A shame that Unit 731 who did horrific experiments on innocent people, children and POW’s didn’t get the same fate and pretty much got away with their crimes…
@Zeal warrior Gaming, well you can ask America abt that. The head of 731 trade many bio weapons clasified files and human anatomy with the American government. For that, he got off free of any charges and become a doctor of a small town until he dies at the ages of 71.
@aviagamer War crimes usually does only aplies to the losers of the war, USSR done a lot more war crimes than USA, and also most of them got unpunished, not only them but a lot of other minor countries.
If I'm not mistaken, at the time of WW2 under the emperor's administrstion, Seppuku(honour suicide) was still a thing. If they prevented him from committing suicide yet gave him the death sentence, it is possible that they did so as to prevent him from dying while preservinf his honour.
@@ゼロワンそれが俺の名だ Escaping from the punishment of their enemy by committing suicide is not and never will be an honorable thing, they deserved to be punished for the war crimes they did.
There was those two Japanese officers who had a competition of who could behead the most Chinese civilians in a certain amount of time. It was published and glorified in a newspaper at the time. Those two men got executed for war crimes though.
Yea the Japanese Imperial Army had an absurd lack of military discipline, esp considering their cultural decorum. Kind of reminds me of the stories of how American soldiers would "go native" in the jungles in Vietnam and commit atrocities that would never be culturally acceptable back home.
Disgusting how Unit 731 isn't even taught in Japan let alone the rest of the world. It's often forgotten that China and Korea (both) are one of the main 'Polands' of the east. But they're forgotten in terms of hardships and pain edit: it's been 2 years since this comment was made and my opinion has changed since. people still continue this thread for some reason so i'll have to make a few changes upon further research the tokyo district court did indeed recognise the actions of the Unit a 2 decades ago. Sadly trial by then was too late I don't think it's not taught since the events were on the other sides of the world. Forgotten is quite loose and we'll never know how much each person knows about the events. My initial statement was too generalised. I don't think death on such a scale should be compared in terms of what was worse.
@Xinnie Pingy This is why Japan has not yet admitted its crimes against entire East Asia, and some "victim countries" are still busy blaming each other and cannot agree on this attitude. SHAME ON YOU
Yeah bro Japan wanted all of Asia for themselves to feed their war machine.. they were literally tryna install puppet governments everyplace they invaded.. shoulda tried take out the U.S before going to Manchuria.. they could have got their oil in other Asian countries.. anyways I’m babbling on
@Sviben Taiwan is a country, Uighurs are being thrown in camps, thousands of students were killed in Tiananmen Square on 4 June, 1989... should I keep going or is that proof enough that I'm not a CCP bot 😂
@@bobbelcher678 why do Chinese people use fake sounding western names like “bob belcher” and famous names like “Tom hanks”? Do you envy their civilization?
Being an ethnic Korean living in Japan, working as both a chef and a rikishi (sumo wrestler) its very odd... On one hand, people will look at me and call me a "cockroach" for merely existing, because for some reason being born in another country is unacceptable to them. On the other hand, so many Japanese people have helped me on my way as both a person and a fighter and a worker, treating me with fairness, dignity and respect without expecting anything in return. As much as I have come to respect and admire Japan, I also wonder if I will ever truly be able to call it home. There are some of the most dignified, self respecting, honest, hard-working people i have ever had the pleasure to meet and befriend here, but also some of the most ignorant, racist, blind, xenophobic fools as well. All because their government refuses to tell the truth of what they did to my people, and my homeland.
Do you seek perfection? All nations have same problem about racism. We not in haven so all this a normal in this world. But the percentage of racism must be lower compared to past history and keep improving. Just list down a lot of positive things that like you love japan and negative things you hate than balance it and see if the weight is positive than stay and live at japan if not than up to you
I've heard about how badly Japan treats Asians from other countries. I did a presentation over the Japanese Brazilians and Vietnamese workers in the country that were harshly mistreated and underpaid in the workplace. This was solely because they weren't "pure Japanese". Xenophobia is one heck of a drug.
I am curious how is life for him when his greatgrandfather killed millions of people. How does he feel when he was studying history. Oh wait, Japan doesn’t teach them the real truth. Instead, Japan teach them that the war criminals are hero. Btw, the descendants are not at any fault at all. What happen are entirely their ancestors fault. This should be a lesson teach to the next generation.
would you say the same about Winston Churchill or Harry Truman’s descendants? If they’re allowed to be proud of their ancestor ruling a wartime nation, why can’t Japanese? Is it cause we lost the war and you guys won???
@@いぶき-s9m You are right even churchill's and many other people's grandchildreb should objectively learn their ancestor's actions. But I dont think that justifies Tojo's action.
@@いぶき-s9m and they aren't my history. So if Kenyans and Indians want to get angry with British it's ok that's their privilege. Your ancestors massacred my ancestors are my history.
