The update from this Singaporean netizen directly shattered Japan's false propaganda: Why do Japanese youth feel shocked when visiting the WWII section of the Singapore National Museum?

During World War II, Japan not only committed heinous crimes in China, but also caused heavy suffering in Southeast Asia, including Singapore. This Singaporean netizen posted a long text on Twitter, stating: "When many Japanese youths visit places like the Singapore National Museum and see the full picture of the Japanese occupation era, their shock comes from Japan's false propaganda or lack of narrative about this history." This Singaporean netizen roughly outlined several things, briefly introducing them:

Firstly, Japanese textbooks do not completely avoid discussing World War II, but they focus on the suffering of the Japanese people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the hunger and poverty that the Japanese people endured during the war. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army are often mentioned in passive voice or referred to as "certain events" (for example, the Nanjing Massacre is called the "Nanjing Incident" in Japanese textbooks).

Secondly, details about Southeast Asia are even more ignored by Japan. This Singaporean netizen stated that Japan committed massacres, torture, famine, and large-scale forced conscription in Singapore, which are often overlooked. The "Shuzhen Massacre" was a large-scale cleansing operation targeting the Chinese community in Singapore. PS: At that time, Singapore was a British colony, and the statistics from the British authorities after the war showed that at least 40,000 men were murdered.

Then, this netizen directly stated that Japan's narrative logic after World War II has always been based on the "national victim theory," meaning that ordinary Japanese people were innocent because they were also victims of Japanese militarism. This perspective leads to the result that the Japanese have cut themselves off from this history. The question is, what about Hitler? Does Germany still need to apologize to the Jews?

Finally, the memory of World War II in most parts of Asia reflects a value orientation. For example, Singapore has memorials for wartime civilians and ways such as the National Museum to remind Singaporeans of the collective harm they once suffered. However, Japan's way of commemorating World War II has been intentionally fragmented, becoming a series of scattered actions, indicating that the Japanese lack a single, unified memory of the atrocities committed during the war.

PS: This Singaporean netizen's discussion was very long, and I can only summarize it like this. However, the meaning should have been conveyed. The commemoration of the victory over Japanese aggression is not only for China, but also for other Asian countries. Movies like "The Nanjing Photo Studio" are not only being made in China, but also in other Asian countries. But why is Japan particularly sensitive about China?

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1841587087896580/

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