Instead of posting my own irrelevant incorrect thoughts I thought I'd share some relevant articles. And add some of my own commentary.
Japan's right-wing politicians: Making a hash of history | The Economist
"Since leading the conservative Liberal Democrats (LDP) back to power in December, Mr Abe has been advised to avoid the terrain that ensnared Mr Hashimoto, but it never seemed likely that he could keep himself entirely free of it. In April, he queried the definition of "aggression" in relation to Japan's colonial wars in Asia—in effect undermining the basis of Tokyo's relations with its former victims. His semantic quibble had the effect of corroding Japan's gold-standard apology for its imperial warmongering and atrocities, the 1995 Murayama statement. Indeed, Mr Abe has hinted that he may retract it. "
"On May 12th, the LDP's policy chief, Sanae Takaichi, revealed to millions of television viewers that Mr Abe rejects the verdict of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, which blamed Japan for the war and sentenced its leaders to hang. Then a record number of LDP lawmakers visited the Yasukuni shrine last month, where those hanged leaders were enshrined clandestinely. A pilgrimage to the shrine is taken to imply a tacit endorsement of the wartime leaders and their aims. To reject the verdict of the war trials themselves would mean setting back to zero Japan's modern relations with China, Korea and even America. The consequences would be profound. "
-like many mentioned b4 you can't blame a whole nation for the ignorance of the warhawk right wing government... Do you blame all of the American people for the ill fought wars in Vietnam and Iraq? We elected the presidents in both cases too.
Territorial Disputes Involving Japan.
Russia Taiwan Korea and china. Clearly the Japanese government is screwing up. I highly doubt the us is even on board with the current state of the Japanese government. I'm thinking their probably pretty dumbfounded by the way it's acting. Much like how many of US allies hated bush for his wars.
The government should be blamed not the people.
Your arguments have no effect on what the elitist of either countries do... They have little care for your welfare and are only looking to stay in power, you should not be so emotional about drama that does not effect you at all
