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BZ Japan,
It is people like you, who make my blood boil. If you are considering yourself Japanese, then it shames me to call myself one as well. You are a perfect example of someone in Japan who is clearly an ignorant right-wing politician and want to "deny" the issues in history. No proof you say? Leave Japan, and go to any public library in any other country. You'll find more than enough proof there. I, myself, am a Japanese American, and those are the parts of Japanese history and culture that I am utterly ashamed of. Thank God I received most of my education in the US and learned the truth (rather than the garbage false history I was fed in Japan.) Are you going to tell me next that Japan influenced MOST of Korea's culture (Art, Buddhism, Confucianism, writing system, etc...) when it is a clear fact that the trade route went from CHINA to KOREA to JAPAN. This is another example of "warped" history I was taught there.
Do you think that Korea was better off without being illegally annexed by Japan? Oh, don't forget to mention that many Korean citizens were forced to speak and learn Japanese and adopt Japanese names. Read the young adult book, "When My Name was Keiko" by Linda Sue Park for one account of the incident. Try the many websites on Korean history, and you'll find that your views are gravely mistaken.
The rest of the world sees and knows of the acts committed in Japan as hate crimes (Comfort women, brutal killings, medical experiments, etc...) Don't even say that it only happened in China. It happened in Korea, the Philippines, all over the South Asian Islands and Allied Prisoners of War. Don't forget that Japan also RECENTLY admitted to chemical testing in China as well. Clearly, the nation was wrong, and if you deny these acts, you are no better than a Neo-Nazi claiming Hitler was correct in his views. You don't support Hitler and Germany's atrocities, do you? Yet you fail to acknowledge the ones by Japan, which were more or less the same thing.
Japan annexed Korea illegally going before the world council, after they secretly assassinated Queen Min, the ruling monarch of Korea, to use the country for their own purposes. All raw materials were shipped back to Japan, and practically all rice and agriculture as well. This is why the Koreans were starving. Japanese soldiers killed one of my best friend's (a Korean American) grandfather for protesting the brutal occupation of 1910-1935, and many more were also. If you want some resources of such crimes including the assassination, here you go:
Testimony of a RUSSIAN Soldier:
Wayback Machine
Wow, a site on REAL history, based in JAPAN......read it in English or Japanese, and MANY ARCHIVED PHOTOS OF WAR CRIMES!!!
Would you care to deny these photos? Do you call this lack of evidence? I've talked to many POWs/veterans who suffered in Japan's prison camps. I studied the topic in depth. Don't tell me that Korea "benefitted" mainly from Japan. If you say that, then American really benefitted from the slave trade of the 1600s and on. The Chinese and Irish labour was just so that they could build the "white man's railroad" at the time. Kicking the Native Americans off the land so America could expand was just. Edward the Longshanks was correct in what he did to the Scottish and Irish, to "further" his territory. Yes, I'm sure all these actions were humane and more beneficial.
For those of you who read my previous posts, this is a perfect example of what I stated. Many in Japan either don't want to accept the truth, and rather downplay it, especially when it comes to Korea. Many wills and cannot accept the fact of Korea ever becoming superior to Japan in anything; Korea is seen as a lower-class country...even when the Information Technology, LCD Monitors, Plasma TVs, telecommunications, PCs, cell phones, etc... have equalled or stepped above that of Japan's nowadays. Oh, and need I mention the World Cup? How much slandering did I see on websites stating Korea cheated, no good comments like "Chosenjin," (an impolite way to say Korean,) etc.? Thank God for my friends, family, and others of groups trying to show the truth there in Japan.
