# Now that's an apology **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854 "2021-07-19T21:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/41 "2021-07-22T10:33:54Z")
Another one fired, this time for a Holocaust joke in 1998: > **[Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57924885)** > > The decision to remove Kentaro Kobayashi comes a day before the opening show is due to be held. That seems a bit excessive, unless he has a record of anti-semitic remarks or behaviour. The articles seem to suggest that it was just a single joke in bad taste 23 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/42 "2021-07-22T11:08:45Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Reading the article in Japanese made me feel sick. He laughed how he had sexually assaulted a handicapped classmate, forced him to eat excrement, and physically abused him. The interview was done 27 years ago when he was 25 years old and he was treating his actions as amusing antics rather than serious abuse. Well fuck. That totally changes the story and my opinion. Wonder why they didn’t include the details in the original article? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/43 "2021-07-22T13:22:53Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Well fuck. That totally changes the story and my opinion. Wonder why they didn’t include the details in the original article? Because the western media always treats Japan with a favoritism bias. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/44 "2021-07-22T14:10:32Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > While people in America do apologize, the number of times that happens is only a tenth or a hundredth of the frequency of Japanese. Wikipedia has a semi-comprehensive list of official Japanese war apologies. While they’ve gotten better at it over time\*, some past apologies are humdingers. Two of my favorites: - August 24, 1982: Prime Minister [Zenkō Suzuki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D_Suzuki) said: “I am painfully aware of Japan’s responsibility for inflicting serious damages [on Asian nations] during the past war.” “We need to recognize that there are criticisms that condemn [Japan’s occupation] as invasion” (Press Conference on the [textbook controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_history_textbook_controversies)). - September 6, 1984: [Emperor Hirohito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hirohito) said to President [Chun Doo Hwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_Doo_Hwan): “It is indeed regrettable that there was an unfortunate past between us for a period in this century and I believe that it should not be repeated again.” (Meeting with (South Korean) President [Chun Doo Hwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_Doo_Hwan).) > **[List of war apology statements issued by Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan)** > > This is a list of war apology statements issued by Japan regarding war crimes committed by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The statements were made at and after the end of World War II in Asia, from the 1950s to present day. Controversies remain to this day about war crimes of the past and the appropriate person to make the apology. > At the end of the Pacific Theater of World War II, the Imperial Japanese government accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. In 1945, the uncondit... \*whether apologies have been sufficiently backed by actions is of course a matter of continuing controversy. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/45 "2021-07-22T16:27:23Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > > [@DemonTree](#): > > > > Well fuck. That totally changes the story and my opinion. Wonder why they didn’t include the details in the original article? > > Because the western media always treats Japan with a favoritism bias. And totally not because the media are pushing the idea that people are constantly being cancelled over nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/46 "2021-07-23T15:45:05Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > And totally not because the media are pushing the idea that people are constantly being cancelled over nothing. Could be a bit of both. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/47 "2021-07-24T19:08:01Z")
Christ on a cracker! The young man (Logan Mailloux), who currently plays for the London Knights, was involved in a crime, last year, in Sweden, (took a clandestine photo of a sexual partner and circulated it!), spoke out as the NHL draft approached, (where, it was expected, he might have made round two?), and requested he NOT be drafted. He made a very good apology and stated he wished any team that he ended up going to, to be proud of him, he wanted time to mature and prove himself a better man. He’s 18, I think. He was drafted in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens. What the hell? He’s proving himself more mature than them, in my opinion. I’m glad they’re taking heaps for it! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854/48 "2021-07-24T21:31:02Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > He was drafted in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens. What the hell? I didn’t know hockey teams could press men into service. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854.md?page=2)