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Yes, my wife is Japanese, but she doesn't seem to know much about the Japanese massacres of Nanking. On the other hand, the Japanese learn at school about the p
by S4M 13y ago
Yes, my wife is Japanese, but she doesn't seem to know much about the Japanese massacres of Nanking. On the other hand, the Japanese learn at school about the plight of the Japanese who were in China during the Second World War but couldn't go back to Japan when it lost the war.
- kenshiro_o 13y agoWhy is this not taught in school? It is important that descendants of any people be able to look back at actions from their predecessors in order to acquire "historical experience" and not repeat the mistakes of their ancestors. Has your wife looked into the Nanking massacre since then? I really like Japan (I am currently learning Japanese and would love to live there for 1-2 years from 2015) but some aspects of the society or the politics just make me cringe.
- S4M 13y agoI don't know exactly what the Japanese schools are teaching, and the Japanese crimes of war are not a frequent topic of conversation between us, but the couple of times this was brought on she always says something in the lines of "I didn't know..." or "In Japan we don't speak about that", and she hasn't bothered to look at the history of the Nanking massacre. > I really like Japan (I am currently learning Japanese and would love to live there for 1-2 years from 2015) but some aspects of the society or the politics just make me cringe. I am in the exact situation as you, except that we don't know if we want to move to Japan because of the radioactivity.