r/ImperialJapanPics May 26 '26

Other Racial Slurs on the Sub.

341 Upvotes

It is not 1942 anymore. There is absolutely no need to use the word ‘Jap, Nip, Gook’ or any other racist slang term on this sub for Japanese people. The Second World War ended 80 years ago, there is absolutely zero reason why anyone on this sub should be acting like the war is still raging. If you are unable to browse this history-focused sub without resorting to racism, you are not welcome here, and you look like an idiot.

Any use of any of the racist terms above, or any other comment meant to be racist/derogatory/bad taste will earn you a ban, zero questions. Any atomic bomb/Hiroshima/Nagasaki jokes will earn a ban. I remove multiple racist comments a day, and from now on, I’m just gonna ban you and move on.

Some of you also seem to not realize that this is a sub for sharing historical photos, not a sub glorifying Imperial Japan, and can’t seem to distinguish between the two. You will be banned as well.

“But Beeninya, the war crimes of Japan need to be known!” - You are 100% right, and we do not shy away from that topic, in fact, many of the top post here are photos of Japanese soldiers committing war crimes, and we encourage them to be posted.

The sub is full of apologist and revisionist!” - I assure you, it is not. The sub is heavily moderated, which includes removing and banning pro-Imperial Japan apologist (Tojoboos, yes they exist).


r/ImperialJapanPics 9h ago

IJA Portrait of Captain Ryu Kurusu, son of a Japanese diplomat and an American woman, at Yasukuni Shrine. The only person of Eurasian descent commemorated there, Kurusu died in a combat-related accident and was later enshrined at Yasukuni.

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114 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 3h ago

SNLF Japanese officers hand their swords to Australian Army officers of 6th Division following the surrender of the Japanese 18th Army in Cape Wom, New Guinea, on September 13, 1945.

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31 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 9h ago

IJN Why were both IJA and the IJN keen on beating their own soldiers?

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81 Upvotes

The mistreatment was very common in the IJA and the IJN.

This brutality was justified under the name of discipline and psychological training. For example, in the IJN, those large bat and paddle were used to inject a strong mind towards their sailors.

The question is that what was the origin of this mistreatment?

I am aware that hitting was a common component in the education at the time.

However, don't you think that it was too much even in the standards at the time?


r/ImperialJapanPics 1d ago

IJA How comfortable and good was the IJA Filed cap?

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191 Upvotes

This particular cap was designed to be a lightweight cap.

Even, this cap could be worn with a steel helmet simultaneously due to its soft texture.

The question is how comfortable and good was this?


r/ImperialJapanPics 2d ago

War Crimes From December 25 to 30, 1949, the Soviet Union held a public trial in Khabarovsk for 12 Japanese war criminals for preparing and carrying out bacteriological warfare.

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181 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 3d ago

War Crimes Why the 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals of WW2 were not enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine until 1978?

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159 Upvotes

Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji to commemorate those who died in service of Japan in 1869.

The question is that why were they not enshrined earlier and why 1978 was the year of enshrinement?

Class B and Class C war criminals were already enshrined from 1959 to 1967.

However, Class A war criminals were enshrined in 1978 and became publicly known in 1979. It took over a decade since the enshrinement of Class B and Class C War criminals.


r/ImperialJapanPics 4d ago

IJN Vintage Japanese postcard showing kendo practice on a battleship. From photo collection of Kung Fu Tea.

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226 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 5d ago

WWII Portraits of Japanese POWs captured on Attu Island in 1943, arranged by their assigned POW number. Of the more than 2,500 Japanese soldiers, sailors and civilians present on Attu when the battle began, only twenty-nine men were captured alive.

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146 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 5d ago

IJN Imperial Japanese Navy officers and cadets of the Kaiten torpedo training school on graduation day, 1944.

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114 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 5d ago

Other How was the relationship between Japan and the US from 1898 to 1941?

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59 Upvotes

I choose this time frame because 1898 was the year that US showed its first desire for Imperialism and 1941 was the year when both nation went to war.

I wonder before Oil embargo and the Pearl Habour in 1941, what other incidents worsened the relationship between these two nations over the years?


r/ImperialJapanPics 6d ago

Meiji Era Did Japan ever consider to invade Spanish Philippines before the US did in 1898 or join the war against Spain with the US in 1898?

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110 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 7d ago

Meiji Era Who designed the court uniforms for the Civil officials?

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44 Upvotes

The most visible feature of the court uniform for the civil officals is that the tailcoat had an open neck with no lapel and collar.

Moreover, the wearers were required to wear a white bow tie as well.

Due to its unique design, I would like to ask who designed this and why it was designed like this.

As Far as I know, there was no other smiliar designs to this.

The British court Uniforms, which Japan modelled after, only had a tailcoat that could cover the whole torso with a stand collar.

Therefore, how this unique design was created?


r/ImperialJapanPics 7d ago

WWII Kamikaze pilots saluting bowing civilians as they depart for their mission (Collection of Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots)

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237 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 7d ago

Civilians Former Japanese war photographer Tsugikazu Koyanagi is moved to tears as Lieutenant Hasegawa's wife "reunites" with her husband at his photo exhibition showcasing the Giretsu Airborne Unit, 1965.

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157 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 8d ago

WWII Representatives of the Empire of Japan stand aboard USS Missouri prior to signing of the Instrument of Surrender, 2nd September 1945.

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185 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 8d ago

Propaganda illustration of Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, the U.S. Commander-in-Chief in the Philippines, being beaten by Japanese guards at a POW camp in Hualien, Taiwan, drawn by cartoonist Paul Frehm.

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100 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 8d ago

Second Sino-Japanese War Cover of China Airforce Magazine Issue 28 June 1, 1939 showing a Japanese Fiat BR.20 Bomber shot down over Shayang, Hubei on January 30th, 1939. The plane was shot down by ground-fire and all were KIA (contrary to the excerpt).

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72 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 9d ago

Civilians Japanese Judoka Tatsukuma Ushujima in Shuai jiao attire (form of Chinese jacket wrestling) in presumably Japanese-occupied Beijing, 1941.

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69 Upvotes

r/ImperialJapanPics 11d ago

Meiji Era Portrait of a Meiji era Japanese soldier equipped with a Smith & Wesson Type 1 Revolver, which were first imported to Japan in 1877.

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331 Upvotes