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WWII as told by the Japanese to students in japan follows three steps. 1. America nuked us. 2. America nuked us. 3. Then they forced us to give up our glorious empire.

They don't discuss Pearl Harbor, brutal occupation in China, sending their own youth to die after they knew the war was lost, etc. From what I understand they gloss over that stuff and mostly work the pariah angle.

My source is several buddies who teach English in Japan, someone with more direct knowledge of Japanese perceptions of WWII is welcome to comment.

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