Article No. 4.- DOES IT EXIST A CONTRY WITH THE MOST DISGRACEFUL HISTORY?

This is the English version of the same article formerly published in Spanish, in the No. 28a delivery of the articles in this blog, on last June.

Source: QUORA - Internet

Written By:

--Kaelan

Lives in Antarctica (2021 -present)

Collaborators:

--Patricia Spring

MA History, California State University, Los Angeles (1988)

--Tishidiv

Lives in The United States of America (2004-present)

Introduction:

Although the theme is extremely controversial and annoyable to tell it, following the duty I had imposed to myself since I decided to spread out everything important or interesting or grateful, etc. through my blog; most of them taken it from the past, in order to show them to the present new generations and ambitiously to the posterity too; yes, due to that fact I have decided to take Kaelan’s story about what happened in WWII, and before, by insane and disgraceful behaviors of Japan’s soldiers against the people of several nations of countries located nearby Japan and also of many other South Pacific Islands’.

The worst of this story even is that Japan’s Governments’ have successively denied those atrocities committed by their army, treating to hide the Sun’s rays with a finger, an impossibility nowadays when it is quite easy to access, almost without any cost, to every kind of knowledge, including horrid maters occurred years ago.

Such an attitude contrasts heavily to Germans’ who have accepted although ramosely what the Nazis did in the WWII, apologizing it to the victims and / or descendants of Holocaust and COMPENSATING them economically too.

Germans have even taken one of the greatest steps, to expiate the fault of their ancestors, by accepting their guilt forever, meaning that their descendants will always be shameful while the German Nation exists.

Under the same determination, to tell the truth, I did write in this blog, a strong article about what the Pre-columbine Mesoamericans’, among others, did related to the CANIBALISM (Anthropophagy); a terrible story, so to read it was compulsory to alert the eventual readers about its hard content.

To be honest to Japanese’s present people, the wrong attitudes were a constant of almost of all war’s winners during the past times, behaving in non-saint way, to say it euphemistically. It is said, as example, that the worst torturers in the past were the Turks, although I haven’t still verified it, except some of my readings in the Balkan Countries during Turkish’s occupation.

To finish this very necessary introduction, I would like to recommend to the readers of this article to go on to the comments, made by diverse people, to understand the meaning of all of this, since some of them are very positive despite the rather hard content of the main article. GRM.

Kaelan’s narrative follows:

This answer isn't about saying what one single country has done the worst, but I do want to share below the cruelty of humankind that many people don't know about.

Graphic content below but I want to make this known because so many people around the world have heard of Hitler, Nazis, concentration camps but they have not heard of the Asian holocaust that took place around the same period. In western schools, history classes do not teach people about this part of the world.

This is regarding what the Japanese did during their occupation of Korea and the war crimes they committed to the surrounding Asian countries, including some Pacific Islands they invaded: Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, East Timor, New Guinea, Indonesia, Guam, Nauru, Wake Island, Attu and Kiska Islands, and Kiribati.

They even had some prisoners of war from the west such as America, any forces against them at the time etc.

Hundreds of thousands of women from my country in Korea were forcefully abducted (called comfort women) during the Japanese occupation in WWII. They endured torture beyond imagination if they did not sexually submit to these vile men and were forced to have sex with 60–100 men every single day. Their innards rotted because of the STDs, and they were destroyed, unable to have children even after they were rescued. They have still not been compensated for the war crimes that they endured, and majority have died.

Pregnant mothers were cut open and rape victims were sodomized with bamboo sticks and bayonets until they died in agony.

On top of this they literally tore the unborn from women’s wombs and speared them alive with bayonets in front of them. They’d crush the infant’s skull against concrete floors. They would do this for fun.

They tied sons and daughters up and tore them apart, spearing them and forcing their own parents to watch.

They raped and pillaged women of all ages, even toddlers to old women in the most vile, disgusting way imaginable. They would often disembowel them while in the process, leaving them to die in agony.

They conducted unspeakable evil torture and experiments on LIVE prisoners from these countries, even children and infants in UNIT 731. Torture methods such as vivisecting pregnant women without any anesthesia, centrifuging and killing people in pressurized chambers, and slowly burning and freezing people alive. They artificially created what is like the ‘bubonic plague’ to see the effects on the prisoners. They were forced into X-rays until they perished and hung people by their thumbs or tongues etc. These torture tactics were deliberately planned to see death happen SLOWLY, not fast as the scientists wanted to observe the resilience of the human body.

