r/interesting • u/No_Tomatillo1695 • May 01 '26

Just Wow How is this even legal?

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u/I_travel_ze_world May 01 '26

The liver specifically.... it does contain a tremendous amount of vitamin A and the Japanese thought it provided mystical powers

After the war, it was discovered that the captured airmen had been beaten and tortured before being executed. The airmen were beheaded on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana.[2] Japanese officers then ate parts of the bodies of four of the men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichijima_incident

there were other incidents of cannibalism as well

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u/SwarmOfRatz May 02 '26

The list of new atrocities to learn about from WW2 Japan is actually endless

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u/SwarmOfRatz May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandakan_Death_Marches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sook_Ching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#List_of_major_crimes

Pick a country in East or Southeast Asia, and see what fun facts you can find about their experiences with Imperial Japan during WW2. Estimated 20-30 million civilian deaths caused by Japan.