What should be mentioned in Japanese history textbooks ?

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The Yasukuni Shrine honors those who died for thier country, and the Japanese should worship them. Not all enshrined their are war criminals.

Should worship ? As if there exists an obligation ? Why secretly smuggle in people who were at the forefront of bringing shame to Japan ? And all of humanity who happen not to be Japanese, who happened to pay by being in the wrong place as a non-Japanese ?

The term "war criminal" should not exist, It should just be "criminal".

Why not ? For the comfort of your mind that all is well ?

The united States killed many japanese civilian (672,000). So those who ordered the drop, ceated the atomic bomb should also be considered war criminals.

Absolutely.

The only reason they arnt is because those who achive victory acheive righteousness andare veiwed by history to be right.

And where do you draw your conclusion from ? From some general reflections into the deep meanings of life ?

I am not in any way defending the obvious atrocities committed by Japan, I think that they have been reformed, and currently are a force of good in the world.

Reformed ? What evidence of being reformed can you present ?

They dont need to be punished by constant reminders of their mistakes,

Constantly ? Some Japanese citizens are shocked to hear the news for the first time in their lives. You must not have much experience with many Japanese in Japan/from Japan. Do you think the self-imposed critics here are just that way and love to criticise, throw dirt in the face of decent people in general ? I wouldn't want to waste my breathe on negativity, my friend. Life is just too short for that kind of stuff !!

They must be mentioned and never forgotten, but not constantly forced in thier face. Some american texbooks fail to mention the dresdin firebombing.

A lot of those "atrocities" are never mentioned. Hence comes the raison d'etre of this thread-poll.