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Offline TomSea

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Should Prime Minister Abe Continue to Make Apologies for the Wrongs of Imperial Japan?
GIKorea | August 18, 2019 | Japan |

KBS World Radio has highlighted a Japanese daily’s editorial that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should repeat apologies about the actions of Imperial Japan:



Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration to express regret over the country’s past doings in order to improve relations with South Korea.

In an op-ed Saturday, the daily said that Korea should not be given the cold shoulder. It said the Abe administration is regarded as being passive in reflecting on Japan’s past and there lies the indelible distrust Korea has toward Japan.

The op-ed said the Abe government must again clarify its historical views related to the Korean Peninsula in an effort to defuse this distrust.

The commentary went on to propose holding talks for the Japanese government to express its view on history and also at the same time to discuss a renewed assessment by the Seoul government regarding the two countries’ 2015 agreement on the wartime sex slavery issue.


Read more at: https://www.rokdrop.net/2019/08/should-prime-minister-abe-continue-to-make-apologies-for-the-wrongs-of-imperial-japan/

I know at least, one of the forum members was stationed in South Korea, some very fascinating matters at stake.

Offline Fishrrman

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No.
I don't need any more "apologies" from Japan.
The war ended 75 years ago, and Japan paid quite dearly for its imperialism.

But in a similar vein...
No apologies for us having used the atomic bombs against them.
No guilt felt here about that.

And also...
No more "apologies and reparations" for slavery either (while we're at it).
That was paid for with the blood of 600,000 whites.

Offline berdie

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No.
I don't need any more "apologies" from Japan.
The war ended 75 years ago, and Japan paid quite dearly for its imperialism.

But in a similar vein...
No apologies for us having used the atomic bombs against them.
No guilt felt here about that.

And also...
No more "apologies and reparations" for slavery either (while we're at it).
That was paid for with the blood of 600,000 whites.




 goopo  I had a response prepared....but you covered everything I was going to say.

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No.
I don't need any more "apologies" from Japan.
The war ended 75 years ago, and Japan paid quite dearly for its imperialism.

But in a similar vein...
No apologies for us having used the atomic bombs against them.
No guilt felt here about that.

And also...
No more "apologies and reparations" for slavery either (while we're at it).
That was paid for with the blood of 600,000 whites.

Well said...
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Offline InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

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Hmm...  Should a guy born in 1954 apologize for things that happened that before he was alive and were done by people almost all of whom are dead?
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No.
I don't need any more "apologies" from Japan.
The war ended 75 years ago, and Japan paid quite dearly for its imperialism.

But in a similar vein...
No apologies for us having used the atomic bombs against them.
No guilt felt here about that.

And also...
No more "apologies and reparations" for slavery either (while we're at it).
That was paid for with the blood of 600,000 whites.

No more apologies. They’re worthless at this point. A simple official acknowledgment of the truth will be fine. There are many in Japan that believe they were the victims in that war & we were the bad guys simply because they got beaten so badly. The best the government can do today is educate their people.

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No.

Apologizing for the past, when the country has made amends, is ridiculous.

It would be as ridiculous as Trump apologizing for slavery.