Why do many Chinese and Koreans hate Japanese?

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Besides, Japan isn't the only country that suffered bombings. Almost every country that has participated in WWII has suffered air raids or artillery bombing. Of course it's horrible what happened at Nagasaki and Hiroshima, but those people aren't the only victims. Have people forgotten the American actions in Vietnam? The famous picture of the little Vietnamese girl running away from bombings by the Americans, her clothes torn from her burnded body by the explosions? ( Sorry if I offended anyone with this )

Welcome to war, friend. Nobody is safe from it's brutality. Images of little girls with burns & burned clothes running away from air raids are certainly harrowing, but it's a side effect. Do I endorse war? No. Do I think it's okay to kill other people? No. Do I think that people are so goddamn stubborn that they'll let others die in the name of vain ideals? Yes, sadly yes. There is nothing American about it, buddy. It's the nature of the beast that is war, and it's inside us all, and no country can claim innocence from it's grasp.
 
True that. Problem is that our history lessons almost always tell about the heroics of our own country and the crimes of another. We're lucky to have a somewhat serious teacher who compares everything, but in the end, you'll always think: " We beated the BAD guys. ", while there is no such thing as good or bad.
 
I'm not 100% sure about this, so maybe someone can help me out with this, but I believe its because Japan has not been open and honest enough about what actually happend while Germany has.

Japan tries to make things looks less bad such as the Nanking Massacre while the Chinese make it worse, and because of that there will always be some kind of battle between these countries.

This is my opinion and I am not 100% sure about the facts. Most Japanese are very negative about the Chinese and I can't blame them if you see the negative news about China almost every day.
 
I don't think that it's just about being open and honest, Japan has apologized several times for its war crimes (there's a wiki page documenting them), but it's always been "too little, too late" for the other Asian countries.

One theory I might put forth is that Germany did a pretty good job of separating itself from the nazis after the war--it wasn't the Germans who attacked Poland and France and had all those death camps, it was those Nazis.

The Japanese were "all" united in service of the emperor, it wasn't just one political party; this wartime imperialist/nationalist fervor has lumped all Japanese together in the eyes of Chinese and Korean, making the nationality inseparable from the acts committed by the military.

Just a thought on why there's so much hate for "Nazis" and "Japanese," but not "Germans."
 
Let's not forget what their soldiers and commanding higher ups did to the civilians in Okinawa at near the end of the war..Everyone knows that infamous image of the little girl shaking from being malnourished in videos..and they would execute any civilians who were caught hiding food and other valueable items for survival. That totally disugsts me in more ways than my country dropping those two A-Bombs..Any country stealing and turning against it's own deserves what it gets at the worst..and well..we gave it to em!
 
Let's not forget what their soldiers and commanding higher ups did to the civilians in Okinawa at near the end of the war..Everyone knows that infamous image of the little girl shaking from being malnourished in videos..and they would execute any civilians who were caught hiding food and other valueable items for survival. That totally disugsts me in more ways than my country dropping those two A-Bombs..Any country stealing and turning against it's own deserves what it gets at the worst..and well..we gave it to em!
No one deserves to be punished for the crimes of others. The air raids and bombing of Japan were not penance for mistreating anyone, it was just another brutal act in a long string of brutal acts that made up the war.

It's all disgusting.
 
No one deserves to be punished for the crimes of others. The air raids and bombing of Japan were not penance for mistreating anyone, it was just another brutal act in a long string of brutal acts that made up the war.
It's all disgusting.
lol we've seem to uh, wandered way off-topic hah..Yeah anytime I think though no matter what the nationality..when there's children involved in war..just makes me sick..whether it was in WWII, or Vietnam, or current day Afghanistan.
 
it's not too far off-topic; The original question was "why do Chinese and Koreans hate the Japanese?" Because they're still trying to hold them accountable for the actions of past generations.
 
Well I'm from HK(Chinese duh!) and I don't hate the Japanese people, or Koreans. Instead I kinda see Japanese and Koreans are close relatives because we're all East Asian, and we share many similarities in cultures, heritage, and traditions. Having lived in North America long enough, I came to understand all the racisms and negative stereotypes towards us, from Asian fetish to pretty much anything you can think of. It disgusts me that we're being treated and viewed that way, and when they say Asian, it's never directed at one particular group of Asians, but group us as a whole. For that manner, I don't actually dislike East Asians, no matter Japanese or Korean, because we're just as equally looked down and spat on.

Other than that, as a Chinese, I can say most of the dislike towards Japanese are concerned with the government and the past and how they(mainly the government and the denying minority) handled the past towards WWII. I believed that the Japanese people are very nice people that's been misunderstood because of the attitudes of a small group, therefore I will not let that affect my judgement. Instead I try to find the truth on my own by seeing it for myself, and my experiences confirmed my thought.

I also think it's unfair to label or hate the Japanese today(or the public) because the actions of the past, particularly the government and the militaristic hawks, are unrepresentative of the culture Japan is supposed to be. As a matter of fact, I have Japanese friends who are very honest towards their past(although I don't even really bring it up), which shows our generations today are a new breed, and I certainly don't hope to see the past, the evils, spill over to today. Not quite worth it.

