To elaborate. The LDP does not teach Japanese people about World War 2 in an accurate matter at all. The Nanking Rape is not mentioned or revised, the rampant sexual slavery (comfort women) is omitted, kamikaze is never mentioned. The main thing they learnt about the war is “Japan was fighting colonial oppression, and then the US dropped atomic bombs to stop us”.
The left wing alternatives to the LDP dispute that. And so a lot of Japanese people view those alternatives as lying to make people feel guilty and in favour of “colonialism”.
If you have any questions, I can ask my wife, she worked for a left wing party in Japan.
To elaborate. The LDP does not teach Japanese people about World War 2 in an accurate matter at all. The Nanking Rape is not mentioned or revised, the rampant sexual slavery (comfort women) is omitted, kamikaze is never mentioned. The main thing they learnt about the war is “Japan was fighting colonial oppression, and then the US dropped atomic bombs to stop us”.
The left wing alternatives to the LDP dispute that. And so a lot of Japanese people view those alternatives as lying to make people feel guilty and in favour of “colonialism”.
If you have any questions, I can ask my wife, she worked for a left wing party in Japan.