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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, Japan has a beautiful culture and all but the way they handled themselves after WWII with the things they did during WWII hasn't been very, shall we say, honorable.

Germany went full "fuck fascism with an umbrella", sometimes to the point where they should tone it down just a liiiiitle bit, but Japan went full "we did what we had todo and we didn't do anything bad"

Japan did horrible things, like Nazi Germany, and it's time they stand up and admit what happened, and take some basic responsibility so that we can all move on

Pretty much every country has shitty pasts, almost every country has had war mongerers, it's fine, just admit it, admit that some assholes that were born in your country hurt people, so that we can learn from it and continue forward

Also looking at you, Turkey, and for the next 100 years or so, you as well Israel... And while we're at it, you too Russia. And China. And India. And USA.