Unbelievably Inhumane Japanese Torture Methods Used During World War II

Bodies of slayed, raped, mutilated women in China.

Carcasses of babies and children piled up.

Despite this, Japan still presently denies what has happened and even believes that it is a rumor. The young people shown in this video are clueless on the whole tragedy or are so far removed in cognitive dissonance and lack of care it is astounding. There is even a middle-aged woman in the video who even says “Well I’m not sure if it’s a rumor or not…” which is an absolute lunacy and an embarrassment of the failure of the country in not properly educating their citizens of what truly happened. One young girl even says “Well, I wonder when they will ever get over it…” How are people supposed to get over it when there are still thousands of victims still alive who didn’t receive any form of compensation for what they have been through???!!!

Their government still warps their history books and deliberately tries to hide the evidence of what truly happened. There are active groups within Japan who refuse to accept what happened and truly believe that it is just a ‘rumor’ to make Japan look bad.

Below is a real-life account by a South Korean comfort woman on the horrors she went through. It is heartbreaking to watch but quite educational. She sadly passed away early January of this year, fighting until her last breath but still never receiving any compensation or apology from the Japanese. They don’t even recognize that she went through this or who she is.

What Japan did wasn’t just an invasion or occupation, it was a literal carnage, hell on earth genocide. They didn’t have to go this far as most of the Koreans and the people they invaded were helpless farmers, uneducated servants, and innocent people who were not trained in war at all. They did this because they did not see these people as human, and their goal wasn’t simply to occupy, but to desecrate the spirit from within. They knew when you destroy someone’s spirit from inside out, the enemy will bend the knee and yield to the point where they do not have the soul to fight back. On top of this, it was just pure, raw sadistic savagery because all these helpless people surrendered and begged for mercy, yet they were still tortured for absolutely no reason.

Presently Japan is one of the wealthiest and most prosperous Asian countries in the world, yet they cannot even fully take responsibility for their own committed atrocities. It shows the savage barbarism that still resides in some of these people and makes one question just how this is even acceptable. Instead, they choose to wrap their own history books, flat out deny they existed and have refused to offer sincere, acceptable compensation/apology for the people who are still alive. They are waiting until every victim is dead, so they no longer have to worry about it. They are not truly ashamed of this past, they just see it as an eyesore they want to bury. Keep in mind Japan has very strong political parties that strives to ensure this shameful past does not reach the masses to retain their false honor. Still to this day, they praise their war criminals in shrines.

From the invasion of China in 1937 to the end of World War II, the Japanese military regime murdered near 3,000,000 to over 10,000,000 people, most probably almost 6,000,000 Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Indochinese, among others, including Western prisoners of war. This is more than the estimated Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe controversially claimed that “there was no evidence to prove” that the women had been coerced into sex.

“The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is engaged in an all-out effort to portray the historical record as a tissue of lies designed to discredit the nation," wrote Mindy Kotler, director of Asia Policy Point, in 2014.

“Mr. Abe’s administration DENIES that imperial Japan ran a system of human trafficking and coerced prostitution, implying that comfort women were simply camp-following prostitutes,” Kotler continued. "The official narrative in Japan is fast becoming detached from reality, as it seeks to cast the Japanese people -- rather than the comfort women of the Asia-Pacific theater -- as the victims of this story.”

Edit: Since I'm getting quite a lot of people who clearly don't seem to understand and may not have read or researched in depth in this matter. They are saying that 'Japan does not need to offer apology or compensation for what people of their past did etc.

It's more complicated than that. Please read the links again. Even if they can't take full responsibility for their past, they SHOULD take responsibility for the future by not warping textbooks and giving power to political parties who enforces the dangerous fallacy of denying any of this ever happened or trivializing everything that has happened. They should make sure to teach the correct history not just for educational purposes but to ensure their citizens fully know and accept their own history and in hopes that it never happens again. This is also to help not silence the voices of the people who did suffer in the past and to not spit into their graves and ruin their legacy by spreading false lies.

