I find it hard to believe that 10,000 Japanese women were raped by the occupying Americans, even if it that’s only an estimate.
There’s no denying that Japanese war crimes were atrocious. Personally I’m a bit miffed (as a Korean) that Americans have no problem demonzing Nazi Germany and the Jewish holocaust, but they’re reluctant to dicuss the Japanese empire who committed similar crimes even before WWII. In fact, most Americans are often apologetic for the Japanese relocation camp.
Still, sensible people should recognize that it was more than 50 years ago. Japan isn’t a war mongering nation any more. Compared to the United States violent crimes where lunatics kill 6,7 people are rare. I read Japanese manga and listen to their music all the time. I’d love to visit Tokyo one of these days.
Japan is often a target of INTENSE hatred from Koreans and Chinese who refuse to let of of the past. The criticisms of Japanese war crimes expressed here are downright mild by comparison.
