[Global Network Report] After an eight-month delay, "Oppenheimer" was released in Japan on March 29, arousing strong response and attention. Based on Japanese media reports and comments on the Japanese Internet, Japanese audiences have mixed emotions about the film. Some people e

[Global Network Report] After an eight-month delay, "Oppenheimer" was released in Japan on March 29, arousing strong response and attention. Based on Japanese media reports and comments on the Japanese Internet, Japanese audiences have mixed emotions about the film. Some people expressed regret that the film lacked tragic scenes of nuclear explosions, but others believed that the film was enough to be called an "anti-nuclear" film through Oppenheimer's psychological description. However, on the other side of the ocean, an interview with a Japanese scholar by a US-based media sparked another controversy. The scholar accused the US military of dropping the atomic bomb as a "war crime", which attracted a lot of rebuttal from American netizens. Many people mentioned that the Japanese military was war crimes committed.

Poster for the release of "Oppenheimer" in Japan

On April 2, the social media channel "aj+" of Al Jazeera Media Network headquartered in the United States posted an article on social media x regarding the release of "Oppenheimer" in Japan Regarding this matter, I interviewed a Japanese scholar working at the University of Michigan in the United States. This scholar believes that the US military's dropping of atomic bombs on Japan was a "war crime" and that the movie "Oppenheimer" covered up this. As of the 8th, this post had more than 10,000 replies, most of which were refutations of the Japanese scholar's statement.

At first, many netizens tried to refute the strategic significance of the atomic bomb. Some people checked the information and pointed out that this Japanese scholar’s ​​main research field at an American university was gender issues, and she did not have a professional voice in the field of World War II history. . As the controversy expands, more and more American netizens realize that the most critical reason why the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan was that Japan launched a war with other countries. In this war, the Japanese army really committed countless war crimes. party.

Some American netizens mentioned in their comments the numerous war crimes committed by Japan, including the "Nanjing Massacre", the brutal human experiments carried out by "Unit 731", etc. Many people asked the Japanese scholar, "Have you heard of Unit 731?"

Some people said: "Hey, let's check the current international law to see what crimes Unit 731 committed."

Some American netizens also mentioned "Japanese military" Exterminate all the residents of Nanjing."

Someone commented: "The Japanese accused the United States of committing war crimes, which is excessive. The barbaric behavior of the Japanese during the war, especially in China, but also throughout Southeast Asia, is well documented. If (bombing) Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes, so what about the (sneak attack on) Pearl Harbor? Don’t tell me they deserved it.”

Some American netizens said: “These two bombs saved both sides more than they killed. "

Some people also said in a mocking tone: "You and your Nazi allies lost the battle, I am really sorry." The controversy caused by

"aj+"'s post also caused "Unit 731" and "Nanjing" to wait. The entry once became a hot search keyword for x. However, the controversy did not spark heated discussions on the Japanese Internet. As for some American netizens mentioning the crimes committed by "Unit 731", some Japanese netizens left messages in English saying that the U.S. government is also the same. Some Japanese netizens said: "I don't want to say too much, but when Oppenheimer was released, the interviews with victims were more about why the United States did not apologize. Those who mentioned 'Unit 731' need to see who used immunity." You have the right to purchase their research data, let’s think about it again.”

It is worth noting that the United States obtained “Unit 731” for human experiments, bacterial experiments, and bacterial warfare on the condition of exempting the Japanese invaders “Unit 731” from war criminal responsibility. , poison gas experiments and other aspects of data to conduct biological weapons research. On this basis, the Fort Detrick base rapidly developed into a U.S. biological weapons research and development base. The base still retains a P4 biological laboratory of the US military.