Japanese War Crimes

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This paper explains that scholars believe the atrocities, which took place in Nanking, were responsible for a variety of factors that originate deep within Japanese culture, very similar to the concepts within Nazi Germany's culture and their view of a perfect Arian race. Yet, the author relates that, for many reasons, including the U.S. guilt over dropping the atomic bomb, compared to Nazi Germany, Japan faced very little consequences for the horrendous war crimes committed during their occupation of China in World War II. The paper analyzes the rape of Nanking and other Japanese atrocities and compares the proceedings of the International Tribunal of the Far East with that of the Nuremburg Tribunal.

From the Paper:

"Many internal Japanese historians have proposed the idea that the massacre is still too recent to devote historical study to the event. Still, many Japanese historians who do cover the Rape of Nanking tend to gloss over the significance and levels of atrocities which occurred on the behalf of the Japanese involved. Influential professors, such as Fujioka Nobukatsu of Tokyo University, have publicly stated that the real death tolls were far lower than the Chinese had initially told the international community. Yet, these opinions go without much international protests."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alderman, Sidney. 1945. Address to the Tribunal: November 23, 1945.
• Chang, Iris. 1997. The Rape of Nanking. Penguin Books.
• Marrus, Michael R. 2006. The Nuremburg war Crimes Trial. Bedford Press.
• Moghalu, Kingsley Chiedu. 2008. Global Justice. Stanford University Press

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