Subject: Re: NYTimes: Pressure in Japan to Forget Sins of War
From: "Finny" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 10:41:40 -0400

this is my abstract paper for my research paper

Consequences of Japanese Sense of Racial Superiority During World War II

Prior to and during World War II the Japanese saw themselves as the most
influential and powerful country in Asia. This birthed their ambitious
expansionism beginning in the early 20th century until the end of World War
II. The Japanese justified their invasions by claiming that it would
improve the lives of millions and unite East Asian powers. In reality it
was during this time that the Japanese killed millions of American,
Fillipino, Chinese, Korean and many others all in the means of aggressive
imperialism. Terrible incidents such as The Rape of Nanjing, and the Bataan
Death March, where millions of innocent lives were lost were all as a
result of Japanese imperialism. The Japanese would also very often take
Prisoners of War and place them under what some historians call the
harshest conditions prisoners of war have ever faced. They would starve,
endlessly beat, kill, and labour thousands of prisoners all in direct
violation of the Geneva War Convention which was signed by the Japanese
years earlier. The Japanese long had felt a sense of serious superiority
within East Asian countries and would eventually clearly transition into
World War II. Leading us to the question,  was it Japans initial sense of
racial superiority within East Asia and eventually the world that would
lead them to break Geneva War Conventions and place prisoners of war under
harsh and inhumane circumstances during World War II?

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Hunter <[email-masked]> wrote:

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> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/world/asia/japanese-village-grappling-with-wartime-sins-comes-under-attack.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
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> Koichi Mizuguchi helped find the graves in Sarufutsu of Korean laborers
> who died while building an airfield for Japan during World War II.
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> Sent from my iPad

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