A Japanese officer beheads a Chinese prisoner. Second-Sino Japanese War, 1937-1945.

**I remain convinced the Empire of Japan is the most evil regime in human history** and worse than Nazi Germany in terms of pure cruelty. Their atrocities just aren't talk about much anymore because Japan is so well liked now in the West. The indiscriminate massacre of civilians. Slaughter of entire cities, torture, inhumane treatment of POWs, countless women forced into sexual slavery, among others. Over their conquest of East Asia, the Japanese Army forced around 200,000 women into the ranks of "comfort women". These women mainly came from China, Korea, and the Philippines. This is the only thing I could not find a source for, but I distinctly remember reading the firsthand account of a Filipino comfort women who was **raped 10x a day**. Japan has yet to even officially apologize to them. On the contrary, there was an uproar in Japan when the South Korean prime minister asked for an apology for Japan. They were angry that Koreans would even bring it up. *You think that's the worst?* During the Rape of Nanking, as many as 300,000 Chinese civilians were massacred within a month in a single city. Japanese soldiers paraded around with babies skewered on their bayonets like kebabs. Two Japanese officers held a competition to see who could behead 100 people the fastest and when the score was 105-106 and no one knew who got to 100 first, they went again to 150. Civilians were buried alive en masse. Prisoners were used as **live bayonet practice**, screaming as the final moments of their life was used for the Japanese to sadistically torment. Tens of thousands of women were raped, most of whom were executed afterward. They dragged entire Chinese families into public squares and **forced fathers on their daughters and sons on their mothers** for the amusement of Japanese troops. I'm not an easily disturbed guy, but reading this fact for the first time physically made my stomach sick. *You think that's the worst?* The Imperial Japanese Army ran Unit 731: a state-of-the-art biological/chemical warfare research facility in Manchuria where Japanese researchers performed human experimentation on a large scale, using Chinese civilians as the majority of their "logs" (test subjects). Living humans were **dissected alive**, usually without anesthesia. Subjects had limbs amputated in order to study blood loss and pain tolerance. Those limbs were sometimes reattached to the opposite sides of the body. Subjects had their stomachs or esophagus surgically removed. Subjects were gotten pregnant via rape then infected with diseases to see the effect on their baby. Subjects were forced into the cold to research frostbite then had their frozen limbs chopped off. Subjects were placed in pressure chambers until their eyeballs popped out of their sockets. This one is unconfirmed, but supposedly they placed a women and her baby in a room then heated up the floor to see if she'd step on her own baby. Perhaps the most disturbing part about it all that Japanese soldiers were enjoying it; they were killing for sport. *Everyone cries over the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but no one sheds a tear for the millions of victims of the Empire of Japan.* ─────────────────────────────── I had spent 30 minutes linking sources to back up literally everything I said up here, but every time I tried to include the proof, it was removed. I wonder why. And it's disappointing because I promise you this clunky, colorless wall of essay-like text hits **1000x harder** when you actually visually see the victims of Imperial Japan; the mountains of bodies, lifeless babies, the terrified/depressed expressions on civilians' faces contrasted by the grins on the Japanese soldiers faces as they torment them. What a shame.

