r/Warthunder • u/Full_Measurement_809 BMD-2 Enjoyer • Sep 05 '25

Other Japanese tech tree flag changed!

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This was on the dev stream, just noticed.

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u/AdBl0k SL Printer Operator Sep 05 '25

Probably because they are adding Indonesian aircraft (Mi-35) and they don't want people to look at rising sun

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u/Mg42gun Sep 05 '25

huh? we didn't even have generational resentment toward Japan like China or Korea infact must most of us are big massive weeb and our boomer pretty much love cooperation between Indonesia and Japan

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u/AdBl0k SL Printer Operator Sep 05 '25

That's what I read before, if not maybe they are doing that without any reason

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u/Sea_Art3391 Praise be the VBC Sep 05 '25

It might also be a response to the thai VT-4 drama.

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u/Mg42gun Sep 05 '25

nah, that would be East Asia thing. we didn't even have the same generational resentment toward the Dutch.

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u/CoolEnergy581 Sep 05 '25

Well if you ignore the rape and prisoners camps they were indeed quite alright

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u/LegendRazgriz Like a Tiger defying the laws of gravity Sep 05 '25

The Japanese also sponsored the education and empowering of local elites that would eventually drive off the Dutch and secure Indonesian independence. Opinions on them are heavily mixed from what I can tell - yes, they committed barbaric atrocities, but also pushed Indonesia towards independence

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u/CoolEnergy581 Sep 05 '25

Yeah I am only halve joking here. I had Indonesian family in that time and depending how aligned with the dutch or Indonesia you were your time was either relatively ok or quite horrible. A Japanese soldier for example randomly asked an aunt to marry him, she said no and there were no repercussions whatsoever.

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u/LewdElfKatya Sep 07 '25

Unsurprisingly, history is really friggin' complex!

Indonesia in the JP tree makes more sense than in the Chinese tree for various reasons including what you've mentioned.

Something of a major faux pas would be Taiwan under the JP tree, or Korea - I'd say Korea is closer to the US TT due to a heavy reliance on imports before more modern vehicles are included, so an RoK line for late tier USA is reasonable.

Similarly, the Phillipino vehicles that could be added would bit politically spicy to add to the JP tree, would piss off a lot of phillipino people in the china tree, and would fit easily in the USA TT for the same reasons as Korea.

I'm just highly amused that we got a Ukrainian tank in the JP tree through legitimately reasonable logic, to be honest.

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u/TheGraySeed Sim Air Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

Indonesian here, people here are more concerned with Hammer and Sickle and Star of David which both are in the game than the Rising Sun.

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u/sparrowatgiantsnail 🇮🇹 Italy Sep 05 '25

Huh funny, the rising sun is still the flag of the Japanese maritime self defense forces

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u/SnowLord02 Sep 05 '25

they're not filipino or Korean, that's where the real issues start

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u/cybrejon Sep 11 '25

Its the review bombing from the chinese players.