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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Actually I had an in depth discussion about the Japanese portrayal of WW2 quite recently... according to my Japanese friend that's not actually true.
They are taught all about it. Every single detail.
My friend is 23 years old.
Judging from the sorts of things I'm hearing in this thread... it's the American education system that should be put under the microscope... not the Japanese.
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Actually I will agree and disagree with you. Im not entirely sure if everyone in Japan learns every fact or detail. I knew alot of Japanese students who didnt have a wealth of knowledge on the situation. I knew others that had alot of knowledge on the situation. It varied from student to student, now I dont know if this was due to the schools not teaching it, or the student not learning it. I also have a friend from Hiroshima who studied the bombs dropping like crazy. He had family members who died from the bombs dropping. But there were some things that even he, who did lots of studying on the subject, did not believe happened. We were watching a documentary on WWII, and the footage showed some Japanese soldiers doing some awful things. He just turned to me and said this is fake, that never happened. I was kinda shocked. He is very intelligent, and knew alot. But like you said there can be acceptions, Japan is not one person.