1. In the beginning, Japan was depicted as a rapidly industrializing power rising in the East. Eager to adopt Western ideals and culture, Japan was soon acknowledged by the West. In World War I, they were kind people, even to prisoners of war. German prisoners, though confined, enjoyed their life there. After release, some even wanted to stay in Japan! As time went on, however, Japan became more brutal, going as far as to punishing their own soldiers ferociously because of a tiny mistake. Also, Japan treated prisoners of war in World War II like non-humans. One example would be the rape of Nanjing. After Japan invaded Nanjing, they massacred the men and merciless raped the women.
2. The amount of women forced to be "comfort women" is debatable, as we do not have a concrete number as to how many there are. However, using the Rape of Nanjing, it is extremely probable that the other invasions of Japan led to more comfort women being produced, as well as their previous colonies, like Taiwan. Therefore, it is more likely that there were more comfort women than the originally claimed 20,000.
3. The Japanese revisionists were not "inappropriate". To be inappropriate is to go against the conventional concepts of morality in a society, however subjective. Japanese revisionists simply requested for the change of facts in textbooks. For example: Japanese revisionists pressed for the change of 200,000 were comfort women, to 20,000 comfort women only. This would not be inappropriate as they are making a simple request.
4. In essence, the document was talking about the "rules" on imperialism in Southeast Asia Islands. One such rule was the respect to the desire for independence. Japan and Europe had mutual economic desires: raw materials for manufacture. Japan had another motive also: the drive to make other industrialized powers acknowledge their strength. By establish the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, this allowed the colonies to be more united; consequently, more nationalistic.
2. The amount of women forced to be "comfort women" is debatable, as we do not have a concrete number as to how many there are. However, using the Rape of Nanjing, it is extremely probable that the other invasions of Japan led to more comfort women being produced, as well as their previous colonies, like Taiwan. Therefore, it is more likely that there were more comfort women than the originally claimed 20,000.
3. The Japanese revisionists were not "inappropriate". To be inappropriate is to go against the conventional concepts of morality in a society, however subjective. Japanese revisionists simply requested for the change of facts in textbooks. For example: Japanese revisionists pressed for the change of 200,000 were comfort women, to 20,000 comfort women only. This would not be inappropriate as they are making a simple request.
4. In essence, the document was talking about the "rules" on imperialism in Southeast Asia Islands. One such rule was the respect to the desire for independence. Japan and Europe had mutual economic desires: raw materials for manufacture. Japan had another motive also: the drive to make other industrialized powers acknowledge their strength. By establish the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, this allowed the colonies to be more united; consequently, more nationalistic.