Also, the comfort women and people who were forcefully taken into labor camps as prisoners, many are still alive who didn't get any compensation or even sheer RECOGNITION. They suffered their entire lives without anyone hearing what they have to say with nothing from Japan. This isn't just about wanting Japan to go up to a stadium and saying, 'I am sorry' and stepping down. Words are meaningless and worthless when not backed up by actions.

They are hypocrites by wrapping textbooks and praising their own war criminals. Imagine what the world would say if Germany praised Nazis and gave strong political power that has the power to make Germans never even hearing of the Nazis or even contemplate if it was just a rumor or not. Think about how insane that would be.

So why do they need to apologize? Because unlike Germany what they are doing is deplorable and morally bankrupt by continuing to CONTRIBUTE to the legacy of the abomination Japan was in the past. You don't see Germany do the same about the Nazis and for good reason. It means Japan hasn't learned and is not truly remorseful. By Japan I am talking of the FACES of Japan which are the politicians who represent that country. The rest of the Japanese experience their trickle-down effect so while it's not saying it's their fault, they end up indirectly contributing to supporting these vile politicians. So yes, the people who represent JAPAN who hold the power of influence does need to sincerely apologize and stop contributing to what they are presently doing.

As I am getting tired of having to repeat the same information again and again, any comments that say things along the lines of 'Japan does not need to apologize' or those questioning or defending the existence of any of these crimes, their war criminals will be either ignored, deleted, or blocked. It is extremely disrespectful to the victims and deplorable. The links are already clear as a day for reading, and one can also do the research themselves. Also, for anyone who brings up another atrocity and pitting them against each other, STOP. This post isn't about pitting one atrocity against another, it is disgusting to even keep doing that and seriously lacks any insight into the original point of my post.

Otherwise thank you for reading and have a nice day.

TLDR: Japan did some truly horrific shit that many people including the present-day Japanese citizens are unaware of. What they did is abysmal carnage from the Antichrist itself.

Also, piece of shit apologies that require uttering words and throwing money at victims isn't a true apology when they are still in 2019 warping textbooks and none of their youths know anything about their crimes.

Why do you think Germany forces every citizen to learn about their nazi history and Japan doesn’t? It is to deliberately ignore and not acknowledge their past due to their pride and selfishness. I'd equate this to pathological narcissism and psychopathy due to how far they have gone in managing to stomp this knowledge out of their own present-day citizens.

Edit 2: As I am still getting very disrespectful, deranged comments on here pitting atrocities against each other, saying that I am spreading lies and others spewing ignorant hatred against Koreans, here's my final message.

Instead of blaming others, look at what Japanese Nationals do. Stop diverting the attention away by blaming the mistakes of other countries yet not acknowledging the corruption of the Japanese government.

Japan’s leaders are still stubbornly refusing to admit their war crimes

What Japanese history lessons leave out

Japanese people often fail to understand why neighboring countries harbor a grudge over events that happened in the 1930s and 40s. The reason, in many cases, is that they barely learned any 20th Century history. I only got a full picture when I left Japan and went to school in Australia.

The Germans in contrast have personally done everything possible to make people aware of their Nazi past. Japan doesn't scratch the surface of what it means to have true honor while Germans go to great lengths to do humanitarian work and to allow their citizens to understand the FULL facts. This is what true compensation and remorse is, not the dogshit excuse of what Japan does by also denying people, correct history. End of.

We must remember Nazi crimes, said Merkel.

18 WORTHWHILE COMMENTS

Jade Chen

My great-grandmother was killed by the Japanese soldiers. When my grandmother was a toddler, the Japanese soldiers attacked her house and took my great grandma away. They took my grandma’s two sisters and aunt away as well and killed her brother. They would have probably done the same to her.

Kaelan

I'm so sorry to hear those sounds like anguish…and the poor woman is still thinking her mother is alive ...? How did she survive though just wondering once taken away? The Japanese didn't kill her?

Jade Chen

My grandmother had been in a different village when her house was ruined. She was with her uncle. Since that village was closer to the border, her uncle’s family packed up and attempted to escape, but were caught by some soldiers. Luckily, those soldiers were under orders to round everyone up and not kill anyone in case they had useful information. They ended up in the slums with other families and waited for the rest of the war out.

Colin Merensky

Ironically, Japan has always cared about “honor” so much that it’s ingrained in their society, to save face and avoid shame at all costs. They bury the past to avoid shame, not realizing that acknowledging the past is honorable and to hide it is a dishonor.

