There’s a lot of controversy in the gaming world because of The Sims 4 added a Japanese inspired world including a fairly accurate Shinto shrine in an upcoming DLC pack. Gamers from South Korea are saying that the presence of the shrine is offensive due to the history between Japan and South Korea but I do t really understand why they’re so upset, could someone here shed some light on this please?
The biggest single cause is oppressive Japanese colonial rule of Korea for the 1st half the 20th century. Japanese colonial rule included banning the teaching of Korean language, conscription of Koreans for labour (in Japan, and in war zones), forced prostitution, transfer of land from Korean owners to Japanese owners, and more. There have been limited apologies from Japan for some of this, and some compensation, but far short of what the general Korean feeling is of what would be fair.
This is reinforced by the memory of the brutal Japanese invasion of 1592-1598, under Hideyoshi.
For much more detail on this, see my older answer in https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/b5lp0i/was_japan_a_culturally_destructive_force_for/