>>>Thanks for replying me. But there is no evidence to prove the stories you posted yet. When we discuss crimes, we should discuss on evidence, not propaganda. And yes as you pointed Africa suffered from colonialism. But Korea and Taiwan were totally different. Japan built schools and factories and modernized both. I'm not saying that it's OK to occupy other countries, but I think Koreans should stop exaggerating the dark side and telling a one-sided story. Koreans love to blame everything on us. The name of "The Sea of Japan", the spelling of Korea(not Corea) was due to the Japanese empire<<<
While I agree that Korea does exaggerate some issues and argue about petty things like Korea or Corea and the Sea of Japan, the atrocities are no exaggeration. If you want to know who's really being one-sided, look at yourself, and many others who share your opinion. Who is REALLY being led by propaganda? I was brought up the same way when I once lived in Japan, but thankfully, I learned the TRUTH from the outside. If you say there is a lack of evidence of such things, where exactly are you looking? Of course, you won't find evidence in JAPAN! Why is it that the world has all these resources? Japan is much more well known in the world than Korea is. Thus, Japan would have more of an influence. Why would these events of Korean history be recorded, rather than the Japanese views? The reason is that it is the truth, that's why. Outside countries of the world have no bias towards either country. It is also interesting to note that Japan is trying to build closer relations with China today, and it's a fact that they always held China and it's culture in high regard. Thus, I wonder why they are JUST NOW admitting to their war crimes in China. It's funny how they won't admit to the acts and downplay them in Korea, the Philippines, etc...
Seriously, I can't believe something as this is still happening, especially when we all live in a more educated era. Wake up, and learn from history! Denying it will only make things worse!
Yet, many wonder why North Korea hated Japan so much?
I could go on and on and provide more sources and facts. You go ahead and defend all the atrocities. We, the majority of the world, know the truth, and what really happened. I appreciate your efforts and responses, and you are welcome to post here, but shame on you for defending the "Asian Holocaust". Sieg Heil, right?
While I am again, not calling Japan today evil, there are people like BZ Japan who are misinformed. Hopefully one day, Japan will face up to its actions, educate their people PROPERLY, and truly apologize for the atrocities. Korea/China/Philippines, and other former colonies of Japan, will hopefully stop being stubborn, and be ready to forgive. Only then will this matter be put to rest.
BZ Japan,
It is people like you, who make my blood boil. If you are considering yourself Japanese, then it shames me to call myself one as well. You are a perfect example of someone in Japan who is clearly an ignorant right-wing politician and want to "deny" the issues in history. No proof you say? Leave Japan, and go to any public library in any other country. You'll find more than enough proof there. I, myself, am a Japanese American, and those are the parts of Japanese history and culture that I am utterly ashamed of. Thank God I received most of my education in the US and learned the truth (rather than the garbage false history I was fed in Japan.) Are you going to tell me next that Japan influenced MOST of Korea's culture (Art, Buddhism, Confucianism, writing system, etc...) when it is a clear fact that the trade route went from CHINA to KOREA to JAPAN. This is another example of "warped" history I was taught there.
Do you think that Korea was better off without being illegally annexed by Japan? Oh, don't forget to mention that many Korean citizens were forced to speak and learn Japanese and adopt Japanese names. Read the young adult book, "When My Name was Keiko" by Linda Sue Park for one account of the incident. Try the many websites on Korean history, and you'll find that your views are gravely mistaken.
The rest of the world sees and knows of the acts committed in Japan as hate crimes (Comfort women, brutal killings, medical experiments, etc...) Don't even say that it only happened in China. It happened in Korea, the Philippines, all over the South Asian Islands and Allied Prisoners of War. Don't forget that Japan also RECENTLY admitted to chemical testing in China as well. Clearly, the nation was wrong, and if you deny these acts, you are no better than a Neo-Nazi claiming Hitler was correct in his views. You don't support Hitler and Germany's atrocities, do you? Yet you fail to acknowledge the ones by Japan, which were more or less the same thing.
