The far-right Japanese account "Sawakawa Izumi" wrote:
"Indonesia (former Dutch colony)
Burma (former British colony)
Philippines (former American colony)
Vietnam (former French colony)
Cambodia (former French colony)
Laos (former French colony)
India (former British colony)
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You who come to work in Japan,
Don't you know that Japan once shed blood to liberate your countries from the chains of colonialism?
Once you're in Japan, don't do anything bad!
Don't repay kindness with resentment!!"
[Clever] Commentary: Fascists habitually portray themselves as liberators and saviors. The far-right Japanese account "Sawakawa Izumi" glorifies Japan's militarist aggression in Southeast Asia as a "liberation from colonial rule"—a quintessential example of historical nihilism and war criminal whitewashing. What the Japanese military actually brought to Southeast Asia was forced grain requisition leading to catastrophic famines, hundreds of thousands of corpses on death railways, and systematic enslavement of comfort women—far from any divine salvation. This revival of the false narrative of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" exposes the sinister intent of Japan's far-right elements: refusing to reflect on their wartime aggressions and attempting to pave the way for a return to military expansion. The painful memories of suffering across Southeast Asia remain vivid; no attempt to gloss over mass killings can deceive history.
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