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

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[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 11 months 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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 11 months ago

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

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 11 months ago

it's called being military occupied

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months ago

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

[–] Jacobo_Villa_Lobos@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] some_guy 1 points 11 months ago

Wow. That's a shitty hill to die on. Way to go, my shitty government.