pacifist Constitution. They also called for recanting the so-called Kono Statement from 1993, which admitted the Japanese army and other authorities were at times involved in forcibly recruiting women, mostly from the Korean Peninsula, to provide sex to Japanese soldiers before and during World War II…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 19 Aug 2014 7:11 a.m. PST |
Reality could really suck sometimes … But for historical purposes the truth should not be silenced … The Germans seem much better at confronting some of their actions in WWII then the Japanese … But we'll have to see … |
Tango01 | 19 Aug 2014 10:31 a.m. PST |
Agree with you my friend. The Allied managed the Japan crimes of War different as they did with the Germans. Amicalement Armand |
Tango01 | 19 Aug 2014 10:02 p.m. PST |
As an example… Masanobu Tsuji "Tsuji was responsible for the successful Malayan Invasion and for the defensive actions at Guadalcanal where we won the favor of the Emperor. While he was never indicted for war crimes, subsequent investigations have revealed that he was involved in or contributed to the execution of various war crimes throughout the war including the massacre of Chinese civilians in Singapore, the mistreatment and executions of prisoners of war during the Bataan Death March, the executions of captured government officials of the Philippines, and other war crimes in China. Masanobu Tsuji was regarded as the most notorious Japanese war criminal to escape trial after the war. After Japan's surrender in September 1945, Tsuji went into hiding in Thailand for fear of being tried on war crimes charges. When it was clear he would not be, he returned to Japan and wrote of his years in hiding in what became a best seller. His memoirs made him famous and he later became a member of the Diet. In April 1961, he traveled to Laos and was never heard from again. Presumably a casualty of the Laotian Civil War, he was declared dead on July 20, 1968. Another example of a Japanese war criminal that dodged justice for their crimes against humanityin the Pacific Theature. A truly evil man who escaped justice" See here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 20 Aug 2014 2:28 p.m. PST |
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