Either way, I hope to see these misunderstandings dissipate and eventually we can all get along. I think we (K,Ch,J) all have fascinating cultures and similarities, and plenty of areas where we all can learn from each other.
 
You do know that the American and British financed the Japanese right? :D
Well, I guess America was being smart at the time, because it was around then that the Bolsjewitz started to come up. Those guys would later introduce Communism, and that's negative for any capitalistic country. :D Wow, this is why I love history. It's just watching humanity making the same mistakes over and over again :D

Actually it was more American and British efforts to marginalize the Japan in 1920s and 1930 that led to Japanese militarism. Direct support for Japan by the allied powers ended in 1923 with the end of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Wasn't a serious issue... the Japanese actually had a short lived democracy during the so-called Taisho period in the 1920s. Really the tipping point was the London Naval treaty, which heavily circumscribed Japanese power... that became a contributing factor to the rise of Japanese Militarism.
 
Actually it was more American and British efforts to marginalize the Japan in 1920s and 1930 that led to Japanese militarism. Direct support for Japan by the allied powers ended in 1923 with the end of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Wasn't a serious issue... the Japanese actually had a short lived democracy during the so-called Taisho period in the 1920s. Really the tipping point was the London Naval treaty, which heavily circumscribed Japanese power... that became a contributing factor to the rise of Japanese Militarism.

I want to add more information that? despite of the fact that Japan becam a great power since 1900s, she was always treated as a second tier world power (Ruso-Japanese treaty, league nations) by western nations. This was one of the main factor that contribute the rise of militarism in Japan since 1910s.

Fortunately, when Americas occupy Japan, they treat Japaneses very well. Now, Americas has a powerful ally to against China and a good trade partner :p
 
I met my Japanese friend through the two Korean girls that lived in my accomodation the year before last at uni. Our house was mainly native, me and 2 others + the 2 Koreans. But most nights our house was full of Japanese, Koreans and 1 Taiwanese who would all cook and eat together. No blood was ever spilt lol.

On a slight edit... These were 'South Koreans' not sure if the North or the South ones are more expected to hate Japanese than the other lol.
 
Noone has mentioned 北朝鮮 :) There were a bunch of kidnappings from Japan by North Koreans in only the past 20 years or so? That wouldnt help things I'm sure. I always found it hillarious when China would get mentioned on Japanese news for their Copyright breachings - ie a rip-off Disneyland with a character looking suspiciously like Doraemon? Te he ...
 
Noone has mentioned 北朝鮮 :) There were a bunch of kidnappings from Japan by North Koreans in only the past 20 years or so? That wouldnt help things I'm sure. I always found it hillarious when China would get mentioned on Japanese news for their Copyright breachings - ie a rip-off Disneyland with a character looking suspiciously like Doraemon? Te he ...

Mind using a font that is easier on the eyes. Reading this makes my head hurt!
 
Mind using a font that is easier on the eyes. Reading this makes my head hurt!

Sorry not sure what happened, My laptop was in Japanese and usually when I use a capital it looks just like this does - but it went funny this morning... ごめんね!
 
I would at least love Japanese to be stripped down too the absolute necessary kanji. You can say things like:-

I
We
You
Her
Him
They
This
That
Who
Why
How

And about a million other examples just by using kana and the Kanji is wholey unnecessary and in the majority of cases doesnt actually make the word any shorter. I say this because I'm a lazy foreign who hates learning the 1945 basic of which have something like 4500 readings.. But even so many Japanese I've met and know cant even write half the Kanji they know by hand.
 
I would at least love Japanese to be stripped down too the absolute necessary kanji. You can say things like:-

did you mean to post that in this thread? Seems a bit off-topic...
 
did you mean to post that in this thread? Seems a bit off-topic...

Hmm no I didnt... I posted that in a thread regarding Kanji, I know I did because I used a reply with quote message from that thread. Not sure why its appeared here :s
 
I want to add more information that? despite of the fact that Japan becam a great power since 1900s, she was always treated as a second tier world power (Ruso-Japanese treaty, league nations) by western nations. This was one of the main factor that contribute the rise of militarism in Japan since 1910s.

Fortunately, when Americas occupy Japan, they treat Japaneses very well. Now, Americas has a powerful ally to against China and a good trade partner :p

Sorry I didn't notice you asked a question. The Anglo-Japanese treaty exceptionally pretty strong... with massive arms transfers going to Japanese way. I suspect they were the largest single customer of British Arms at the time and these were highest quality of arms. Without Britain, Japan could have never beaten the Russians during Tsushima. Every single Battleship fielded by the IJN was built by Britain. As late as 1917 they were supplying guns, designs and planes for Japanese battleships. Battleships are like today's fighter jets; they illustrate how close the relationship was.

