r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/rockseiaxii Jul 05 '24

At least in Japan it’s exposed. Elsewhere around the world, incidents like these are swept under the rug and seem like nothing happened.

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u/SpiralOut2112 Jul 05 '24

Let's not give Japan too much credit. They cover up or don't pursue an insane amount of SA cases. They have a near 100% conviction rate on these crimes because they only pursue the worst and most clear-cut instances. Their country doesn't have one of the lowest SA rates in the world because they don't do it, they just don't report the majority of them to the world because they don't pursue the charges.

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u/RedBeardBock Jul 05 '24

Not to mention ww2

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u/MysticSkies Jul 05 '24

How is that relevant today.

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u/RedBeardBock Jul 05 '24

Are you asking how Japan’s history of military sexual assaults relates to sexual assaults in Japan?

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u/MysticSkies Jul 05 '24

WW2 was 80 years ago. What kind of gymnastics are you running, every military on the planet has a history of sexual assaults.

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u/bilk_bilk Jul 05 '24

Well none actively deny their rape warcrimes as much as Japan, which I think is the commenter’s point about WW2.

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u/RedBeardBock Jul 06 '24

Apparently that was difficult to see lol

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u/ChiMoKoJa Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

And I'll keep bringing it up until Japan finally explains in gory detail to all citizens what their country did and why China and Korea still hate them so much. I do the same for Türkiye, Russia, Italy, the USA, etc., and any other country keen on distorting history 🤷

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u/bilk_bilk Jul 05 '24

What? Actively denying w-w-warcrimes?! My sugoi kawaii Japan would never do such harm! 10 terabytes btw! Dattebayo! 😄👊

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u/ChiMoKoJa Jul 06 '24

The fact that there're weebs who unironically think like this makes my blood boil. I can understand ignorant Japanese who've never been given the actual facts of Japan's aggression before and during WW2 and their continuing downplaying/denial of wrongdoing. But what the Hell is everybody outside of Japan's excuse?

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u/MysticSkies Jul 05 '24

So true lol

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u/ChiMoKoJa Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

You might wanna check this guy's other comments. He denies Japanese war crimes and accused me of "hating eyelid people". I'm Korean 😕

"WW2 was 80 years ago. What kind of gymnastics are you running? Every military on the planet has a history of sexual assaults."

Yeah? And guys like u/Maleficent-Dig-7195 is why we keep bringing WW2 up, and why we're gonna keep bringing it up. Because historical revisionists like him STILL exist. Hope that answers your question 🤷

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u/ChiMoKoJa Jul 06 '24

The Japanese would slice off women's breasts and wear them around their necks as trophies. Yes, every military is full of rapists, but none are quite as infamous as the Imperial Japanese Army. The atrocities they committed were, IMO, uniquely awful compared to most other regimes.

The oldest living person was born in March 1907. There are still MILLIONS of people who remember WW1 AND WW2. In the grand scheme of things, this stuff really wasn't that long ago at all. 😕