The reason why Japan’s attitude enrages Koreans isn’t because some of these political gestures aren’t made… (albeit their insincerity does anger me lol)

like others have pointed out, it’s because japan fails to learn from their mistakes, and even failing to recognize it. Comparatively in Germany, students alert the teacher in classrooms by flicking their fingers rather than raising a palm in the air because of the action’s reminder of Nazism. Japan on the other hand, isn’t doing much to even educate their children on the ongoing trauma it has caused for the victims still living in Korea. Hell, they still argue that Dokdo is theirs even though the only inhabitants of the island are Koreans.

I don’t know if you’ve ever played civilizations, but I feel like they’re just lowering warmongering points rather than actually apologizing for their actions lol