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highhope

Why those political establishments can acknowledge the wrong doings of their father and gradfather's sin? while the young generations have nothing to do with sex slaves, why do they have to deal with this issue now? Sooner or later,it must end once for all.

True. I wanted to say the History has been used and exaggeration as political cards. You should know why Japan has been accused by S.Korea, China and all ways money involve. Media in Japan is left wing. Because of Mr.Hata, Developing counties aware political relation often time own country will be somewhat change its power relationship.The United States > Europe >.....>Japan = Korea = China. I think British want to deterrent Japan somewhat. Especially Asia is complicated place and it was been involve many political deal who will be a top of ASIA? I just want to mention though It is totally different than Westerner view from the TOP who controlled the political relation.

As source shows http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2007/08/british-and-american-military-rape.html and http://www.japanfocus.org/_Terese_Svoboda-Race_and_American_Military_JusticeRapeMurder__and_Execution_in_Occupied_Japan/ I don't believe only Japan did such bad things. WWII were CHAOS and even other counties practice same things as Japan. Yet,it seems to like Japan has not whitewashed and other countries are already whitewashed.

highhope

The rapist wife has to pay the rape victim from the rapist possession.

Right,and do you know how much Japanese Government paid for the loss of WWII to S.Korea and China?

But... Yes, it is truly shameful that Japan does not acknowledge the shameful history.

PM Murayama comments:http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/press/pm/murayama/9508.html

highhope

Yes....it is shameful.... But, One questions. Every countries has media control. I think you don't know Japanese media at all and you seems to like are controlled by media. There is many lobbyist from China and S.Korea,N.Korea. Thus, anything offend S.Korea or China's mention about WWII were keep attacking by media. Mr. Hata also. What this article tells maybe different than you think. Japanese media controlled unfortunately. And Japan experience, such Sex Slave card was used for political cards to deal with Japan many times. How come S.Korea keep using this cards?? Most of time Japanese media doesn't show any information will benefit our government and shows support for S.Korea or China. Is it funny. If Japanese government controlled Media then it suppose to be opposite that about Takeshima, how much we paid ODA and gives technology to help those country, comfort women as business and etc.

Western MEDIA control fact: We don't have not enough history of colonize other countries, which including Slave business. Then, I wonder those countries has much longer history in colonization doesn't do any same things as sex slave? Why it doesn't spot light in Media? Answer is simple. Because they ignore them and victim or victim countries almost unable to mention those things because of difference of political power and economics. The United States bombed atomic bombs? Do government apologize? Why any countries doesn't blame the fact of WWII like Japan? Is it funny who still keep suffering by Atomic Bomb sue Japanese government not US government???

You should questions how Politics and Media and political relation between country abuse history and the fact.

Yes. We learn from AMERICA. one of most political abuser of the world. Yes. We learn from AMERICA that when recession comes war comes out. Yes. We learn from AMERICA, only has 200 years of history. Yes. We learn from AMERICA, one of most economical abuser. Do you know how subprime starts. Because of Mr.Bush said such things. "we should provide home to low income people, because having home is AMERICAN dream." then when sub-prime Mortgage actually starts and success, he said "we provide more homes to people in our history." ........... We should not believe President Obama yet. Since he choose team Clinton. Also, during the campaign, he did not say much about what actually he will do. He said, Hope, believe, change. Like religious leader will say such things, but actually hard to know what actually mean. I think people individually connect past experience. I really want to ask each people what do you think what actually he talked about hope, believe, change, then I think each answer will be different. And in Politics, there is big big big question. And one more questions is, if President Obama fail, will it be race issue comes again??? I think there still many negative side. Even I know President Obama is smart, yet Politics is really complicated. and Media control also important. I don't want to believe President Obama become like previous Russian President did in media and that is negative side also.

I don't feel anything what Western says about it. Most of RICH countries now won WWII. Also, most of RICH countries is founded economics based on WWII favor or colonization before. However, they says war is bad. Yes, of course they learn from the past. But, I don't see any countries paid money a lot and help to give technology to countries(which Japan did bad) to help them grow again. Yes, RICH countries gives ODA to those countries though, but it is not for they feel bad. I think because of market. They seems to think and act like yeah war was happened and what we did was politics. There is no point to give back money...sure you guys won WWII. Thank you for AMERICA gives Japan atomic bombs to stop Russian. Is there a hate low? or apologize? No. Sure, if you win the war, there is nothing to be blame about it. They take ground benefit of WWII anyways. Also, German passing the laws to regret what they do and they apologize about Holocaust, but they didn't apologize about WAR, even they started. Political history was abused and used anyway. One more things, in Japanese education, we taught how Japanese is bad bad bad bad bad doing bad bad bad bad to other country during war. What is true history then? The problem here is the History was sometimes politically abused. They mention what other country did bad and do such and such and they don't mention what your country also did bad and such and such. and what people thinks are they compare to other country and think we are better proud country now. However, you guys also an aggressor. Japan...in case, we found information about rape and other side, S.Korea send women for business　to have money. About Massacre of Nankin, I think Japan killed many people, but number wise it is unclear. Maybe in total,winner countries of WWII killed more? So, think about WWII, if Japan is blamed so much then there are many countries should be blamed like Japan.