He's been enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine despite all the effort to discourage supporters. Ah, Japan. It will not just "settle down" as long as his name is still being worshipped.
why are you guys allowed to remember Winston Churchill and Roosevelt and Truman, but Japanese can’t for Tojo? Is it because you’re the winners and we’re the losers of the war?
@@いぶき-s9m Also , it's not the foreign nations opinions that matter when your at your shrine remember Tojo. It's up to YOU to consider and realise for yourself if Am I Worshipping a Dictator?, or Am I honouring our dead?
Doesn't matter where his remains is, he and all other war criminals are still enshrined and prayed for everyday at the famous Yasukuni War Memorial Shrine next to the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Don't forget american leaders, the British colonisers and the British Queen. They still lived their life peacefully and wealthy while doing war crimes. Serve the justice right.
Just imagine, being a Asian you loved Japan because it made your childhood better because of Godzilla, Power Rangers, and Ultraman then all of the sudden you find out the country that made your childhood better commited the worst actrocities that still denies it till this day...
The Victor writes the history. The vanquished becomes the villain. The Victor becomes the virtuous. The victorious who killed the most are heroes deserving honor while the losers who killed the most are monsters deserving the death.
@@DakotaofRaptors The survivors write history. But often times, the victors survive, while the losers killed. Therefore, you can say that the victors write history.
Why was it not the emperors of Japan being brought to justice but instead their generals. Japan has not even apologized for the damaged they casted upon many countries
Because it Will lead to civil war. And US Will waste many soldier and money to maintain the order. Also there risk Japan Will come to Soviet to seek help.
@君怡梁 they apologized and immediately pulled back the apologies after they came back to japan. Taiwans also been pro japan so u prblly shldnt hav said tht u r
You should study a little more history. It is said that Japan at that time was centered around the Emperor, but that is only for appearances. In reality, it was a military dictatorship. The Emperor was a mere decoration, and he himself gave orders only at the time of the 2.26 Incident and the end of the war. Furthermore, the Emperor himself offered to take the blame for the war on MacArthur, but it was the U.S. that refused to do so.
Exactly. They complain about us enshrining soldiers in the Yasukuni Shrine, yet every time I see a monument honouring soldiers in USA or Britain, it never says ‘excluding war criminals’??? Isn’t that the same as honouring war criminals? But they are not aware of their war crimes in the first place, because thEy WoN thE WaR aNd wE loST
@@重忠畠山 I'm Mexican who lives in the US. We learned about WW2 but never into detail what Japan did. I'm sorry if my comment comes off offensive to you but it doesn't come off as the "Only Japan" comment. The video itself talks about Japan, or at least the person behind their role. My point of the comment was that we weren't taught everything about the war. Much of the information about Japan's role in WW2 wasn't known to me until I researched more about it on my own.
@@RedCrowJXU tell me where were them when Palestine being attack by Israel . Oh trust me if Palestine were winning , the USA will join and help Israel to wipe them off Again my friend who were once army fighting against isis he once told me why usa is joining isis to fight against us how they got American weapon , arm vehicle and more . Explain me
I hope CCP crimes against their own population will be punished. But instead they are threatening to invade my country to repeat their atrocities and force people into cannibalism and starvation all over again
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They did, Siam joined them. You should read more before you make an uninformed comment, they also had the support of the indians who wanted an independent state.
He bowed after hearing he would be executed. Japanese’s warrior culture is scary to drive people to not fear death the slightest. Even touch men and loud mouths usually falter when death is right in front of them and seems more like reality
If his ashes is somewhere now, wouldn’t it inspire revitalization of Japanese imperial militarism? Spreading Tojo’ ashes at sea seems to be a thoughtful resolution.
In South East Asia / SEA (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodja, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar, East Timor) , we are taught in school that Japan was the most sadistic and cruelest invader of SEA nations, not even the Portuguese and the Colonial Dutch invaders were as cruel as what had Japan did to SEA people. They threw babies up in the air and then quickly stabbed them with their bayonets, they force local people to wore jackets that were dipped in toxic chemicals for experiments and also force them to do Romusha (forced labour). This Tojo guy deserved the hang and the cremation, but the most disgusting thing to this day is that the Japan government is still hiding this fact and didn't even issued an apology like the Germans did. The Japanese govt didn't even teach their young ones about the atrocious things they did in the past. Shame on the Japanese govt. What a vile thing to do.
WWII victims hate japan historically. but you know we gotta move forward. people involved at that time were already dead. (only few are still alive) so I hope most koreans can move forward as well.
"Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration." -Tojo If only people knew what he meant. He was right but he was like SATOSHI Kon not fully but had the same idea.
he was also what we would today as extremely reactionary some might say fascist, he executed anyone attempting social democracy or socialism. A lot of people died to his foolishness and backwards thinking.
