Japan to resume collecting remains of war dead in Philippines

So they dug up 300 Philippine body after being murdered by Japanese and only 5 were Japanese? Philippine families must be gutted.

I visited a Japanese soldiers tomb in Mayoyao , Ifugao some years ago.

How would a Japanese have a distinct dna profile from that of the average Han Chinese?

Distinct Japanese DNA?

I don’t think so....

Why did they wrongly dig up so many remains? What was the research or assumptions that led them to believe that the bodies buried there must have been those of Japanese soldiers? Were their records from the war incomplete, faulty, or plain lies?

Spending money for very little return is not what a government supposed to do.

Meaning of RIP has to be understood by some.

I am not sure I would have appreciated Germans coming to get their own soldiers remains in France, and that is even among soldiers. Other Philippine remains could indeed all be from Japanese soldiers deeds...

The PI govt and J-govt are working together on this. Reading these posts it looks like there are more J-haters here than in e PI. Many of not most of the non-J remains are from those "missing" and may not necessarily have family looking for them. After all, they have been on PI soil for over 70 years.

I am not sure I would have appreciated Germans coming to get their own soldiers remains in France, and that is even among soldiers. Other Philippine remains could indeed all be from Japanese soldiers deeds...

Japanese soldiers were there to help the Philippines from being a US colony.  US used Philippines to fight against Japanese, but Japan was fighting against US not the Philippines.