if you see the background, on the purple board, there is korean written. so I would assume that this is successful diplomacy of korea to undermine Japan.
Japan is busy nominating trump for noble prize when koreans are winning in NZ.
lonefur on
Weird hill for Japan to die on
Fickle-Maintenance-1 on
Hmm far-right PM who wants to change pacifist constitution and talks about “making Japan great again”. I wonder which period of Japan she thought was great and they should return to.
Eagle4317 on
Germany regrets their actions in WWII. Japan only regrets that the war was lost.
Agreeable_Mud_8338 on
The Japanese need to understand they have their version of history and the rest of the world has their version …
And Japan is on its own (for good reason)
generic_redditor91 on
And they thought mentioning this would help their case… how?
MachineMindless549 on
日本想在世界上抹除他们二战干的坏事。
angelus14 on
> the Japanese ambassador, Makoto Osawa, said “needlessly stirring up interest” in the issue could become a burden not only for Japan and South Korea’s cooperation
I’d say needlessly downplaying it is also a burden on relations but what do I know.
BippidiBoppetyBoob on
The current Japanese PM is a member of the far right revisionist Nippon Kaigi. She is an awful woman.
DarthXOmega on
Japan acting awfully imperial lately
hey_its_drew on
What’s funny is crap like this spotlights them in the worst lighting a lot more than acknowledging the history ever could, but Japan has a very strong determination to be proud of their elderly family member and ancestors, character horrors be damned. Really, many cultures do, and they could all use a healthy serving of shame.
kl122002 on
My question is, do today’s Japanese know why there was a period of US-occupied in Japan history, and what happened during that time, what caused that.
Witty_Badger1300 on
Historical revisionism is not a good take for anyone to have.
AtomicCorndogs on
What are they gonna do, start enslaving women again? They’ll bluster for a bit and then stop talking about it.
TinyZane on
Well. Sucks to suck.
Paula_liest on
Japan did the same to Berlin which has a similar statue.
rickdickmcfrick on
Classic japan. Then they wonder and complain about chinese and koreans hating them.
thebarkbarkwoof on
Man up Japan
Annunakh on
They are not sorry about “comfort women”, Nanjing Massacre or Unit 731 stuff. They are ready to repeat all of this and add on top of it if they have a chance.
HanDMan63 on
Thanks to Japan bringing it to my attention….
ManagementFragrant28 on
Nuclear explosion monument? YES; victim statue? NO. Some people always hope others remember what they suffered, but not what they did.
PhilosophyforOne on
Musg be some awful weak diplomatic relations.
CharmingShoe on
People acknowledging comfort women existed could jeopardise diplomatic relationships
Effective_Space2277 on
I used to live in Japan for almost a decade, and when this type of news comes out people would say it’s fake or those women were prostitutes.
I wonder why Germany accepts what happened, but Japan fights like hell to refuse to do so.
t_25_t on
Japan really needs to get a grip on their history. Own your fuck ups and move forward together.
Successful-Bad-763 on
Why should the Allies give a fuck what the Axis have to say about the war?
They won.
mariusherea on
Rape jeopardize diplomatic relations more than statues
Ok-Imagination-494 on
The comfort woman statue has some interesting details (if indeed it is the same design as multiple versions worldwide)
It is a statue of a girl but her shadow on the ground is of an elderly woman to symbolise the wait for justice.
She has a butterfly on her shoulder representing the yearning for freedom and cut hair to represent her cutting of family ties.
The statue normally has an empty chair inviting the viewer to sit with her and contemplate her experiences.
And yes, Japanese embassies around the world hate this particular artwork and try and cancel it which creates a massive Streisand effect as people are then curious to learn more about the victims.
pjenn001 on
Protest outside Japanese embassy with a copy of the statue.
Afrodite_33 on
As a kiwi there’s no lie on our end in this. It’s history.
Why the fuck should we take into regard rapists who perpetuate victimhood? Just acknowledge it and move on with the rest of us in healing.
iam814 on
As a Korean, fuck you dude. Stop claiming dokkdo as your island while you’re at it.
DSYS83 on
Is it not better to apologize and move on, rather than harping on the rights or wrongs that their ancestor did during WWII?
For future world wars, it is mandatory and compulsory for the defeated nation to study and pass the history exam that is written by the victor.
3fxz_ on
Those imperialist sympathizers can get fucked lmao
InterestingAge2032 on
Will, we only import anime and tentacles porn. Most of our exports are to china. So go ahead i guess
Ebi5000 on
They succefully blocked a similiar temporary display here in Berlin. They threatened freaking city districts.
