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Originally Posted by xrough
I hope they will turn back the past..
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Considering that I've never even broached the subject with a single Japanese person out of all those I have met, I'd say many have not only turned their backs on the subject, but completely forgotten about it, which is bad.
Japan should take responsibility for the actions of the Imperial Forces and the Military Junta that was running them during the War, and not just to China and Korea (this would be a slap in the face to the other nations who suffered just as much but haven't taken to riding Japan about it ever since) but to the Philipines, Thailand, Burma, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, PNG, the Solomons and Taiwan. They can leave Australia out, even though Australian civilians did die in Japanese air raids and coastal attacks, the massive majority of our losses to them were Soldiers, and given that our troops did kill an awful lot of Japanese prisoners and local civilians ("collateral") during the fighting in Melanesia and Indonesia, I don't think we deserve an apology any more than we should give Germany an apology for supplying Bomber Squadrons that helped to carry out terrorist attacks to level their cities.
Anyway, Japan is OK now, like the racist migration and social policies do really need to stop, we learnt our lesson 30 years ago, some of our neighbours need to as well, but overall I have no beef with Japan becoming a major power, indeed I'm all for it.