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Though Japanese imperialists often deny the facts of their war crimes themselves, they are not limited into foreign land grab but do include much more than that: forced labor, sexual slavery, and other wrongdoings against innocent people. Just an example that show their nature and is well known to other international citizens, except the followers of Japanese imperialism, is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest_to_kill_100_people_using_a_sword .

Stop being an underling of Japanese imperialist Abe government and “hopeless”.

What are the differences between human beings and animals typically? Intelligence: human beings try to understand the present and the future through learning from the past history. Conscience: human beings feel guilty about hiding their crimes. Cooperation: human beings intend to find a solution to overcome mutual threats peacefully. It is an international common sense but (you can notice it from reading above comments: ) almost only Ave government and its followers deny that, often arguing that history is irrelevant to the present; hiding, and generating fake news about, Japanese imperialist war crimes, and even retaliating against other irrelevant companies and consumers. It is the reason why Abe government and its followers are the biggest threat to common citizens and humanity in real and a shame of Japan essentially.

Kurinton, don't you know that it is not anyone else but Abe government that is trying to stop individual victims seeking a justice and retaliating against irrelevant Japanese and Korean companies right now?

Abe has been so lucky so far. But 'he should never have introduced commercial weapons into a political dispute. Now he needs to compromise.' The "No Abe" movement should not be really about an issue of Japanese vs South Korean nationalism but it should be fundamentally against the re-birth of Japanese imperialist fascism.

Dong Yu, why do you think those who here criticize Abe governemnt are "communists"?

Since1981 and Nuno Lopes, it does not cost so much to make banners and pickets nowadays … Please stop narrowed-minded and shameful talking. What realizes justice is not so much money but citizens' conscience, as shown in the case of South Korea that has impeached ex-President Park Geun-hye with common citizens’ power.

Who know? Just it may not be so easy job for Abe to find a solution for survival as a politician by creating new industries, relations, and social values with other partners: he has to buy more weapons from Trump; if he does not change, he will be left behind on the issues of North Korea and new political and economic opportunities; and, most of all, the way of his thinking itself is rooted in Japanese imperialist militarism. He could expect South Korea would be an easier target to strengthen his political position by destroying, though there can be some sacrifices. The same with what his imperialist ancestors have done since 100 years ago.

William77, it is not true that Korean people hate Japanese people who never killed a human being. If they do, it may be just because they don’t know well about the common citizens of Japan. They hate mainly Abe government and its Japanese imperialist followers.

Can you believe this? Abe governemnt and Japanese imperialists did never officially apologize themselves to Korean victims for the losses and pains caused by their “war crimes”. It is because they still deny the facts of their “war crimes” themselves. If they did not do anything wrong, then, how can any of their apologies make sense sincerely? For example, they argue that Japan has paid a compensation to Korea in 1965. However, so far, neither Japanese nor Korean governments have ever officially and clearly told that the 1965 treaty settlement amount was paid as the compensation for the losses caused by Japanese “war crimes”. It was mainly for reestablishing diplomatic relations and Japan has taken the benefits of huge trade surplus from Korea since that till now. Even the Japanese imperialists will not want anyone to clarify the matters of criminal indemnity in details. That may be also the reason why Abe government mentions just "security", and not "compensation paid", officially as for the reasons for its retaliation against Korean companies recently.

Again, isn’t is a common sense that ‘repeating a vague "expression of remorse" cannot be an enough apology but is just deceptive to other citizens and victims, if denying the truth?

Now, Abe government should stop its puerile whining about South Korea’s trade systems. Even when its argument that South Korean Government did not provide some documents in time is true, such a delay in documentation cannot justify its illegal retaliation. The U.S. Institute for Science and International Security ranked Korea (17th) higher than Japan (36th) in strategic trade controls this year. Besides, the U.N. panels and other Japanese media have reported that Japan “exported” prohibited items to N. Korea for years. (Of course Abe government may have never provided them with any documents that it did not do so.)

Abe government is falling into a vicious circle where one lie leads to another lie. Hopeless. A way to overcome  the threat from it, if any, will be enhancing cooperation among 'normal' Japanese and Korean citizens with conscience and common sense.

Isn't the problem that such an retaliation of Abe government will seriously damage not only the two countries' but also other countries’ companies and consumers after all, as many other Asian and European countries worry about? Then, who will be happy? Abe government will be happy and that is the reason why they say Abe government’s recent retaliation against South Korea has a selfish political reason and illegal.

Charles Martel, Abe governemnet of Japan told it will restrict the export and Korea people said then they will not buy Japanese goods....

Re-read above comments and do not distort the messages of them, like Abe government. They distinguish Japanese "common citizens" and Japanese "imperialists." Do not insult Japanese democracy. It has been achieved and kept by the sacrifices and efforts of diligent citizens with conscience and common sense and never by deceptive imperialist politicians.

The pitiful excuse of Abe government that the reason for its recent retaliation against Korean companies is “security” is nonsense and malicious. Abe government started to restrict companies from exporting chip-making materials to South Korea just after South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Japanese companies as the war criminals of WWII to compensate laborers as the victims that they used during Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Besides, even the U.S. government has not ever mentioned any problems such as the suspicions of “security” that Abe government wants to create.

The recent retaliation of Abe government against South Korean companies is illegal because no government has right to stop each victim seeking a justice and to manipulate econmic systems for selfish political reasons. The decision of South Korea’s Supreme Court to order Japanese companies as the war criminals of WWII to compensate laborers as the victims that they used during Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula just accords with the conscience and common sense of international law.

As Abe government and its Japanese-imperialist followers disclose their intensions and nature, they will become the biggest threat to the common citizens of Japan and Korea in real, and, in near future, to those of the U.S. and other countries as well.

How could Abe government commit such an illegal action without any restrictions? Japanese imperialists as the war criminals were not cleaned up. Like ‘deeply-rooted evils’, they undertook the political power and weakened the democracy of Japan even after WWII ironically. Especially Abe government has been nullifying even Obuchi's and other previous Japanese governments' policies and efforts.

What kind of countries can obstruct a process of indemnification between corporate perpetrators and individual victims, and even retaliate against other irrelevant companies of the victims' countries? Isn't it right that the Japanese companies as the war criminals must indemnify the other countries' forced laborers as the victims of course? If South Korea's government should be responsible for part of the liability, isn't it a matter that the two governments of Korea and Japan discuss seperately? Isn't Abe government a real threat against Japanese, as well as international, economy and security? Aren't the supporters of Abe government the same with the underlings of Japanese Imperialism in WWII after all?

Aren’t the supporters of Abe Government different from the underlings of Japanese Imperialism in WWII?