The Japanese economy was based on an elite class where companies weren't built on profitability, leading to a collapse. China is facing a similar issue with a large portion of their GDP being based on failing businesses.
The idea of a Pan-Asian alliance system formed by Japan seemed like a useful way for colonial victims to throw off the yoke of their oppressors with the help of powerful people in their region, maybe even with the same skin color, but it exhibited the same racial superiority tendencies that all the other colonial powers that were colonizing Asia, did too.
A competition to reward salesmen with a European vacation laid the groundwork for the economic boom of the 80s, prompting Japanese companies to invest in miniaturization and quartz wristwatches.
Despite their war weariness, the Japanese people are convinced of the righteousness of their country's cause and are willing to fight to defend it, even though they know that war will cost them greatly in terms of blood and treasure.
The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Japanese soldiers brutally killed, raped, and tortured the Chinese citizens of Nanking (now known as Nanjing). Chinese historian Sun Zha Wei describes the massacre as involving mass and sporadic killings, torture, and burning of victims to death.