Who is to blame for the atrocities comitted by Imperial Japan?

>>922483
why do you wish to blame somebody?
why do you wish to blame dead people ?
wht do you call blame ?

>>922489
Who is 'responsbile' then.
Blame wasn't the right word, as it implies a moral judgement.
Who was in control of the Japanese millitary.

>>922483

>Or were things like Nanking and Unit 731 just the military acting on their own?

Absolutely. Nobody outside the military had any real control over it at all. Their government was a really weird mess and the closest it ever came to operating like a normal unified state was near the end when everything was basically run by the supreme war council.

>>922502
>'responsbile'
underrated term

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>>922502
Why the fuck is there nip shit in your reply

>>922483
>Commies taking over
>Defend Nanking from commies
>Gaijin join with commies
>Step up research
>Lose
>Gaijin find research, destroy their own
>Commies blame you for Nanking

>>922638
>Commies take over
Literally wat

It was mainly the military acting on its own but with the sanction of the emperor.

All nip nops are to blame.

>>922726
You know, the Guomintang.

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>>922880
>Guomintang
>Communist

Seems like it was a natural consequence of post-Meiji culture.