After all that was over the Japanese people must have been the most relieved, all that food, human labor and resources going to the war some of them were literally starving.
I remember a film “Graveyard of the Butterflies” about that
My dad passed away in 2000. In 2005, my husband and I attended a reunion of the 760th FA Bn - my dad’s battalion. There were only 8 guys there. It was such a priviledge to meet them. They told us that, when they landed, the Japanese people would not come out of their homes because they were told that the Americans would rape and murder and pillage. Eventually, they realized that they were in no danger from the Americans. The guys said that the people protected them from Japanese soldiers and escorted them to the Japanese military bases. The Japanese people were told by the emporer that they had to fight to the death. All the houses were filled with weapons - even sharpened sticks. It would have been a bloodbath if we had invaded. They were only doing what their Emporer wanted.
My dad would have been really happy to talk to my son, who joined the navy and was stationed in Japan for three years.