The outbreak of the largest war in human history in the 1930s brought immeasurable casualties and economic losses to the people of the world, and this almost global World War II ended with the defeat of the Axis powers led by Germany. After the war, the main Axis countries were occupied by the Allies and carried out ideological reform. After the war, Germany adopted a variety of policies after profound reflection, which allowed the world to see Germany's self-reflective attitude and let the international community praise it. Japan, which is also an Axis power, did not conduct deep self-reflection, but did not face history squarely. In Japan, there are even 91-year-old World War II veterans who threatened to continue to fight China in an interview, and when asked why they were obsessed with war, the veterans talked about 3 reasons.
As we all know, Japan has distorted history for many years to beautify the war, and the records of World War II in Japanese textbooks have been reversed in various ways, resulting in the Japanese people not really understanding the real history of World War II. In an interview, a veteran even said why he wanted to fight China. Veterans believe that from the perspective of Japanese history, under the influence of the emperor system of more than 2,000 years of "one lineage", the image of His Majesty the Emperor has also been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the Japanese people have a very high admiration for the emperor, as long as His Majesty the Emperor launches a war, it is bound to respond to everything.
He also believes that Japan's current international status is very unsatisfactory, and Japan basically has no say in international conferences, which makes Japan's right-wing elements feel very humiliated, and because it is a defeated country in World War II, it often encounters a wall in the United Nations. The most important reason is the huge hidden dangers caused by Japan's geographical environment. As we all know, under the influence of global warming in today's world, there is a risk of submerged terrain everywhere, and Japan as an island country will undoubtedly be very dangerous. He believed that he could not leave such a hidden homeland for the descendants of his country.
All in all, I still hope that the Japanese government will face history squarely, not be stubborn, and not continue to drive back the wheel of history.