Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Japanese War Crimes

(Be warned some of the images are very graphic)
For my topic I am focusing on the war crimes Japan committed during WWII; which are probably some of the most heinous atrocities in human history. Basically the Japanese army tortured any civilian or POW they captured while invading countries like China and Korea. These acts were so terrible the whole incident is sometimes referred to as the Asian Holocaust because of the nearly 10,000,000 who were killed. Japanese soldiers performed human experiments, held mass killings, buried people alive, looted, and kept woman as sex slaves to list a few. For those who survived, their lives would never be the same and the emotional scars would never heal. What makes this matter upsetting is that now, 60 years later, victims can't even get a proper apology as stated in this particular article. Even Japan has attempted to make apologies, some sources feel that they are more for political gain than actual remorse.


2 comments:

  1. With such a devastating and immense amount of horrifying actions, Japan still does not offer a sincere apology, specifically in the article about the sex slavery, but have they made any apology about the mass killings, torture and other assorted horrible acts?

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  2. It would be interesting to see what apology can make up for these war crimes. Especially after people like the prime minister don't accept that these actions ever occurred.

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