Really it wasn't competition between Japan and the Western countries but rather competition between the western countries themselves that shaped attitudes towards Japan. The Americans were afraid that the Anglo-Japanese alliance was a threat to their security interests and sought to break up the alliance at the 1921 Naval conference... they were successful. From then onwards it was a constant struggle between the two countries to expand their sphere of influence in the region and the eventual decent into war.
 
I think it's because of the war and suffering Japan caused the Chinese and Koreans. Personally, I'm from Singapore and my race is Chinese. But I still don't hate Japanese. The younger generation have moved on from it and we like Japanese, Koreans and all that.

In fact, in a survey conducted in Singapore, 75% of youths would rather be Japanese / Korean rather than Chinese.

But up to this day, it is pretty obvious the older generation of Chinese still hates Japanese. They would criticize "Yuck. How can they eat such disgusting raw food." and so on. Anyway, I really hate North Korea too speaking of Korea. South Korea is still okay for me.

North Korean citizens are really poor things. Sometimes you really want to **** that Kim Jong Il and pop some nigger into him. Go on YouTube and look at those North Korean fast food commercials. The fast food looks cheap, simple and vegetarian. There is no cheese in pizza, no sauce in spaghetti, their beef patties are so thin and when you see the North Koreans so happy whilst eating such simple food, all you wish is the best for them and they getting out of such an evil community brainwashed by Kim Jong Il and family.
 
I think it's because of the war and suffering Japan caused the Chinese and Koreans. Personally, I'm from Singapore and my race is Chinese. But I still don't hate Japanese. The younger generation have moved on from it and we like Japanese, Koreans and all that.

In fact, in a survey conducted in Singapore, 75% of youths would rather be Japanese / Korean rather than Chinese.

But up to this day, it is pretty obvious the older generation of Chinese still hates Japanese. They would criticize "Yuck. How can they eat such disgusting raw food." and so on. Anyway, I really hate North Korea too speaking of Korea. South Korea is still okay for me.

North Korean citizens are really poor things. Sometimes you really want to **** that Kim Jong Il and pop some nigger into him. Go on YouTube and look at those North Korean fast food commercials. The fast food looks cheap, simple and vegetarian. There is no cheese in pizza, no sauce in spaghetti, their beef patties are so thin and when you see the North Koreans so happy whilst eating such simple food, all you wish is the best for them and they getting out of such an evil community brainwashed by Kim Jong Il and family.

kimjongil.webp

He'll snuff it eventually lol
 
For now, Chinese, Koreans, for the hatred of the Japanese writing that the fact that many Japanese confirmed.

World War II events are really not in essence.
The problem is that after World War II and the Communist Party of China, the Korean government has done, "anti-Japanese education" is said to.
In many ways they have planted a hatred of the Japanese citizens.
Why? Nazi Germany once the recession and domestic politics, for distracting their citizens, just as hatred of Jews for sure thing.
With the Japanese hate to have to try to control their own people.

Until early 1980s, many Japanese people know the fact.
After the war were those who grew up in wartime, to the prejudice of the Chinese and Koreans, discrimination, was beginning to disappear, at least superficially.
(Some regions are having a conflict of Koreans in Japan and was)
Many young people, "China, between Korea and the war was often unhappy. Now they have a friendly relationship" was considered.

But since the late 1990s, China those in Korea, "anti-Japanese education" things, is known to the Japanese, began to appear again, Chinese and Koreans tend to dislike the young generation.
That put a spooky cartoon drawn by a Japanese textbook. Use pictures that factual errors. Such as television and even cartoons that have banned the Japanese ones.
Give the people of friendly relations with Japan at all, and that the discrimination Japanophile cursing.
Information they have transmitted to Japan.
It's very sad.
In western countries, such as, "In recent years Japan has been the rise of nationalism" that is reported as a cause is said there.
As is the case in any country, when under the recession, chauvinism is rampant.
As an outlet for their economic insecurity, because you'll want to attack and Gentiles.
At a time when economic anxiety bubble, China, Korea "anti-education" and their results, we know that young people hate the Japanese, began to hit the same as hatred.
Stupid thing.
Since then, targeting offshore territorial disputes and problems with the compensation that should have been settled many times politically. Anti-Japanese actions in World Cup soccer match.
Also, have been colonized in the CCP Tibet and Inner Mongolia. Korean government, by changing the regime to attempt such an anti-Japanese policy.
Each time they are known, from the stupidity of young people in Japan have spread hatred of the Chinese and Korean.

Convenience of the rulers is danced, the fit between people hate is really foolish thing.
And history teaches that, it teaches hatred is another thing entirely.
 
WWII ended over 60 years ago... Hate somebody that harmed you, not their country. I don't see a reason to hate a country for their past; the perpetrators are all dead now. Besides that, the only racist person I ever met was Mung(Is that spelled correctly?)
 
Yeah,wars end decades ago. We only just what a nation currently doing, not that past.
In the past a lot of nation invaded Vietnam, which includes Japan and China. But after WW II, Japan turned to be a peace-loving nation and the leading country in science innovation, that's why we admired Japan now very much. But China, well, still now...
 
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