@@theridingeagt live human experiment , like infecting the pow and civilians with germs and chemicals then cut them into pieces while they're alive to study the effects and improve the efficiency of biological and chemical weapons.
I think it was justified, this man did horrible things to millions of people. And I think (for the time at least) made sense to destroy the body so his grave wouldn't become a shrine for his followers. (Btw they did the same to Osama Bin Laden)
@@orim8495 Most Japanese are cremated. Not buried, so him being cremated is not anything special. And the main concern I believe in not disclosing the grave or having its location public was to protect it against any vandalism that could occur due to Hirohito’s controversial rule. Japan is still rather based so they wouldn’t care much then about Hirohito’s grave being a beacon for supporters.
@@重忠畠山 Compensation is one thing. And people being knowledgeable of the atrocities, should be another. Money is not everything, and does not solve the fact that Japanese schools simply gloss over war crimes during World War 2. You don't see German schools teaching "Oh there was this one guy with a mustache that killed some people during WWII...anyways, once the WWII ended--"
Funny to see American people blaming him when you know what US did to Native Americans, including children, to African slaves, to Japanese CITIZENS, to citizens in the Middle East even up to now .... Compared to any US General, Hideki Tojo is a cute Jigglypuff ....
I remember that the same year 2011, when the Arab Spring and civil wars in Libya, Syria and Yemen started, a Turkish Muslim cleric, with his very deteriorated health, was asked about the fate of the world. He said that world powers like US, EU, China and Russia would face economic collapse and civil wars. The borders inside the Muslim world would be redrawn and their leaders would be toppled. However among all countries and regions he mentioned, only two got my attention: UK and Japan. This Turkish Muslim cleric said that Britain and Japan will remain intact in the future since both are 'Imperial Nations'.
@@sladefisk4339 of course, you don’t blame them. I’m curious, if China did the same thing and didn’t acknowledge it, would you think the same? And move on? They should at least apologise for their acts. Cutting up people straight up won’t ever be right.
@@thenorthstarsamurai moving on is alright but forgetting about it is a big mistake. We’re never gonna forget ab how Japan killed 200k Chinese civilians in nanjing just because they helped the American pilots to escape
@@Alexander-fv9db I didn't meant entirely forget I meant that instead we should move on holding the scars we had to remember to not make mistakes anymore Let's forgive the modern Japanese for what some of their ancestors did
@@Alexander-fv9db nice and dont forgive the british for their massacre of more than 3million indians during the bengal famine caused by the great hero winston churchill
@@thenorthstarsamurai Forgiving is easy when modern japan actually acknowledge their past. The thing is, the atrocities they did in WW2 is never even taught in their schools, what their youth is being taught is that they were the victims because of the nukes
Japan came to liberate Asia from western colonialism called the criminal war. What about England, America, Holland, Portugal, France, which have ruled Asia for hundreds of years, are not called criminals?
chinese ppl delighted with execution of Tojo don’t understand what this news means. It means they lost the factual basis to blame japanese prime ministers for visiting Yasukuni shrine where war criminals’ bones were supposed to be left.
@@aerohydra3849 In fact bones of all 7 war criminals, including Tojo, executed for crime against peace were scattered to sea and if physical stuff has nothing to do with being enshrined, what is relevant to them?? paying tribute to spirits of soldiers who died is none of their business. Do you think the US will stop their memorial ceremony of brave soldiers who died in Iraq war just because Iraq doesn’t like it?? nonsensical
@Introverted Guy i know the reality,.. In japan school history book nvr mention much abt wwii,.. They just shortly written that jaoan themselves are the victim... That is why almost all younger generation of them have no idea the REALITY....
Those who failed will become the main villain, those who win will become heroes... While both mercilessly killed so many innocent human, which one is less evil nobody knows, because history is always written by those who won
The allies are less evil. Don't make me say how my kin were stripped of their dignity and murdered by the IJA, because it's even worse than Dachau. Those 400,000 dead got what was coming to them. Hell's been reserved. History is written by the survivors, and more allied civilians were murdered. If they were here and alive to tell their stories, you would not be making such an ignorant comment.
All signs of a different era in the world's history. All should be kept and safeguarded forever for the world to see, know, remember, and learn from...
Usa got pearl harbor for doing embargoes on Japan It should be noted as well Tojo once said if a person's survival is threaten then he will fight and it may turn to something so big that none expected. He said smt like that. It is telling that Japan's survival was threatened
@@davidrenton I am not an expert But there are few views like: They invaded for resources They invaded after Marco Polo incident They invaded to expand there empire
He was a hero to many but not to me . To me , he was just a brilliant general who was defeated . And with a hint of cruelness that eclipsed his successes and brilantness.
