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And extremely nationalistic, autocratic, militaristic, suppressive of opposition, with a belief in natural social hierarchy. Whoops, that's pretty much all the core characteristics of fascism... The few ways Imperial Japan differed from western fascism are so minor that it's at best its own subcategory of facism. Like people like to point out that there wasn't a singular dictator or a cult of personality around that person, but not only is that one small difference, but also kind of wrong, because there was definitely a cult of reification around the Emperor. Just because he wasn't directing the war the same way Hitler and Mussolini did (although he also did a lot more than a lot of people know or care to admit), doesn't mean he wasn't otherwise playing an extremely similar role to controlling and unifying the nation. Or another criticism is that they didn't need restructuring of their society in similar way to how western fascists did, because change was a key factor in how they represented themselves. But why would Japan have needed to do that when their society already largely conformed to several of those ideals?

Unfortunately, the world is quite cruel. Weapons in the right hands can actually act as a deterrent, ultimately saving civilian lives