Japan annexed Korea illegally going before the world council, after they secretly assassinated Queen Min, the ruling monarch of Korea, to use the country for their own purposes. All raw materials were shipped back to Japan, and practically all rice and agriculture as well. This is why the Koreans were starving. Japanese soldiers killed one of my best friend's (a Korean American) grandfather for protesting the brutal occupation of 1910-1935, and many more were also. If you want some resources of such crimes including the assassination, here you go:
Testimony of a RUSSIAN Soldier:
Wayback Machine
Wow, a site on REAL history, based in JAPAN......read it in English or Japanese, and MANY ARCHIVED PHOTOS OF WAR CRIMES!!!
Permanent Exhibit on Japan's Aggression
web.archive.org
Would you care to deny these photos? Do you call this lack of evidence? I've talked to many POWs/veterans who suffered in Japan's prison camps. I studied the topic in depth. Don't tell me that Korea "benefitted" mainly from Japan. If you say that, then American really benefitted from the slave trade of the 1600s and on. The Chinese and Irish labour was just so that they could build the "white man's railroad" at the time. Kicking the Native Americans off the land so America could expand was just. Edward the Longshanks was correct in what he did to the Scottish and Irish, to "further" his territory. Yes, I'm sure all these actions were humane and more beneficial.
For those of you who read my previous posts, this is a perfect example of what I stated. Many in Japan either don't want to accept the truth, and rather downplay it, especially when it comes to Korea. Many wills and cannot accept the fact of Korea ever becoming superior to Japan in anything; Korea is seen as a lower-class country...even when the Information Technology, LCD Monitors, Plasma TVs, telecommunications, PCs, cell phones, etc... have equalled or stepped above that of Japan's nowadays. Oh, and need I mention the World Cup? How much slandering did I see on websites stating Korea cheated, no good comments like "Chosenjin," (an impolite way to say Korean,) etc.? Thank God for my friends, family, and others of groups trying to show the truth there in Japan.
>>>Thanks for replying me. But there is no evidence to prove the stories you posted yet. When we discuss crimes, we should discuss on evidence, not propaganda. And yes as you pointed Africa suffered from colonialism. But Korea and Taiwan were totally different. Japan built schools and factories and modernized both. I'm not saying that it's OK to occupy other countries, but I think Koreans should stop exaggerating the dark side and telling a one-sided story. Koreans love to blame everything on us. The name of "The Sea of Japan", the spelling of Korea(not Corea) was due to the Japanese empire<<<
While I agree that Korea does exaggerate some issues and argue about petty things like Korea or Corea and the Sea of Japan, the atrocities are no exaggeration. If you want to know who's really being one-sided, look at yourself, and many others who share your opinion. Who is REALLY being led by propaganda? I was brought up the same way when I once lived in Japan, but thankfully, I learned the TRUTH from the outside. If you say there is a lack of evidence of such things, where exactly are you looking? Of course, you won't find evidence in JAPAN! Why is it that the world has all these resources? Japan is much more well known in the world than Korea is. Thus, Japan would have more of an influence. Why would these events of Korean history be recorded, rather than the Japanese views? The reason is that it is the truth, that's why. Outside countries of the world have no bias towards either country. It is also interesting to note that Japan is trying to build closer relations with China today, and it's a fact that they always held China and it's culture in high regard. Thus, I wonder why they are JUST NOW admitting to their war crimes in China. It's funny how they won't admit to the acts and downplay them in Korea, the Philippines, etc...
Seriously, I can't believe something as this is still happening, especially when we all live in a more educated era. Wake up, and learn from history! Denying it will only make things worse!
Yet, many wonder why North Korea hated Japan so much?
I could go on and on and provide more sources and facts. You go ahead and defend all the atrocities. We, the majority of the world, know the truth, and what really happened. I appreciate your efforts and responses, and you are welcome to post here, but shame on you for defending the "Asian Holocaust". Sieg Heil, right?
While I am again, not calling Japan today evil, there are people like BZ Japan who are misinformed. Hopefully one day, Japan will face up to its actions, educate their people PROPERLY, and truly apologize for the atrocities. Korea/China/Philippines, and other former colonies of Japan, will hopefully stop being stubborn, and be ready to forgive. Only then will this matter be put to rest.