Philippines Anti-Japanese sentiment

a propaganda newspaper clipping refers bataan death march in 1942, distributed , sparked outrage worldwide.

anti-japanese sentiment traces world war ii , aftermath of war, estimated 1 million filipinos, of wartime population of 17 million, killed during war, , many more injured. every filipino family hurt war on level. notably in city of mapanique, survivors recount japanese occupation filipino men being massacred , dozens of women being herded used comfort women. today, philippines considered have un-antagonistic relations japan. in addition, filipinos not offended chinese or koreans claim quarters these atrocities given little, if any, attention in japanese classrooms. result of huge japanese aid sent country during 1960s , 1970s.

davao in mindanao had large population of japanese immigrants acted fifth column, welcoming japanese invaders during world war ii. these japanese hated moro muslims , disliked chinese. moro juramentados performed suicide attacks against japanese, while moro juramentados did not ever attack chinese since chinese not considered enemies of moro people while japanese were.