First off I want to make this as clear as day, war crimes committed by anyone of any nation is wrong and if the mods feel this thread is to aggressive then by all means I have no problem with it being deleted. It is my motive to discuss these issues in a logical and coherent manner. I do not have the same beliefs as Nazi Sympathizers like "okayokayitsnotok" a poster who appears to deny the holocaust.
This is due to my belief that unlike there Nazi counterparts, those of the Empire of Japan believed in the honorable way of the Samurai. To this day Japans Prime Minister Shinzō Abe visits the Yasukuni Shrine which honors Japanese war veterans during the Empire of Japan
Since the end of WW2 there have been numerous efforts by statesmen and social leaders, peace activists and other world leaders to address the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
Many Ex wartime Japan leaders went on to Prominent positions in Japan and abroad after ww2 leading Japan to become the worlds 2nd greatest economy. Takeo Fukuda was a well known player in WW2 Japan whom was elected as Japans prime minister in 1975. These actions are a key difference to the aftermath of WW2 Germany in which case ex Nazis were not allowed into government affairs after the war.
Japan did not seek to eliminate whole populations and were not involved in the Holocaust. The vast majority of war crimes Japan faced were for prisoner abuse. At the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Justice Radha Binod Pal was the only one who submitted a judgment which insisted all defendants were not guilty.
"While finding that 'the evidence is still overwhelming that atrocities were perpetrated by the members of the Japanese armed forces against the civilian population of some of the territories occupied by them as also against the prisoners of war', he produced a judgment questioning the legitimacy of the tribunal and its rulings. He held the view that the legitimacy of the tribunal was suspect and questionable, because the spirit of retribution, and not impartial justice, was the underlying criterion for passing the judgment"
On April 29, 2005, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his counterpart ex Prime Minister of Japan Koizumi Junichiro that "the dissenting judgement of Justice Radha Binod Pal is well-known to the Japanese people and will always symbolise the affection and regard our people have for your country
On December 14, 2006, Singh, made a speech in the Japanese Diet. He stated:
"The principled judgment of Justice Radhabinod Pal after the War is remembered even today in Japan. Ladies and Gentlemen, these events reflect the depth of our friendship and the fact that we have stood by each other at critical moments in our history.
Monument of Radha Binod Pal at Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine.
A bronze statue of a carrier pigeon at Yasukuni Shrine, commemorating the carrier pigeons that died serving Japan in WWII , I thought this was quite impressive
A bronze statue of a woman and children commemorating the sacrifices made by mothers and children when husbands did not return after the war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_B..._Trial_Dissent
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