I'm new to Tokyo and I recently visited the Yushukan... has any one else been there ?
What did you think ?
At first I was quite shocked by some of the exhibitions.... The invasion of Korea is the "Korean incident" and they deny the Nanjing masacare, how prevalent is this version of history amongst Japanese people ?
I've tried to talk about this with some of my japanese friends and I have been told by quite a few people that Japanese military action in CHina and Korea
pre WWII was actually an attempt to protect these countries from the West.
I know that every country has a tendancy to glorify the past and "gloss" over acts of aggression, but I am much more aware of the evils committed by my country and am openly critical of them, but it seems like a lot of Japanese people aren't..
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