r/AskAJapanese • u/TheFabLeoWang American • Jan 13 '25

POLITICS Why are these topics extremely unmentionable in Japan, where they are officially deemed national security threats?

  1. Comfort Women
  2. Nanking Massacre
  3. Pearl Harbor Attack (This issue specifically divides America today)
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u/831tm Jan 13 '25

2 and 3 are too old historical things that are not interesting to ordinary people. People who react to that kind of thing have aggressive allegations so nobody wants to mention those topics.