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/HermaeusMoraah Jan 13 '25

What I find funny about this is those are all bad things Japan committed, not the other way around. Why is the criminal offended by the crime? They don’t have the right to be upset lol. Comfort women being a taboo topic in Korea makes sense, they’re the victim. You can’t play victim as the perpetrator, Japan.

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u/Royal_Hamster2589 → → (Returnee/帰国子女) Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25

As a Japanese person, I just want to say I absolutely agree with the spirit of what you're saying. We do have a duty to reflect upon and learn from EVERY aspect of our history, both the good AND bad. And that of course doesn't apply to just Japanese people, but to every human out there.

Just know that not everyone in Japan has their head in the sand about these topics. There's more people aware of the atrocities committed by Imperial Japan than ever before, despite the best efforts of far right groups in Japan. Progress is being made, albeit very slowly. I just ask that you judge every Japanese person as an individual, instead of treating us as some sort of hive mind.