I remain convinced the Empire of Japan is [the most evil regime in human history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpVgDgKpQS8&feature=youtu.be) and crueler than Nazi Germany. Their atrocities just aren't talk about much ever anymore because Japan is so well liked now in the West. The indiscriminate massacre of civilians. [Slaughter of entire cities](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAYFxXBohA), torture, [inhumane treatment of POWs](https://youtu.be/hzsP6QOW8rA?t=102), countless women forced into sexual slavery ("comfort women"), among others. Over the course of their conquest of East Asia, the Japanese Army forced around [200,000 women](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/04/940819094/photos-there-still-is-no-comfort-for-the-comfort-women-of-the-philippines) into the ranks of "[comfort women](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women)". These women mainly came from China, Korea, and the Philippines. Unfortunately this is the only thing I couldn't find, but I remember reading the firsthand account of a Filipino comfort women who was raped 10x a day. Japan has yet to even officially apologize to them. On the contrary, there was an uproar in Japan when the South Korean prime minister asked for an apology for Japan. They were angry that Koreans would even bring it up. You think that's the worst? During the [Rape of Nanking](https://allthatsinteresting.com/rape-of-nanking-massacre), as many as [300,000 Chinese civilians](https://allthatsinteresting.com/rape-of-nanking-massacre#17) were massacred within a month in a single city. Japanese soldiers paraded around with babies skewered on their bayonets like kebabs. Two Japanese officers held a competition to see who could [behead 100 people the fastest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxa0GGJNWtI&t=10s) and when the score was 105-106 and no one knew who got to 100 first, they went again to 150. Civilians were [buried alive]() en masse. Prisoners were used as [**live bayonet practice**](https://allthatsinteresting.com/rape-of-nanking-massacre#12), screaming as the final moments of their life was used for the Japanese to sadistically torment. Tens of thousands of women were raped, most of whom were executed afterward. They dragged entire Chinese families into public squares and [forced fathers on their daughters and sons on their mothers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnAC-Y9p_sY&t=697s) for the amusement of Japanese troops. I'm not an easily disturbed guy, but reading this fact for the first time physically made my stomach sick. You think that's the worst? The Imperial Japanese Army ran [Unit 731](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731): a state-of-the-art biological/chemical warfare research facility in Manchuria where Japanese researchers performed [human experimentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=548&v=AFEgz8NNmVA&feature=youtu.be) on a large scale, using Chinese civilians as the majority of their "logs" (test subjects). Living humans were [**dissected alive**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=D4nPxik59oE&feature=youtu.be), usually without anesthesia. Subjects had limbs amputated in order to study blood loss and pain tolerance. Those limbs were sometimes reattached to the opposite sides of the body. Subjects had their stomachs or esophagus surgically removed. Subjects were gotten pregnant via rape then infected with diseases to see the effect on their baby. Subjects were forced into the cold to research frostbite then had their frozen limbs chopped off. Subjects were placed in [pressure chambers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=D4nPxik59oE&feature=youtu.be) until their eyeballs popped out of their sockets. This one is unconfirmed, but supposedly they placed a women and her baby in a room then heated up the floor to see if she'd step on her own baby. Perhaps the most disturbing part about it all that Japanese soldiers were [**enjoying it**](https://allthatsinteresting.com/rape-of-nanking-massacre#15); they were killing for sport. And yet they have the nerve to demand an apology for the atomic bombings... Everyone cries over the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but no one sheds a tear for the millions of victims of the Empire of Japan.

Most likely never will

How many countries have openly admitted to war crimes?

Death is a kindness for such men. Entire families were wiped out in China down to the last baby.

I mean they reported a decapitation contest between officers in the news at least once...

Had no idea you could visit

Wait a minute, are you telling me someone on reddit commented about something without researching or actually knowing what happened?

Japan had already "lost" when the bombs were dropped. It was just a matter of the how soon it would end and the alternatives being a land invasion or a long blockade

Unfortunately the choice wasn't as black and white as that. The US largely nuked Japan to end the war before Russia got to Japan. That was the real concern.

are you implyin that i should i kill myself?💀

I'm convinced that's the most fucked up video on the net. It's been 15 years and that video still haunts me.

I saw that and lots of other fucked up gore stuff. But the worst video I've ever seen on the internet was of a family driving down the highway, a brick flies in through the windshield and kills the mom in the passenger seat. That fucking video is horrifying and haunting. Never watch it, please.

Never saw it thank God. I also like that song and don’t want it ruined

Whatever you do don't watch the "ghost rider" video or the "adidas tracksuit heart" video.

If I am remembering correctly the guillotine was actually created and used because it was a more humane way of executing than cutting a head off with an axe etc. as it could take several hits with the axe to fully decapitate the person. And as a random addition that makes me think of OJ and Nicole and the fact that he nearly beheaded her with a knife and effort that would have been involved.

German Nazi past is taught in many countries but same countries most likely do not teach Japan’s conduct in early 20th century. I even took college courses that only focused on Japan’s transformation periods from Meiiji Restoration to post WWII period. Its conduct during the war and being with Axis powers was a brief gloss-over like it wasn’t a significant player.

That is such a disturbing observation. The banality of violence is so fucked up.

Yeah... He probably didn't even feel a thing. Nobles were executed by sword back in the day because their faces would appear to be at ease afterwards instead of disfigured by pain like in people beheaded by an axe. If done properly a beheading is one of least painful ways to go.

aight thats enough reddit

She killed herself due to longstanding, untreated depression. But she was very brave to do her research and write the book in spite of her poor mental health

They’re still a dictatorship. Any leftist/socialist movements were crushed by the US in cooperation with the LDP (composed of former war criminals and their descendants (look up the “Monster of Manchuria”)). The CIA, much like in Italy, used the mafia/yakuza to destroy leftists ranging from Communists to anti-war (anti-occupation) activists. The JCP is still labeled as a ‘potentially anti-social organization’ and is under a level of surveillance that no other party is subject to. The electoral system is so fucked up that the LDP can win 2/3’rds majorities with less than 50% of the vote. The media is also under tight screws since most of the oligarchs that own the media channels are well connected to the LDP and the ruling bureaucracy. The LDP has been in power since 1953, making Japan a one-party state for all but 3 years of that 67 year timeframe.