At first many, but not all, Asian peoples welcomed the Japanese as liberators to colonial oppression. The Japanese also heavily pushed this idea before, during and after their invasions in various forms of propaganda. However, their true policy was similar to Nazi Germany in which there was a racial hierarchy where the Yamamoto race (Japanese) were the rulers at the top, and the other Asiatic races were beneath them. Many people began to realize that the Japanese were just as bad, if not worse, then previous colonial powers. It was especially bad in places like Korea, China where there are many cases of mass murder, rape, torture, forced labor. A good example is the Philippines had a relatively easy relationship early in the war, but then things like public humiliations like Japanese soldiers slapping civilians, forcing labors to work without pay, etc started to create animosity that eventually culminated with the Japanese destroying Manila as they withdrew. If there was a feeling of liberation it was an extremely short lived period. I would recommend the book War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War by John W. Dower. There are a few chapters on race relations between Japan and other Asian people.