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Originally Posted by activeStick
We can agree to disagree. The war crimes carried out by Japan are amongst the very worst, ever. Full stop. Most in the west just don't learn or even know about this because they are allies of the west and the Americans actively tried their best to keep the events on the down low in exchange for Japan to forever do their bidding. Look up Unit 731 and comfort women. The current people can't be blamed for what happened back then, but they can certainly be blamed for covering up and denying these things happened.
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The crimes are, of course, awful. But in addition to that, what is sometimes lost on people is the sheer aggressiveness of their national policy/direction for the entire first half of the century. Their entire culture and identity was focused solely on becoming a great power. It was mass production of warships and warplanes, and marching into any country they laid eyes on. It was staggering.
I have absolutely zero concern with Germany ever becoming aggressive again because they came to terms with their past, and actively take steps to prevent extremists from rising up again. Japan actively denies their past, so if they rearmed, I would be more than a little concerned that they would start "liberating" their Asian neighbors.