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Basically everyone else in Asia hates their guts due to their conduct in WWII.

• jbay808 5y ago
  That's really not true. Taiwan, for example, has widespread pro-Japanese sentiment. Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam also have warm relations with Japan. On the other hand, Mainland China and both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment. A cynical observer might suggest that the ability of a nation's public to forgive past grievances correlates closely with how much benefit the government sees in maintaining that hostile sentiment.
  • dwighttk 5y ago
    What’s the benefit for South Korea?
    • ezconnect 5y ago
      They have territorial disputes unlike other Asian nations who only had WWII compensation dispute.
  • alephnan 5y ago
    > both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment I've learned it's extremely difficult to find Samsung products on the shelves in Japan. The conglomerates in East Asian are intertwined with political influence.