Keepitsillly on
Japan is just a gcc county with better pr, they don’t even allow gay marriage
kidkledsky on
Wtf is with that country and not fessing up to past guilts? Do they see that as a weakness in their culture? Is it a political/government enforced thing or is it culturally/socially enforced? Do they even teach the kids abt all of their past atrocities?
My grandmother used to tell stories of how babies were thrown in the air as sport and the Japanese soldiers would spear them as they fell.
I think my grandmother was still lucky she had miscarriages during the Japanese occupation because I cannot imagine having to muffle your child’s cries only to end up suffocating them because you have to keep the whole family hidden.
No-Screen1369 on
After watching Johnny Somali get attacked in South Korea for disrespecting these statues, I had to look up their history.
Oh my god.. I can see why Japan goes into pure denial mode. What a horrible part of history.
darthy_parker on
This would be an interesting list: what is a country’s “unnamable atrocity” it refuses to come to terms with and reacts in this way when it comes up?
Japan: comfort women, rape of Nanking
Turkey: Armenian genocide
Germany: well, they do name it and own up to it…
Belgium: the Belgian Congo
Israel: the Nakba
What else? Not current stuff, things that are historically over and being ignored or denied today.
thenewapelles on
Japan is unfortunately extremely supremacist and refuses to recognize any of their war crimes.
Sorry-Climate-7982 on
Perhaps those relations deserve damaging given the complete lack of apologies to all victims and countries.
quequotion on
I don’t think anyone has ever explained the Streisand effect to the Japanese government.
TheGreatDomilies on
As a New Zealander, we should build it anyway!!
ThoughtsandThinkers on
Japan’s unwillingness to acknowledge the atrocities it committed against many Asian countries reflects poorly on it and continues to cause major divisions in Asia
Acknowledging a past harm is the first step towards easing the impact on others. Refusing to do so, including teaching their own children in school, perpetuates anger and fear in others that something similar could happen again
It should bring no shame to the Japanese people today but rather reflect well on them
JackHilley on
“Up to 200,000 women and girls from the Republic of Korea, China, the Netherlands, Timor-Leste, Indonesia and the Philippines were reportedly subjected to trafficking, rape and sexual slavery, as well as to arbitrary deprivation of liberty and, in certain cases, to enforced disappearance, in the ‘comfort women’ system established by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. “*The denial of atrocities by high-level officials and the harassment of victims, survivor-led organizations, academics and journalists, seriously undermine efforts towards accountability and redress,*” said UN experts.” – [Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/03/justice-truth-and-reparations-long-overdue-survivors-so-called-comfort-women)
ronweasleisourking on
…they raped and murdered thousands of Korean women though
BlahBlahBlackCheap on
Every country commits war atrocities. They ought to just admit it, publicly state their regret on the record, and let people put up the memorials. and try not to have another war?
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if you see the background, on the purple board, there is korean written. so I would assume that this is successful diplomacy of korea to undermine Japan.
Japan is busy nominating trump for noble prize when koreans are winning in NZ.
Weird hill for Japan to die on
Hmm far-right PM who wants to change pacifist constitution and talks about “making Japan great again”. I wonder which period of Japan she thought was great and they should return to.
Germany regrets their actions in WWII. Japan only regrets that the war was lost.
The Japanese need to understand they have their version of history and the rest of the world has their version …
And Japan is on its own (for good reason)
And they thought mentioning this would help their case… how?
日本想在世界上抹除他们二战干的坏事。
> the Japanese ambassador, Makoto Osawa, said “needlessly stirring up interest” in the issue could become a burden not only for Japan and South Korea’s cooperation
I’d say needlessly downplaying it is also a burden on relations but what do I know.
The current Japanese PM is a member of the far right revisionist Nippon Kaigi. She is an awful woman.
Japan acting awfully imperial lately
What’s funny is crap like this spotlights them in the worst lighting a lot more than acknowledging the history ever could, but Japan has a very strong determination to be proud of their elderly family member and ancestors, character horrors be damned. Really, many cultures do, and they could all use a healthy serving of shame.
My question is, do today’s Japanese know why there was a period of US-occupied in Japan history, and what happened during that time, what caused that.
Historical revisionism is not a good take for anyone to have.
What are they gonna do, start enslaving women again? They’ll bluster for a bit and then stop talking about it.
Well. Sucks to suck.
Japan did the same to Berlin which has a similar statue.
Classic japan. Then they wonder and complain about chinese and koreans hating them.
Man up Japan
They are not sorry about “comfort women”, Nanjing Massacre or Unit 731 stuff. They are ready to repeat all of this and add on top of it if they have a chance.
Thanks to Japan bringing it to my attention….
