Being in Ukraine makes me very conscious of Japan and the Japanese people. I heard from a friend in Poland that your opinion of Japan and the Japanese people has changed. I'm both happy and embarrassed.
Germany and Japan, who invaded, killed, destroyed and seized Poland, were allies, totalitarian, militaristic and dictatorial states ruled by a Fuhrer and an Emperor.
That is the past, and is Japan today different from the past? Although Japan is not a republic, it is "protected" by the Emperor and the imperial system, and successive governments have glorified the past, saying that Japan "provided education, medical care, and infrastructure" and that it was a "righteous" colonial ruler.
"Japan was forced to start the war, unable to stop it. Japan fought the Greater East Asia War as a 'holy war for the liberation of Asia,' and achieved independence for Western Asian colonies." Every time I read this, the image of the Japanese state and society still clinging to historical revisionism becomes clear. The Japanese state makes no attempt to conceal its history of invasion, mass murder, discrimination, and exploitation, and continues to falsify history and cover up its past sins.
The Japanese people are well aware of the truth that for decades, school education, which exists to avoid teaching history, has been mass-producing a "nation" that never learns about Japan's negative past.
Japan was an ally of Germany, which invaded, massacred, and destroyed Poland. Compared to Germany, which was once an ally, Japan is a Nazi country from Poland's perspective, and nothing has changed.