AlexNoaburg comments

love their channel, so happy to see them on the front page of JapanToday!

Better japan gets the islands than Russia, though it will be costly.

Abe would rather lose South Korea as an ally than admit that Japan had a comfort women system

it's not because taiwan is special but japan needed them to believe they were to gain a buffer

abe and his people should be asked if they even believe the class a war criminals enshrined here are class a war criminals, lets start there.

japanese propaganda machine gearing up

Japan is slowly turning toward their WW2 selves, the govt leaders do not grasp that power and leadership come with facing yourselves honestly rather than saving face and lying to do so.

Let's not blame the Japanese people, a majority oppose this bill, it is Abe and his ilk who have coerced the media to the far right just like the American govt coerced the media, intelligence and military on the Iraq war.

Abe just walked all over the constitution at the USA's urging so is this really democracy vs communism or us vs them? We know the USA has invaded nations as they pleased and for their own self interest Japan is now firmly on a similar path. They are less admirable for it

Abe is walking all over the constitution so how is he not like the communists?

The people should sue because this is unconstitutional

let's put the base in your backyard, no not appealing?

The Okinawan people have a right to determine whether they want a base or not and their answer is a resounding no.

barbaric

china sending mixed messages, its a peace and military parade, doves and weapons were shown, celebrates cause for peace but also restricted its citizens like fascist japan. its no wonder the western world feels more anxiety and stayed away

polticians should have to send their to the frontlines whenever war is authorized

there will be growing pains but this is necessary to improve japan

it's mind boggling that some foreigners are okay with Japan's WW2 revisionism. I think most Westerners are okay with Japan militarizing IF they are educated on the past. It does not benefit the West to have a militarized and forgetful Japan. We saw what happened last time to Asians and whites alike.

Japan acknowledging its past atrocities doesn't weaken it, transparency would make it more like other democracies in the world. Instead, Japan is only making themselves look more like China. Though Japan may have forgotten, the world remembers the horrors committed by WW2 Japan and we will keep reminding them, ironically, the more they whitewash.

And here is the result of whitewashed textbooks

if the US moved the base off Okinawa to a nearby island instead, it will be spared the brunt of war and both countries still have the American military as a deterrent

the plant is still leaking even if its not being reported

huge fans of the talent but saw a clip on youtube and it was hokey as hell

thats great but where are the japanese if any who helped asians survive?

should these vets like the rest of asia get over it and stop being political pawns too?

you think China's bad, just wait til Japan has completely whitewashed WW2 and is back to being fully militarized

china and s korea would talk less about ww2 if japan would like germany properly educate its population. japan is the one who has to make the first move here.

priority one is to get the survivors back to being part of the community.

Jim, thanks for sharing that experience.

and when the rest of asia remembers ww2 and the atrocities caused by japan, the sentiment is to "get over it". we need to remember ALL of it