re: #208 horse

The imperial Japanese military did horrible things to western civilians (including Americans) in Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines etc… Where ever they went, they committed atrocities against non-combatants.

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Very true, and also baffling to anyone that has spent time in Japan as I have. The people are embarrassingly polite, high dollar electronics items are safely displayed outside stores, mostly safe streets and the rest, just a 180 degrees out from how they waged WW II.
I’d like to believe we shaped the new Japan with our occupation and by helping write their constitution. Maybe it’s just the nature of a war waged for a “divine” emperor that made them brutes, but there is no real excuse.