Japan was not exactly known for merciful treatment of civilian populations One of the many reasons to end the war ASAP was that by the end, the Greater East As

Japan was not exactly known for merciful treatment of civilian populations One of the many reasons to end the war ASAP was that by the end, the Greater East Asian Co-"Prosperity" Sphere was killing off its enslaved populations at an estimated rate of 250K per month. or opposing enemy forces during World War II General knowledge of this, e.g. the formal release of information to the American public about the Bataan Death March on January 1944, plus their widespread killing of POWs before capture was another factor in our dropping the bombs. I don't think the issue of their brutality towards non-Japanese is open to question. Heck, one of the heroes of the Rape of Nanking was a Nazi party member....