From: news@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan
Subject: Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japa
Date: 16 Aug 92 03:13:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: magneto.kim.920815221322
Organization: Auburn University, Auburn, AL

>>some of the discussion related to that topic, I'd like to
>>ask Chinese or Korean readers just exactly would be acceptable
>>as an apology from the Japanese government or Emperor, and
>>what constitutes "accepting responsibility".
>>

>>In other words, what is that the Japanese Emperor could say
>>or do during his upcoming visit that would achieve this result?
>>Or would anything he said be not enough, or considered insincere?


>>or do during his upcoming visit that would achieve this result?
>>Or would anything he said be not enough, or considered insincere?
>>
>>I guess this is important, because so many people expect something,
>>but I'm not sure that they even know what they expect, and have
>>those with expectations set a goal that will satisfy them?
>>

>>Please remember, the Emperor as a symbol without power, can only
>>use his words. What are the good words he should say?
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>All the Japanese emperor need to say is that his country was responsible
>for the war and he would like to represent his people to apologize to all
>the people that suffered from the war!  He doesn't even have to say it in
>public;  he could issue a statement!   Is that so difficult?  Up till now,
>Japan has never claimed responsibility for the war and have never showed
>any signes of repentance for their unforgivable deeds!  All they've said
>is that it's unfortunate that they war happened!  That's not acceptable
>at all to the millions of people who suffered tremedously through the war!
>TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND APOLOGIZE.
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    100% agree to the above!.  Why not the Emperor make an official statment
clearly so that anybody can recognize that Japan made wrogn decision, not
kind of 'pity', 'sorry' etc.

 WE WANT TO HEAR THE JAPANESE TO STATE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE WITH
WWII AND THE ALL THE SUFFERING FROM THIS WAR.

 But as I know, the japanes seem to be angry and feel great sorrow on the dead
 by the atomic bombing in Hiroshma and Nakasaki, but meanwhile they seem to be
willing to  minimize the suffering claimed by China and Korea, the neighbour
countries. This makes korean and other countries feel bad against Japan.

 Personally I confess that Japanese have lots of good behaviors other contries
can learn from, honesty, deligency, coorperation etc. I admire such good things
but as long as foreign politics are concerned, their attitude begins to change
. Japanese government begin to decorate their attitude and to hide their
dark side of the past history.
  For example, during the occupation of korean panninsular, Japan has earned
lots of profit and ripped of Korea, but nowadays they teach their kids that they
gave high tech to the low tech korean at that time and civilized korea.
  If Japan did not get lots of benifit from Korea during the WWII, I can agree
this point of view and will thank for Japanese.  howver it is not true. Korea has
suffered from Japanes recuruiting material starting from korean girls for their
military soliers to the any kinds of thing which was necessary for their war.

This war is not of KOREA nor of Chines but of Japan itself.

I do not see why KOREA has suffered from the WAS of not ours. Why korean waman
had to be recuruited for Japan's war and why korean youth had to blood at the
foreign country and die for Japan's war.

This war was resposible only to Japan, but so far Japanses goverment
told only to 'regret', 'sorry', 'pity' etc. They have never said that this
war was due to Japen itself so only Japan is resposible as long as this war
is concerned. I have never heard of this so far.

Japanese government deny to say that they 'INVADED' korea and 'CHNIA', but
only say that they 'WENT OVER TO HELP KOREAN for KOREA WANTED JAPAN TO COME
TO HELP KOREA'.

 During the occupation of Korea, Japan converted the korean palace where
the korean king had lived to an animal zoo to humiliate the korean history.
And they has build thier administrator's office building in front of the korean
king's office to advatise that they weree superior to KOREAN.
Japan even did pack a thick steel rod at the top of many korean mountains
symbolizing that they killed the power of korean territory and killed the
power of the korea's spitirutal prosperity for the future.  Japanese goverment
tried to dig out all the korean national floweres as possible as they
can so that they killed the korean spirit and could make KOREAN like another
JAPANES.


There are lots of things which the postwar genetations can not imaginge what
their fathers did on KOREA and Chinese.


I WANT TO LEARN MANY THINGS FROM JAPANES BUT AS LONG AS WWII IS CONCERNED,
I AM EAGER TO HEAR THAT JAPAN HAS FULL RESPOSIBLITY OF WAR AND JAPAN WILL
NOT REPEAT THIS SIN AGAINST THE NEIGHOUR COUNTRIES ANY MORE  OFFICIALLY FROM
THE HIGHEST RANK OF JAPANESE GOVERNOR.


WISH JAPAN BE A GOOD AND TRUSTABLE BIG COUNTRY TO ALL OF THE WORLD AS JAPANES
ARE FOR THEIR OWN BLOOD. I BELIVE JAPANESE ARE SO GOOD FOR THEIR OWN JAPANESE
THEMSELVES.

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