Nuclear explosion monument? YES; victim statue? NO. Some people always hope others remember what they suffered, but not what they did.
Musg be some awful weak diplomatic relations.
People acknowledging comfort women existed could jeopardise diplomatic relationships
I used to live in Japan for almost a decade, and when this type of news comes out people would say it’s fake or those women were prostitutes.
I wonder why Germany accepts what happened, but Japan fights like hell to refuse to do so.
Japan really needs to get a grip on their history. Own your fuck ups and move forward together.
Why should the Allies give a fuck what the Axis have to say about the war?
They won.
Rape jeopardize diplomatic relations more than statues
The comfort woman statue has some interesting details (if indeed it is the same design as multiple versions worldwide)
It is a statue of a girl but her shadow on the ground is of an elderly woman to symbolise the wait for justice.
She has a butterfly on her shoulder representing the yearning for freedom and cut hair to represent her cutting of family ties.
The statue normally has an empty chair inviting the viewer to sit with her and contemplate her experiences.
And yes, Japanese embassies around the world hate this particular artwork and try and cancel it which creates a massive Streisand effect as people are then curious to learn more about the victims.
Protest outside Japanese embassy with a copy of the statue.
As a kiwi there’s no lie on our end in this. It’s history.
Why the fuck should we take into regard rapists who perpetuate victimhood? Just acknowledge it and move on with the rest of us in healing.
As a Korean, fuck you dude. Stop claiming dokkdo as your island while you’re at it.
Is it not better to apologize and move on, rather than harping on the rights or wrongs that their ancestor did during WWII?
For future world wars, it is mandatory and compulsory for the defeated nation to study and pass the history exam that is written by the victor.
Those imperialist sympathizers can get fucked lmao
Will, we only import anime and tentacles porn. Most of our exports are to china. So go ahead i guess
They succefully blocked a similiar temporary display here in Berlin. They threatened freaking city districts.
Japan is just a gcc county with better pr, they don’t even allow gay marriage
Wtf is with that country and not fessing up to past guilts? Do they see that as a weakness in their culture? Is it a political/government enforced thing or is it culturally/socially enforced? Do they even teach the kids abt all of their past atrocities?
Asking bc I just don’t get it…
Same thing happened [in the Philippines. ](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3121702/comfort-women-statue-missing-philippines-japans-wartime-legacy).
My grandmother used to tell stories of how babies were thrown in the air as sport and the Japanese soldiers would spear them as they fell.
I think my grandmother was still lucky she had miscarriages during the Japanese occupation because I cannot imagine having to muffle your child’s cries only to end up suffocating them because you have to keep the whole family hidden.
After watching Johnny Somali get attacked in South Korea for disrespecting these statues, I had to look up their history.
Oh my god.. I can see why Japan goes into pure denial mode. What a horrible part of history.
This would be an interesting list: what is a country’s “unnamable atrocity” it refuses to come to terms with and reacts in this way when it comes up?
Japan: comfort women, rape of Nanking
Turkey: Armenian genocide
Germany: well, they do name it and own up to it…
Belgium: the Belgian Congo
Israel: the Nakba
What else? Not current stuff, things that are historically over and being ignored or denied today.
Japan is unfortunately extremely supremacist and refuses to recognize any of their war crimes.
Perhaps those relations deserve damaging given the complete lack of apologies to all victims and countries.
I don’t think anyone has ever explained the Streisand effect to the Japanese government.
As a New Zealander, we should build it anyway!!
Japan’s unwillingness to acknowledge the atrocities it committed against many Asian countries reflects poorly on it and continues to cause major divisions in Asia
Acknowledging a past harm is the first step towards easing the impact on others. Refusing to do so, including teaching their own children in school, perpetuates anger and fear in others that something similar could happen again
It should bring no shame to the Japanese people today but rather reflect well on them
“Up to 200,000 women and girls from the Republic of Korea, China, the Netherlands, Timor-Leste, Indonesia and the Philippines were reportedly subjected to trafficking, rape and sexual slavery, as well as to arbitrary deprivation of liberty and, in certain cases, to enforced disappearance, in the ‘comfort women’ system established by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. “*The denial of atrocities by high-level officials and the harassment of victims, survivor-led organizations, academics and journalists, seriously undermine efforts towards accountability and redress,*” said UN experts.” – [Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/03/justice-truth-and-reparations-long-overdue-survivors-so-called-comfort-women)
…they raped and murdered thousands of Korean women though
Every country commits war atrocities. They ought to just admit it, publicly state their regret on the record, and let people put up the memorials. and try not to have another war?
Too many countries hate their own history, lol