https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii
But none of this makes justifying the murder of Japanese civilians ok, esp after the fact.
No. That's one of the failures of POORLY teaching history. Don't confuse a "balanced history" with "half of history".
It never is.
But as for Japan's whitewashing, yes, in and of itself, viewed separately from the nuclear debate, you're absolutely right. It's quite astonishing they haven't gotten this right yet, and with what power a wrongful national narrative can continue to exist in the age of internet, globalisation and relatively little Japanese censorship. You'd think the latest generation would be acutely aware of its history. And it's not as if they haven't changed. They've done more than enough to consider themselves among the most civilised countries since then, of course there is a sense of shame but we're approaching an age where nobody during that time was alive, and where even the generation after it is on their way out. Internally Japan is long overdue in recognising these parts of its history in full, and I think purely internally few Japanese really would have an issue with that, as painful as it would be, just like I'm completely comfortable as a Dutch person to acknowledge my country's colonial and slave history. But these things are particularly externally, politically sensitive, in terms of Japan's international relations with the various powerhouses in Asia (China and Korea, and populous emerging economies like say Indonesia). Similar to say, if I were a Dutch politician I may be more concerned how our standing in the world changes when recognising the full extent of our colonial history (e.g. apologising for certain political executions the Netherlands committed are still controversial) Just like say Turkey and the Armenian genocide. Although even here as an outsider I think it would warm Japan's relations immensely if it were to reach out in sympathy and make at the very least symbolic gestures like small reparations.
what is YOUR point?
But these are retarded westerners who have no clue. They deserved every shrapnel from the bomb and still have not paid the full price to all of the victims.
HELL THESE japanese denied the free health-care to non-japanese victims. 20 000 koreans died in the bombings. But nobody cares.
Japanese people were and still are a terrible nation. I hope they sink to the oblivion.
A lot a brutal things were done by many countries over the course of WWII, the effectiveness and morality of which can be discussed from many interesting points of view. You however chose to say this:
> Japanese people were and still are a terrible nation. I hope they sink to the oblivion.
One of the failures of teaching a balanced history is to ignore what was going on in Asia in the run up to the war. Perhaps because of our cultural biases, we focus so heavily on the atrocities of the Nazi's and entirely ignore the murders, rape, torture, etc of the Chinese, Indonesian, Philippines, Burmese, and other countries by the Japanese. When we do talk about their atrocities, we focus primarily on those committed against Caucasians prisoners of wars.
While the ethical aspects of using nuclear devices is important, it is also important to recognize that imperial Japan was arguably the most brutal and sadistic colonial expansions of the 20th century. Japan has done an excellent job of whitewashing their history. The US talks openly about the use of nuclear weapons. Japan is in a state of denial about their regime. Even the Rape of Nanking gets barely a sentence in their high school history books.