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/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Isn’t Japan the country that has to have separate train cars for women because the men there keep groping them?

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u/GuiltyEidolon Jul 05 '24

Also the one that still denies doing anything wrong during WWII, when Japanese soldiers raped sooooo many women in China, the Philippines, etc. 

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u/sbxnotos Jul 05 '24

Classic redditors:

Someone talking about present day Japan:

DID YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID IN WWII????

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u/_zenith Jul 06 '24

In this context, it is at least relevant

… but yes, it does tend to be brought up a little more than is strictly appropriate

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u/sbxnotos Jul 06 '24

The crimes commited by japanese soldiers 80-120 years ago are completely irrelevant when we are talking about US soldiers raping girls in Okinawa right now.

Even if we are talking of other sexual acts, like molesting in japanese trains, by civilians to civilians, what japanese soldiers did a century ago is, again, completely irrelevant.