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submitted 2 years ago by Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

Very strange things are going on in Japan, worth keeping an eye on.

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[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago

Huh....didn't know that that memorial was a thing or that we were invited; why on earth would you invite the criminals who conducted it?

[-] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 2 years ago

And imagine the hubris of said war criminals not attending, because their other war criminal buddies were not invited.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

From what I have gathered Japan has been very subservient to the US since WW2 end. They had become an American vassal state and America had significant control over them. Even stuff like anime and manga were censored when they contained explicit anti-war themes.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

yeah, japans weird censorship is pretty directly because of 1950s american bullshit

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago

it's called being military occupied

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago

Japan should align with China, you know, assuming China wants them. They probably need to apologise for all their warcrimes first.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Japanese leadership would probably rather have every inch of Japan be scorched in nuclear fire then admit to one warcrime. Let alone apologize for it.

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

You're right. But I feel like the right wing really doesn't want to do that. People with cushy jobs have grandfathers who committed war crimes.

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Looking at the state of things they might not have cushy jobs for long.

[-] Jacobo_Villa_Lobos@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Rahm Emanuel: always finding ways to be a ghoul no matter what

[-] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's also crazy that Obama gave someone who is essentially a racial supremacist so much influence. May be not crazy, when you remember Obama is and was an opportunist.

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