Why was Japan's "men with guns - excluding hunters" generally harsh during the WWII with a predisposition towards those conscripted by the Japanese military, which is a subset of the Japanese, and not all of Japan?

[Chukada1]

I beg to differ with you, a thing I have perhaps done once before. Asking for people to clarify is not disruptive posting. The OP has not addressed his own topic. That should tell you something. When dealing with ethnic stereotypes one should crystal clear, do you not agree? All of which would go away by a title change.

Harsh (härsh)
adj. harsh·er, harsh·est
1. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch. See Synonyms at rough.
2. Disagreeable to the senses, especially to the sense of hearing.
3. Severe, cruel, or exacting: harsh punishment; a harsh overseer.
4. Unpleasant or uncomfortable: a harsh wilderness.

bru·tal·i·ty   [broo-tal-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
1.
the quality of being brutal; cruelty; savagery.
2.
a brutal act or practice.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

Why was the Japanese subset that had guns excluding hunters generally harsh to non-Japanese and lots of Japanese people though not a blanket statement that they were harsh to all Japanese people, since Japanese military is a subset of Japanese people and the Japanese military was nice to some of the time in some cases to people in the Japanese military which is a subset of Japanese people, so they were nice to some Japanese people, but why were they harsh to others and generally harsh to most of the non-Japanese people they conquered?

[KnightsTemplar]

I smell troll......
Or is this for real?

Anyway, heavy sarcasm.

[MathiasOfAthens]

I did not fully understand what you were asking but generally I would think you should look at the Japanese history. They had very FEW foreign invasions. None that succeeded, afaik. The Mongols for example. But their island was still very warlike with war amongst themselves. I dont know this off hand but I would imagine they were harsh or brutal to other conquered Japanese people as well, such as peasants. Regarding foreigners though during WWII you had a very nationalistic society that begun to expand outward. Everyone else is therefore alien and for some reason they treated conquered peoples as rats. Prob has to do with the Nationalism at the time more than anything. Even today Japan is one of the most homogeneous countries in the world. So at the time and with a growing level of nationalism and war footing it was a high probability that enemies would be treated harshly by soldiers and officers.

[Gigantus]

Let's restrict this to two threads. Closed.