Samy Alias

So much interested in honor but killing whales and dolphins at the left and at the right traying tom hide the best way to outsiders.

Khoi Phan

No. I think we, as non-Japan’s, are wrong.

The best is to interpret them is that their “honor” is only applicable to the Japan’s comrades and to their own civilians but don’t to the world’s.

Thanks, Hollywood, for your good work.

Ally Pushkin

I never understand the urgency to deny that your ancestors did. You didn’t, you are not shameful, it doesn’t exist any shame to you, only your ancestors were wrong. Why can be so difficult to admit that your ancestors (not you) were wrong? I am Dutch and my ancestors: enslavers, rappers, murd …

Kaelan

I think it’s because of Japan’s excessive patriotism and pride. This is a country that values honor so much that they did seppuku (stabbing and disemboweling themselves rather than admitting defeat or in the face of shame) This has been deeply entrenched in their cultural mindset even today.

Matt Freitas

I think the one of the worst parts is people who are German like me apologize because we understand the scope and horror of it, but they simply ignore it in Japan.

Kaelan

Tortured by the Dutch, a poor farmer's case is reopening a dark colonial past I found this, he died before being awarded $12 000 which is fuck all considering what he went through, but just thought to share. I hope more people can get the justice they deserve after enduring hell, it just gets harder.

Bryant Christine

I appreciate you writing this answer. The Asian genocide was horrendous, and we don't learn about it in America. I've done my own research, but this answer makes it so much bigger and more important than I thought. The culture in Japan was so brutal and cruel during that time, I wouldn't even call it culture …

Kaelan

It’s hard to even imagine people of Japan or in the modern world in general doing that today but it’s why I spread the message to make people aware less than a century ago, these Japanese were monsters. It is important to remember history, so we are educated to never repeat this.

Ben Tover

Those who suffered, not those who became the definition of evil.

Shun Bot

The pathetic truth is that most Westerners who take Japan’s side on this issue do so because of their bizarre obsession with anime and hentai. They may not consciously acknowledge it, but their love of perverse animated pornography (usually of a pedophilia nature) is what motivates them.

“NOTE: Anime and hentai means “perversion” (A term used outside of Japan to describe erotic or pornographic manga.

(They used to tie sons and daughters up and tore them apart, spearing them and forcing their own parents to watch)

Kaelan

I had some suspicion this was the case… I used to go to anime conventions. Although I don't know if their love for anime and such is directly the reason why. I just think Japanophiles and otakus in general worship everything about Japan without even knowing anything about Japan at the same time.

Edward Hahm

They’re fake lovers. They worship without understanding. I love anime as much as the next person (actually, probably more than the next person) but without a deep understanding of a nation’s past, you’re merely worshiping. It’s not true love.

Aleksandar Dzigurski

I love anime and Japan culture, but I do recognize and acknowledge the atrocities committed by past generations and do not condone the avoidance of truth. Youth should be educated with such regards as means to elevate them to a higher moral and ethical grounds. However, youth are not to be blamed for what their ancestors did.

Edward Hahm

Japanese culture is not inherently harmful. The fact that they follow an outdated version of the culture that is incompatible with modern day society. Bushido might have been normal in the 10th century, but we aren’t in the 10th century. They never bothered to upgrade to a more moral version of their culture, and that is the sad part.

that to acknowledge your past conduct is honorable, and to hide it further announces your dishonor.

About the Author

Kaelan

Lives in Antarctica (2021–present)

INFJ (I don’t know what its meaning is, GRM)

MORE ABOUT JAPANESES’ WRONG DOINGS IN THE WWII AND BEFORE IT

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Who was Hisao Tani, and what role did he play in the Nanjing Massacre?

Answered by: Mahesh Lamsal

“On April 26, 1947, Tani was executed by hanging in the city of Nanjing.

Hisao Tani was a Japanese lieutenant general who played a significant role in the Second Sino-Japanese War, which began in 1937. Tani was in command of the 6th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Nanjing Massacre, a six-week period of mass killings and atrocities committed against Chinese civilians and prisoners of war in Nanjing, China. The exact number of victims is disputed, but estimates range from 40,000 to 300,000.

