There is some real tone-deafness (at best) at work
here:
A prominent Japanese
politician has described as "necessary" the system by which women were
forced to become prostitutes for World War II troops.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said on Monday that the "comfort women" gave Japanese soldiers a chance "to rest".
On Tuesday, Japanese ministers tried to distance themselves from his remarks.
Some 200,000 women in territories occupied by Japan during
WWII are estimated to have been forced to become sex slaves for troops.
Ugh.
Rising Hegemon
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Ugh is right.
He is co-leader of the conservative nationalist Japan Restoration Party, a political party that recently merged with the conservative Sunrise Party.
I'm guessing re-writing history* is something conservatives worldwide have in common.
* As Driftglass calls it, "Strategic Forgettery".
"On Tuesday, Japanese ministers tried to distance themselves from his remarks."
No surprise there. The Japanese government has generally been trying to distance itself from that issue ever since the surviving comfort women have been trying to get compensation.
since they LOST, i'd say IT WASN'T.
The Japanese have never really acknowledged their numerous and horrific crimes committed during WWII. They have instead successfully painted themselves as victims. Everybody knows about what the Germans did, but few Americans know about the medical experimentation, the comfort women, Nanjing, etc.
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