Do Japanese know about ww2?

Their view is that Japan was this innocent country who was dragged into a random war, Japanese cities by bombed, Japanese people died, Japan is an innocent victim, war is bad, they speak of war in the abstract, the only thing they know about the ww2 is that they were in it, they have no clue about the things they did.

What is the Japanese history?

Japan was settled about 35,000 years ago by Paleolithic people from the Asian mainland. At the end of the last Ice Age, about 10,000 years ago, a culture called the Jomon developed. Jomon hunter-gatherers fashioned fur clothing, wooden houses, and elaborate clay vessels.

How do Japanese feel about Pearl Harbor?

Japan. Japanese civilians were more likely to view the actions of Pearl Harbor as a justified reaction to the economic embargo by western countries. Not only were the Japanese more aware of the embargo’s existence, but they were also more likely to view the action as the critical point of American hostility.

What do the Japanese think of Pearl Harbor?

Why did Japan justify Pearl Harbor?

Why Attack Pearl Harbor? As war was inevitable, Japan’s only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America’s navy as quickly as possible. Japan wanted to move into the Dutch East Indies and Malaya to conquer territories that could provide important natural resources such as oil and rubber.

What happened to the history books in Japan after WW2?

I also visited both Hiroshima and Nagasaki alone and with groups of Americans serving as their translator. Twenty years ago, the history books ended with the death of Emperor Taisho, who was Hirohito’s father. Thus, the high school history texts did not reference world war II at all.

What does Japanese school curriculum teach about World War II?

The Japanese school curriculum largely glosses over the occupations of Taiwan, China, Korea and various Russian islands before the attack on Pearl Harbor; it essentially doesn’t teach the detail of the war in the Pacific and South East Asia until Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Did you learn 20th century Japanese history in class?

Given all of this, it may or may not surprise you to hear from people raised in Japan that they hardly learned 20th century Japanese history in class.

What is the difference between Japan and Germany’s war education?

And most worryingly of all, in contrast with Germany, Japan has historically offered postwar generations of students very little education on its conduct in the war.