After Japan's defeat in World War II, Tani was captured by Allied forces and put on trial for war crimes at the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal. The trial was held in Nanjing, the site of the massacre, and was presided over by judges from China, the United States, Great Britain, and other Allied powers. The tribunal heard evidence from witnesses who had survived the massacre and from Japanese soldiers who had participated in it.

Tani was found guilty of numerous war crimes, including ordering the execution of prisoners of war, using civilians for forced labor, and allowing his troops to rape and murder Chinese civilians. He was sentenced to death, along with several other high-ranking Japanese officials who had been involved in the massacre.

On April 26, 1947, Tani was executed by hanging in the city of Nanjing. The execution was carried out in public and was attended by a large crowd of Chinese citizens. It was seen as a symbol of justice for the victims of the massacre, and as a warning to other war criminals that they would be held accountable for their actions.

Read The Devastating Truth of the Nanking Tragedy in cmt

The Nanjing Massacre remains a controversial and sensitive topic to this day. Japan's official stance on the massacre has been a subject of debate, with some Japanese officials denying that it ever happened or downplaying its severity. The execution of Hisao Tani was a significant event in the aftermath of the war, and it is seen by many as a necessary step towards acknowledging the suffering of the victims and holding those responsible to account.

10 WORTHWHILE COMMENTS

Mahesh Lamsal on May 15, 2023.

The execution of Hisao Tani is a reminder of the devastating consequences of war and the importance of accountability for war crimes. It remains a powerful symbol of the atrocities committed during the Nanjing Massacre and the efforts to seek justice for the victims.

Mahesh Lamsal on May 15

Read The Devastating Truth of the Nanking Tragedy

Zinserhöhung on May 16

Execution of Japanese war criminals in China after the war.

Kenneth Valley o May 19

These victims' uniforms were not of Japan. Why???

Vernon Averill

Whose uniforms, are they? Maybe, POW issue?

Geraldine Merola on May 15

Please tell me they threw his body to his victims and let them chop it to pieces with garden implements.

Chris Leete on May 18

I doubt they would repay war crimes with more crimes.

Geraldine Merola

The man was executed. Defiling a dead body is not a war crime. Some could argue it is restorative therapy for its victims. Just like hanging Mussolini by his ankles from a gas station roof!

Arman KO o May 22

Yes, but other criminals who murdered way more (millions) of Chinese people not just escaped but are historic figures of reverence in China.

Carlos Olivero

True. Mao was one of the worst criminals ever. Worse than Hitler or Stalin, but because he remained in power, he is considered a respected leader.

Steve Speidel o May 16

I had no idea there was justice for the victims of Nanking! You made my day. Did anything happen to the two guys who participated in the well-publicized head chopping contest? In Japanese newspapers of the day, it was glorious front page news.

David Chang on May 18

Tani was found guilty not only for instigating his troops to massacre prisoners but also of personally raping several women during the Rape of Nanking.

Arman KO on May 22

But other criminals who murdered way more (millions) of Chinese people not just escaped but are historic figures of reverence in China.

EPITOME:

When I understood for the first time about this ill-faded theme, I was assaulted by a big dude regarding its truthfulness. After more knowledge about, I concluded that such disastrous facts happened at all. It cannot be blamed all Imperial Japanese Army for those evil actions but to some of its officials who wrong done it IN THE PAST, because it is well known the fact that in any human group do exist good persons as well as who eren’t so at all.

On the other hand, the history is full of atrocities committed almost by all warlike conflicts’ winners: Slaving the losers, hardworking regimes, plunder, women and girls rapes; even anthropophagy as it was in Mesoamerica and other places before Europeans arrival to the New World.

After what was said, I take the fact I wrote with capital letters in the first paragraph of tis epitome, to emphasize the fact that the Japanese of present time, and all those who were birth after de WWII, are no guilty for any wrong action made by their ancestors. There is no cognitive nor emotional reason to it.

What is immoral and unacceptable is that most Japan rulers don’t accept the truth of their history, even twisting it and hidden the truth to their people, teaching to their youths lies to avoid that they would learn the right things properly about Japan’s recent bad historic past.

Anyone is much more honorable when he assumes his faults, mistakes and/or wrongdoings, don’t repeat them, as well as he asks pardon from who he offended and, if the case is that his wrong behavior caused any damage, he is obliged to repair it properly and accordingly paying to the offended person the owned debt.

GRM.

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